Where Are the Jobs?
The Arab Spring started in Tunisia after a December 17, 2010 self-burning of a street vendor in a provincial town of Sidi Bouzid sparked mass anti-government protests. Unable to control the crowds,...
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Alexander Van der Bellen Sworn In As Austrian President
Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen (R) poses for photos during a ceremony at the presidential Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, on Jan. 26, 2017. (Xinhua/Liu Xiang) Alexander Van der...
Trump Administration Asks Top State Department Officials To Leave
Two senior administration officials said Thursday that the Trump administration told four top State Department management officials that their services were no longer needed as part of an effort to...
Football Fails To Bring Relief To Gabon
The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, the continent's biggest football tournament, is taking place in Gabon. But across the country, there is a quiet unease in the background. Support for the tournament...
Trump Gov’t Did Not Ask Top Officials of State Department To Leave
Two senior administration officials said Thursday that the Trump administration told four top State Department management officials that their services were no longer needed as part of an effort to...
Trump Administration Asks Top State Department Officials To Leave
Two senior administration officials said Thursday that the Trump administration told four top State Department management officials that their services were no longer needed as part of an effort to...
Turkish Anger As Greece Rejects Extradition of Eight Soldiers
Turkey has reacted with anger after a Greek court ruled against extraditing eight Turkish soldiers accused of involvement in an attempted coup. Turkey accused Greece of failing in the "fight against...
Osce, The International Security, And The Purpose Of “Perpetual Peace”
Security remains a cardinal principle for all citizens that they move and act in the social fabric. Our age, defined by many as postmodern, has many aspects of continuous development. Acting...
Pope Forces Conservative Out In Condom Battle
Pope Francis has forced the head of an ancient Catholic order to resign in an unusually public rebuke of conservative leadership within the Catholic Church. The Pope was dragged into a dispute about...
US Affirms ‘unshakeable Commitment’ To NATO
US Defense Secretary James Mattis has reassured his British counterpart of the "unshakeable commitment" the US has toward the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a Pentagon spokesman...
Uncertainty Fueling Depreciation of Cedi – Gold Coast Boss
The decision by the Bank of Ghana to release about $120 million into the economy has been lauded by the General Manager of Gold Coast (GC) Brokerage as a step in the right direction. “That should...
Supreme Court Says Parliament Must Give Article 50 Go-Ahead
Parliament must vote on whether the government can start the Brexit process, the Supreme Court has ruled. The judgement means Theresa May cannot begin talks with the EU until MPs and peers give their...
Ghana’s Foreign Policy Will Be Economic Diplomacy — Ayorkor Botchwey
The Minister-designate for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has stated that the country’s foreign policy under the administration of Nana Akufo-Addo will focus on...
Kenya Airways Celebrates 40 Years In the Skies
Kenya Airways on Sunday January 22, 2017 marked its 40th anniversary since it was incorporated in 1977. From humble beginnings Kenya Airways has grown to become a leading player in Africa connecting...
Beyond Breastfeeding In Old Age
The bizarre wording of a certain song among the people of Eastern Nigeria enquires: “would a man ever refuse breastfeeding?” And it choruses the answer “No”. The singer goes on to explain: if...
Supreme Court To Announce Judgement
The Supreme Court will rule later whether Parliament or ministers have the power to begin the Brexit process. The landmark judgement, to be announced at 09:30 GMT, will decide how the EU's Article 50...
Donald, Uncle Sam and the Rest of Us
Eventually seventy years old Donald John Trump is undoubtedly the President of the United States of America. No calls for vote recounting or blame on the Electoral College system, or indeed an...
Iceland Questions Sailors In Rare Suspected Murder
Police in Iceland are questioning two Greenlandic sailors over the suspected murder of a 20-year-old woman, in a case that has shocked Icelanders. Pathologists are examining the body of Birna...
The Yawning Disregard For Women Football In Ghana
“Quite frankly, I am sick to the stomach when it has to do with the National Women football Team in this country.’’ This was what pollster Ben Ephson opined, when he was quizzed briefly about...
‘Operation Pandora’ Recovers Thousands of Artefacts
A Europe-wide police operation has recovered more than 3,500 stolen artworks and cultural artefacts. The recovered items included a marble tombstone from the Ottoman empire and a Byzantine image of...