Sisi 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 ... Read More

William Hanna, Head of EU Delegation 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 ... Read More

Donald Trump - US President 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 ... Read More

Oprah Winfrey 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 ... Read More

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, ... Read More

Donald Trump and Bill Gates Bill Gates, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Microsoft and one of the world’s richest men has cautioned the U.S. president Donald John Trump against damaging the country’s relations with Africa. Speaking at the annual World Economic ... Read More

Heather Cameron – Canadian Ambassador to Ghana Mrs Heather Cameron, the Canadian High Commissioner to Ghana, has advised Ghanaian students with interest to study in Canada to apply for their visas early to avoid last minute stress. She said very often ... Read More

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, known in South Africa as the “mother of the nation”, was hospitalized for a kidney infection, the family announced on Tuesday. Winnie Mandela, 81, who is considered a heroine in the fight against apartheid, had been persecuted ... Read More

Military authorities in Gambia arrested two of ex-strongman Yahya Jammeh’s generals after they returned unexpectedly from exile over the weekend, the army said in a statement on Monday. Gambia’s current President Adama Barrow was sworn in a year ago as a ... Read More

The African Union Commission is set to launch the first AU Agenda 2063 Flagship project, the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on January 28, 2018, as a historic event at the African Union Summit, nearly ... Read More