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Maldives Arrests Key Dissident After UN Censure

The Maldives arrested one of the few vocal dissidents still in the country on Thursday, a day after facing censure at...

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An Increasingly Isolated Trump Joins the Battle of His Life

Donald Trump has faced down a litany of scandals in his nearly 71 years, surviving bankruptcy, divorce, lawsuits and...

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Former Mauritanian Junta Chief Dies of Heart Attack

Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, the former head of a military junta who ruled Mauritania from 2005 until 2007, died Friday of a...

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Egypt Mourns Coptic Church Attack Victims

Funerals have been held in Alexandria for victims of one of the two bomb attacks on Coptic churches in Egypt by...

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Maldives Opposition In New Bid To Take Control of Parliament

Maldives opposition parties said on Monday they would launch a fresh bid to seize control of parliament by impeaching...

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Maldives Arrests Key Opposition Figure In Crackdown

The last free opposition leader in the Maldives has been arrested as part of a major government crackdown on rival...

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Niger President Issoufou Says Will Not Seek Third Term

Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou said Saturday that he would not amend the constitution to allow him to seek a...

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Remembering the Anti-Apartheid Giant Ahmed Kathrada

Flags were lowered to half-mast and mourners lined the streets outside Westpark Cemetery on Wednesday morning. Many...

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Maldives Opposition Face Crackdown After Failed Power Bid

Opposition parties in the Maldives accused the government Friday of waging a revenge campaign against their leaders...

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Maldives Ex-Leader Vows Fightback After Vote Chaos

Exiled Maldives opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed vowed Wednesday to keep up the pressure on the government after it...

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Maldives Exiled Leader Nasheed Vows To Take Parliament

The exiled former leader of the Maldives Sunday announced plans to take control of the national parliament after...

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Transition Challenges Due To Breakdown of State Institutions

A senior research fellow of the Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA), Dr Michael Ofori-Mensah, has observed that the...

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AG Calls For Amendment To Presidential Transition Act

Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Gloria Akuffo, has called for an amendment to the provisions of the...

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Transition Act(845) Weak To Address Disorder, Hooliganism – NPP MP

The New Patriotic Party(NPP) Member of Parliament for Adenta Constituency, Buabeng Asamoah says the current...

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Samsung Heir Charged With Bribery and Embezzlement

South Korean prosecutors charged the de facto chief of Samsung, Lee Jae-yong, with bribery and embezzlement on Tuesday,...

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African Migrants Not Our Enemies

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki has been inaugurated as chancellor of the University of South Africa (Unisa)...

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Seizure of “State Cars,” Who Is To Blame?

In 2001, when the first regime changed through the ballot box under the fourth republican constitution, the transition...

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Public Must Report Missing Vehicles To Sector Ministries

Mr. David Yaro, the Administrator-General, has urged Ghanaians to be bold and patriotic and report individuals and...

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Use Handing-Over Notes To Protect State Assets

Mr David Yaro, the Administrator-General, has tasked the would-be Ministers of State to peruse their predecessors’...