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ICC Team To Visit Gabon Over Claims of Post-Poll Violence

A team from the International Criminal Court (ICC) will visit Gabon next week to look into claims of post-election...

Headlines

ICC Team To Visit Gabon Over Claims of Post-Poll Violence

A team from the International Criminal Court (ICC) will visit Gabon next week to look into claims of post-election...

Headlines

Gabon TV Host Suspended After Bongo ‘death’ Blunder

A newsreader for Gabon state television has been taken off the air after mistakenly announcing the death of President...

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Gabon President Launches ‘dialogue’ After Election Unrest

Gabonese President Ali Bongo launched a forum Tuesday of political and social groups on resolving a crisis sparked by...

International

Gabon Opposition Rejects President’s Call For Talks To Ease Tensions

Gabonese President Ali Bongo has offered to hold talks with opposition parties in an apparent bid to ease tensions over...

Sports

Football Fails To Bring Relief To Gabon

The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, the continent's biggest football tournament, is taking place in Gabon. But across the...

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The Plot Thickens As Tears Flow For the Hosts

After two rounds of matches there is some clarity as to which teams have the most serious designs on the Afcon 2017...

Sports

Hackers Shut Down Africa Cup of Nations Website

A group of hackers claim to have shut down the website of the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament in protest at...

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AFCON 2017 Kicks Off With Colorful Opening Ceremony

The 31st edition of the African Cup of Nations has been opened at the Stade de l’Amitie in Libreville, Gabon. The...

Sports

Tension In Gabon As 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Tournament Looms

With an air of unease hanging over the tournament, the African Cup of Nations soccer competition returns to Gabon for...

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Nana Addo’s Inaugural Speech

You need to read the full text of Nana Addo’s inaugural speech so that you don’t get fooled by hearsay… Nana Addo...

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Nana Addo’s Inauguration Speech [Full Text]

Ghana’s 5th President of the 4th Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Saturday, January 7, 2017, called on all...

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President Akufo-Addo’s Inaugural Speech

Speech delivered by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo after he was sworn in as president. INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF HIS...

Opinion

Pink Sheeting An African Election

By the time Charlotte “lip gloss” Osei, Ghana's electoral Commissioner conceded defeat to the NPP and Nana Addo...

International

Lawyer of Gabon’s Opposition Leader Reported Missing

A lawyer for the Gabon opposition leader Jean Ping, who is still disputing the re-election of President Ali Bongo, has...

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Africa’s Strongmen Rushed To Congratulate Trump But Not Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh

The surprise presidential win of a real estate agent and political novice over Gambia’s leader of 22 years has the...

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Ghana Decides Today

By Akwasi Brobbey The political process does not end on election day. Young people need to stay involved in the process...

Opinion

The Agility Of Youth And The Wisdom Of Old Age

So many writers have done so many stories about the civil war that broke out in Nigeria between 1967 and 1970. In the...

Opinion

Allowing African Mistakes? Reflection On President Mahama’s Address To The UN General Assembly

It is common knowledge that President Mahama has referred to Ghanaians as a people who have short memories. Perhaps,...