Six Killed In London Terror Attack
Six people have been killed and at least 48 injured in a terror incident in London in which three male attackers were shot dead by police. A white van hit pedestrians on London Bridge at about 22:00...
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S.Africa Opposition Suspends Ex-Leader Over Twitter Post
South Africa's main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, on Saturday suspended former leader Helen Zille over Twitter messages in which she said colonialism had brought benefits to the country....
Lesotho Prepares For Restive Coalition In Latest Vote
Voters in the small southern African kingdom of Lesotho go to polls Saturday in an election widely expected to lead to another fractious coalition government and the risk of deepening instability. It...
Leaked Emails Fuel Trouble For S.Africa’s Embattled Zuma
South Africa's ruling ANC party on Friday asked the government to explain leaked emails detailing alleged bribes and corruption, as President Jacob Zuma faced a fresh wave of scandal. Thousands of...
Lesotho Election Likely To Deliver Uneasy Coalition
The southern African mountain kingdom of Lesotho holds a snap election on Saturday, with experts predicting another fractious coalition government, unlikely to tackle its dire levels of HIV-AIDS and...
Kwesi Botchwey Can’t Hold NDC To Ransom – Koku Anyidoho
Deputy General Secretary of main opposition National Democratic Congress has dismissed suggestions any activity by the National Executive Committee of the opposition National Democratic Congress...
MI5 Launches Internal Probe As Manchester Marks Week Since Attack
Britain's MI5 intelligence service has launched an internal probe into whether vital clues were missed ahead of the Manchester attack, as the city marked on Monday a week since the carnage that...
I Can Never Reconcile With the Rawlingses – Victor Smith
Ghana’s former High Commissioner to the UK, Victor Smith, says he doubts there’ll ever be a restoration of the friendly relation that earlier existed between himself and the former First couple,...
Bangladesh Reinstalls Controversial Statue After Outcry
Bangladesh on Sunday reinstalled a controversial statue deemed un-Islamic by religious hardliners on the grounds of the Supreme Court, just days after its removal had sparked angry protests by...
Office of Independent Prosecutor Not Panacea To Fighting Corruption -Vitus Azeem
Anti-corruption crusader, Vitus Azeem says creating an office for an independent prosecutor is not a solution to fighting corruption. President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo prior to the 2016 General...
Britain Arrests ‘large Part’ of Manchester Attack Network
Britain has arrested a "large part" of the network behind Manchester's suicide bomb attack, police said on Friday, as the government came under fire for cutting police budgets and election...
Greek Goddess of Justice Statue Is Removed In Bangladesh
Religious hardliners in Bangladesh removed a controversial statue depicting the blindfolded Greek goddess of justice from outside the nation's supreme court because the artwork was deemed...
God Took Power From Mahama To Reveal Nana Addo’s Wrongdoings
Founder and leader of Hezekiah Apostolic Prayer Ministry, Pastor Kwabena Owusu Adjei has said God whisked power from former president John Dramani Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to...
Bangladesh Removes ‘Greek’ Statue After Islamists’ Protests
Bangladesh Friday removed a controversial statue which religious radicals claim represents an "un-Islamic" Greek goddess from outside the country's highest court. Work to take down the statue, which...
Dotcom Drops Out of His Party’s New Zealand Election Bid
Kim Dotcom's Internet Party in New Zealand unveiled plans Friday to contest the September general election, but the mogul, who is fighting extradition to the United States, will not be involved. In a...
I’ll Consider Contesting NPP General Secretary Position
A former general secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Lawyer Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, aka Sir John, has revealed that he will stage a comeback for the General Secretary position of the...
Akufo-Addo Condemns ‘cowardly’ Terror Attack On Manchester
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has condemned the terror attack on Manchester Arena in the UK that has claimed 22 lives and injured 59 others including children. A lone male suicide attacker...
Manchester Attack ‘cowardly Act’ – Akufo-Addo
Ghana’s president Nana Akufo-Addo has condemned the terror attack in Manchester, resulting in the deaths of 22 people and injuries to 59. The blast happened at 22:35 BST on Monday at the end of a...
22 Dead and Scores Hurt In Manchester Blast
Twenty-two people, including children, are now known to have been killed and 59 injured in a suspected terror attack at Manchester Arena. The blast happened at 22:35 BST on Monday following a pop...
Manchester Arena: ‘Treating This As A Terrorist Incident’
Nineteen people have been killed and more than 50 injured in an explosion at the end of a concert by US singer Ariana Grande at Manchester Arena. Here is what we know so far. • The arena said the...