Kenya’s main opposition leader, Raila Odinga, has declared himself the “people’s president” at a controversial “swearing-in” ceremony in the capital. Thousands of his supporters attended the event, despite a government warning that it amounted to treason. The authorities shut down TV stations to prevent live coverage of the event. President Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn in […]
Ghana lost more than $24 billion between 2010 and 2016 as a result of insufficient power supply and outages, Mr Robert Jackson, the United States (US) Ambassador to Ghana, has said. Mr Jackson, who was interacting with students of University for Development Studies (UDS) on Wa campus on Monday, said unreliable and inadequate power supply […]
Liberia’s newly sworn-in President George Weah pledged to cut his own salary by a quarter on Monday, in a nationwide address in which he warned of tough times ahead for a “broke” country. “The state of the economy that my administration inherited leaves a lot to do and to be decided,” the former international soccer […]
The outgoing Chairperson of the African Union (AU), President Alpha Condé of Guinea, has handed over the headship of the continental body to President Paul Kagame of Rwanda with a call on the members of the AU to emulate the recent example of Ghana in the creation of jobs for the youth. He said it […]
Mr Robert Jackson, United States Ambassador to Ghana has added his voice to the growing calls on government to pass the Right to Information Bill (RTI) to show that the country is truly serious about press freedom. He said “Ghana will host the World Press Freedom Day in May, this year. I believe that it […]
Egyptian politician Mousa Mostafa Mousa said on Monday he would compete in presidential elections, hours before a nomination deadline was set to make President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi the sole candidate after withdrawals and a boycott call. Several leading opposition figures called for a boycott on Sunday, of the March election, citing a wave of repression […]
Ambassador William Hanna, the Head of European Union Delegation to Ghana, has urged Ghanaian exporters to add value to their products in order to attract lower tariffs on the European market. He said Ghana’s exports to the European Union (EU) market enjoyed duty-free and quota-free access under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) and, therefore, encouraged […]
President Donald Trump has launched a fierce attack on “predatory” trade practices, warning trading partners at the World Economic Forum in Davos that the US will not tolerate unfair trade. He said these predatory practices were distorting markets and the US “will no longer turn a blind eye”. Mr Trump said he would always put […]
Oprah Winfrey has told the US magazine InStyle that she does not “have the DNA” to be US president. She has been widely touted as a future Democratic contender for the 2020 elections after a rousing speech at the Golden Globes earlier this month. But she told InStyle: “I’ve always felt very secure and confident […]
The Nigerian government has officially responded to an open letter by former president Olusegun Obasanjo, in which he advices incumbent Muhammadu Buhari against seeking reelection in the 2019 elections. A statement issued by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, thanked Obasanjo for his views but added that Buhari was still focussed on delivering […]
