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No PSGL, No Vote In 2020 Polls–Aggrieved Residents Declare

Chiefs and people in Prestea Huni-Valley District of the Western Region have threatened to boycott all electioneering...

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South Africa Ex-Finance Minister Calls For Zuma To Go

South Africa's respected former finance minister Pravin Gordhan called Tuesday for President Jacob Zuma to resign,...

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Former Malaysia Leader Challenges PM To Attend 1MDB Meet

Malaysia's former leader Mahathir Mohamad urged the prime minister on Tuesday to attend a town hall meeting focusing on...

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Minister Accused Of Extortion

Some assembly members of the Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly (CCMA) believed to be sympathisers of opposition National...

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Angola Rejects EU Poll Observers’ Demands

Angola has rejected conditions demanded by an EU election observer mission that had been preparing to witness next...

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India Votes For Next President From Lowest Dalit Caste

Indian lawmakers voted Monday to pick the country's president, who is certain to come from the lowest Dalit caste, in...

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Kenya’s Social Media Election

A strikingly toxic campaign ad was unleashed online in Kenya just weeks before national elections -- a potentially...

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Italians Debate Citizenship Rights As Migrant Pressures Grow

With a flood of migrants arriving on Italy's shores, a bitter debate has erupted over whether children born on Italian...

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Politics Not Pasture Drives Violence In Kenya’s Heart

Footsteps came first, then unfamiliar voices, the smell of cow dung and the kicking in of the front door. Suddenly...

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Apple Unveils ICloud Data Centre In China As Cyber Laws Tightened

Apple has unveiled plans to build a data centre in China to store its local iCloud customers' personal details, marking...

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‘Scrap College of Education’

Director of Operations of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Nana Ofori Owusu, has called for the teacher training...

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Cambodian Ruling MPs Move To Isolate Opposition Figurehead

Cambodian ruling party MPs on Monday voted to effectively sever ties between the beleaguered opposition and its...

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Trump Eyes Swift UK Trade Deal, Says State Visit To Go Ahead

US President Donald Trump said Saturday his controversial state visit to Britain will go ahead, adding that he was...

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EOCO Chases Awuah Darko Over GHC40m BOST Cash

The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) is on the heels of Kingsley Kwame Awuah-Darko, the immediate-past...

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Bangladesh Opposition Activists Held In Secret Detention

Bangladesh security agencies have secretly detained scores of opposition activists many of whom have later been killed,...

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S.Africa’s Zuma Tries To Quell High-Risk Succession Battle

South African President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday sought to calm an increasingly fractious battle to succeed him that is...

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Reflections On Ghana’s Republic Day

Ghana achieved republican status on July 1, 1960, and that marked an event of profound historical and political...

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Prominent Bangladesh Government Critic Disappears

One of Bangladesh's most prominent government critics went missing on Monday after calling his wife to tell her he...

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Angola Leader Back In Spain For ‘visit’ As Health Rumours Swirl

Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos returned to Spain on Monday for a "private visit", officials said, five weeks...