The African Union has expressed concern about Ethiopia’s current State of Emergency against the upcoming Heads of State Summit in the capital Addis Ababa in January 2017. The concerns were raised...
The Son of Man has no place to lay his head. However, Rockson Adofo counted himself a lucky person when he went to Ghana on a special mission. As one of the honest, dedicated and dynamic NPP...
Two Africans made Forbes international’s list of ‘The World’s Most Powerful People’ for the year 2016. Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote was listed along with Egyptian President Abdel...
Since October, Ethiopia has been withdrawing troops from Somalia. The redeployment highlights problems with the international community’s funding of military operations in Africa. The Ethiopian...
A Tunisian captain has been found guilty of causing the sinking of a boat in which 700 migrants died in April 2015. Mohammed Ali Malek, who had denied being the boat’s captain, was given 18 years...
A GNA feature by Kwamina Tandoh, GNA Accra, Dec 13, GNA - There is public perception that politics is a male domain; a boys club, that clouds the participation of women. Mr Kofi Annan, Former...
Why is King Mohammed VI of Morocco suddenly keen to join the African Union (AU) after his late father King Hassan II condescendingly ditched the continental Organization of African Unity the (OAU) in...
I have read a few of the expectedly slew of pabulum fare of news features and articles parading as tributes to the legendary and, some will say, immortalized President Fidel Castro (1926-2016) who...
A prominent opposition leader in Ethiopia has been detained after he returned from Europe. Merera Gudina had violated Ethiopia's state of emergency by having contact with "terrorist" and "anti-peace"...
A leading African economic think tank expects Ghana to have economic growth of 8.7 percent in 2017, the fastest of 54 countries ranked on the continent. Cote d’Ivoire (8.3), Congo (8.0), Ethiopia...
The South Sudan government has agreed to accept the deployment of a UN-mandated regional force in Juba, a spokesman said, after months of hesitation over whether to allow extra foreign troops on its...
Ghanaian nuclear scientists joined other nuclear experts across Africa in a two-week capacity training in St Petersburg to discuss nuclear power on the continent and gain an overview of the global...
Apostle Atsu Eric Emefa of the Faith City International Church has prophesied the victory of President John Dramani Mahama, basing his prediction on his third position on the Ballot Box for the...
The Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) has served notice of its intention to sue government over what it describes as unwarranted and huge taxes in the country. General Secretary of the...
Sudanese social media is abuzz with reports that US President-elect Donald Trump's new chief of staff, Reince Priebus, has Sudanese roots. Most Sudanese are quoting an entry in Wikipedia and sharing...
Professionals from across the global oil and gas industry have revealed who their employers of choice are – and the attributes they look for from them – in the inaugural Ideal Employer survey...
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (AfCHPR) has commended West African States for demonstrating commitment to promote human rights in the sub-region. 'As at October 2016, only seven of...
Trump's foreign policy on Africa is likely to be non-existent By Peter Vale Africa is likely to slide down the list of foreign policy priorities of a Donald Trump administration. This is because...
Long after Laurent N'dri Pokou had hung up his boots, his was a name known to a new generation of African football followers as the holder of the record for the most number of goals at the Africa Cup...
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR) is to climax activities marking a decade of human rights protection on November 21- 22, 2016, at Arusha, the United Republic of Tanzania. The...
