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Deal Struck Between Army and State

Ivory Coast's government has struck an agreement with mutinous soldiers, shortly after talks were interrupted by...

International

Gunfire Erupts At Ivory Coast Army Talks

Heavy gunfire broke out in Ivory Coast's second-largest city, Bouake, late on Friday, as tensions flared following last...

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President’s Additional Ministries Questionable

'IMANI' Centre for Policy and Education, an African think tank, has described the additional ministries by the...

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Akufo-Addo’s Ministerial Nominees Likely To Be Vetted In 2 Weeks

President Nana Akufo-Addo's wish for the Appointments Committee of Parliament to vet his ministerial nominees as...

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President Ouattara Dismisses Security Chiefs

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has dismissed the heads of the army, police and paramilitary gendarmes...

International

Calm Reported After Two-Day Mutiny

A rebellion in Ivory Coast over soldiers' pay appears to have passed. Residents and correspondents in the second city,...

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Calm Returns To Ivory Coast After Unrest Over Soldiers’ Pay

A rebellion in Ivory Coast over soldiers’ pay appears to have passed. Residents and correspondents in the second...

International

France Thwarts 24,000 Cyber-Attacks Against Defence Targets

France says it was the subject of 24,000 cyber-attacks against defence targets last year. Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le...

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Ivory Coast Defence Minister Freed By Mutinous Soldiers

Mutinous soldiers in Ivory Coast have released the country’s defence minister after detaining him for two hours in a...

International

Ivory Coast Mutiny Deal Reached, Says President, But Unclear If Unrest Is Over

President Alassane Ouattara of Ivory Coast says he has reached an agreement with soldiers who have mutinied. He said he...

International

Ivorian Minister Trapped After Soldiers Open Fire

Mutinying soldiers in Ivory Coast's second largest city Bouake opened fire on a local official's house where the...

International

Israeli PM Netanyahu Backs Pardon For Manslaughter Soldier

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for a pardon for a soldier convicted of manslaughter for killing...

International

Saudi Rejects Interference In Yemen

Saudi Arabia is determined to prevent external "interference" in neighbouring war-torn Yemen, King Salman said in an...

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NPP Rounds Up Campaign Charging Electorate To Kick Out ‘create, Loot, Share’ Gov’t

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has sent out a thunderous message to Ghanaians to eliminate all forms of threat to the...

International

Thailand Invites Crown Prince To Become New King

Thailand's parliament invited Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn to be the new king on Tuesday, completing a formal step for...

Opinion

My Humble Take On Ambassador Haruna Attah’s Tribally-Inspired Allegations On Nana Addo And The NPP

There is a media hype of a supposedly tribally-inspired rhetoric coming from Nana Addo. It bothers on a statement...

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Addo Kufuor Mourns Asantehemaa

The Former Defence minister in the erstwhile Kufuor administration, Dr Addo Kufuor has visited the Manhyia Palace to...

International

Israel’s Muezzin Bill Seeks ‘Judaisation of Jerusalem’

A pre-dawn muslim call to prayer has provoked the main backlash from Israeli Jews Palestinian politicians in Israel...

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Warships Head To Kaikoura

Australian, Canadian and US warships are heading to the New Zealand town of Kaikoura to help with evacuations after a...