The winner of December’s presidential election in The Gambia says there is no need for President Yahya Jammeh to seek asylum and he is confident direct talks can solve the crisis. Adama Barrow told...
South Africa knows it has a huge problem with drink-driving and is considering some tough measures to tackle it. The transport minister recently suggested that drink-driving offenders should face...
A poor 14-year-old boy in Kenya has been flown to school in a helicopter after air force veterans offered to pay for his secondary education. Kelvin Muriuki was top of his class in 2016, but poverty...
The Lions of Teranga are looking to – at least – make it out of the group stages of the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in their last six attempts. The Senegalese faithful will feel that...
There is an adage in Akan language that says “Nia Onim tow na ye de no gyina tserepong so”, translated to mean that “the mantle is given to the one to whom it befits best”. This can be...
Donald Trump says the top US spy called him to "denounce" allegations that Russian intelligence have compromising information about the president-elect. Mr Trump tweeted that the unverified claims...
India hospital builds new unit to operate on ‘500kg’ Egyptian woman An Indian hospital is building a special facility so that an Egyptian woman, believed to be the world’s heaviest at 500kg...
Two former Microsoft employees are suing the company for not protecting them from the psychological effects of viewing disturbing material. The two men were left with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder...
Six doctors from the Kenyan doctors’ union have been given a one-month suspended sentence for refusing to call off the ongoing strike which has paralysed operations in public hospital, the...
The Rights Alliance feels very petrified by the reaction of some foreign media networks in particular to the unfortunate incident of uncanny coincidences in the inaugural speech of our new President,...
President-elect Donald Trump has accused US intelligence agencies of leaking allegations that Russia has compromising material on him. "That's something that Nazi Germany would have done," he said....
It is a "fair assumption" that Russian President Vladimir Putin was behind US election hacks, secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson has said. The former CEO of Exxon Mobil told his Senate...
Three people have been released without charge by French police investigating a Paris jewellery robbery that targeted TV reality star Kim Kardashian West. They include her chauffeur in Paris, Michael...
Russia has denied claims its intelligence agencies have compromising material about Donald Trump. Dmitry Peskov, President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, said the allegations were "pulp fiction" and a...
On 22 July 1994 he invaded peaceful Gambia political space with dangerous weapons and dislodged the nation’s serving elected government by coup. Yaya Jammeh raised hope of Gambians that he came not...
The US military has launched 103 miniature swarming drones from a fighter jet during a test in California. Three F/A-18 Super Hornets were used to release the Perdix drones last October. The drones,...
Uganda's leader Yoweri Museveni has promoted his eldest son to become a special presidential adviser in a reshuffle of army commanders. Maj Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has risen rapidly within the...
US President Barack Obama is giving a farewell speech in Chicago, reflecting on his time in office. He said he wanted to return to "where it all started" for him and First Lady Michelle Obama,...
Ghana's democratic credentials were given a further shot in the arm with President John Mahama conceding defeat at the polls as the first incumbent Head of State to lose elections in the Fourth...
Nana Akufo-Addo’s speech plagiarism controversy has brought more shame to Ghana than “my winter coat” saga did and the president must acknowledge the enormity of the issue and make the...
