Two Transitions And A Dog’s Bad Name
This is a historic week in the world as far as democratic transitions are concerned. On Friday, January 20, 2017, President Barack Obama would be handing over as President of the United States of...
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Obama Commutes Sentence of Wikileaks Source
Manning declared her new identity the day after sentencing US President Barack Obama has commuted Chelsea Manning's sentence for leaking documents to Wikileaks in 2010. The 29-year-old transgender US...
How Will Africa Remember Him?
Obama visited Africa more times than any other US president As Barack Obama steps down as US president, the BBC's Nancy Kacungira looks back at his legacy in Africa. The election of the first...
Yemen; Obama’s Parting Gift To Terror
Barack Obama saved his parting gift to terror, his worst crime, for last, the War on the Yemeni People. Obama’s last war has institutionalized a failed state and which will continue to inflict...
Russia’s Putin Calls Leaked Trump Memos ‘utter Nonsense’
Russian President Vladimir Putin has described allegations his country holds compromising material on US President-elect Donald Trump as "utter nonsense". Mr Putin questioned what reason Russian...
Trump Team Defends Health Pick Tom Price Over Ethics Charge
U. S. President-elect Donald Trump's transition team defended his nominee for health and human services (HHS) secretary, Tom Price, from charges that he bought shares in a company days before...
Martin Luther King’s Daughter
Martin Luther King's daughter said on Monday that "God can triumph over Trump," but the slain civil rights leader's son struck a conciliatory tone after meeting with the president-elect on the U. S....
Facing The Trump Presidency – Will The Monroe Doctrine Finally Die?
Due to Donald Trump’s victory in the Presidential election this November North American foreign policy will experience radical changes. The new government creates hopes and fears. On the one hand,...
Donald Trump Says Merkel Made ‘catastrophic Mistake’ On Migrants
US President-elect Donald Trump has said German Chancellor Angela Merkel made “one very catastrophic mistake” by admitting more than 1m migrants. He said Mrs Merkel was by far Europe’s most...
Israel, Palestinians Warned Against Solo Steps Harmful To Peace
Some 70 countries reaffirmed on Sunday that only a two-state solution could resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and warned against any unilateral steps by either side that could prejudge...
President Barack Obama Replies YALI West Africa Fellow Kenneth Gyamerah
The outgoing US President Barack Obama has responded to a letter written to him by a Ghanaian writer and youth activist, Kenneth Gyamerah. Kenneth Gyamerah is a young Ghanaian writer who has steadily...
Russia Says Facing Increased Cyber Attacks From Abroad
Russia is facing increased cyber attacks from abroad, a senior security official was quoted on Sunday as saying, responding to Western accusations that Moscow is aggressively targeting information...
Trump’s Brand New Bulletproof Car To Make Debut On Inauguration Day
President-elect Donald Trump’s Cadillac One limousine is set to make its debut on Inauguration Day. The first look at the presidential car also known as The Beast, reveals its features will be more...
John Kerry Finds Vietnam War Site Where He Killed A Man
The outgoing US Secretary of State John Kerry has visited the place in the Mekong Delta where he was ambushed during the Vietnam war. The former Navy lieutenant met a 70-year-old former member of the...
Jennifer Holliday Backs Out of Trump Inauguration
Broadway star Jennifer Holliday has backed out as a performer at next week's presidential inaugural following protests from her gay and black fans, further dimming the event's already low celebrity...
Washington Protesters Vow To Fight For Civil Rights Under Trump
U. S. civil rights activists vowed on Saturday to defend hard-fought gains in voting rights and criminal justice during the presidency of Donald Trump, kicking off a week of protests ahead of the...
U.S. House Votes To Begin Repealing Obamacare
U. S. House Republicans on Friday won passage of a measure starting the process of dismantling Obamacare, despite concerns about not having a ready replacement and the potential financial cost of...
Obama Girls’ Eight Years In the White House
Sasha and Malia were 7 and 10 respectively when they first entered the White House A look back at the lives of Malia and Sasha Obama, during their time as the US 'First Daughters'.Join GhanaStar.com...
U.S. House Votes To Begin Repealing Obamacare
U. S. House Republicans on Friday won passage of a measure starting the process of dismantling Obamacare, despite concerns about not having a ready replacement and the potential financial cost of...
US House of Representatives Passes Bill In First Step To Repeal Obamacare
The House of Representatives have voted to pass a plan to begin demolishing Obamacare, despite mounting qualms among Republicans. The budget measure - approved by the Senate on Thursday - would...