Questions Linger One Year On
Just before midnight on July 15, 2016, a tear-stained anchorwoman, clearly under duress, appeared on Turkish state television to announce the purported seizure of power by the army. Shortly after she...
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Turkey Since Attempted Coup
A year ago, a faction in the Turkish army staged a failed coup bid against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, prompting a widespread crackdown on his opponents. The country was shaken and 249 people...
Turkey Opposition Chief Meets Jailed MP After Mass Rally
Turkish opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu on Monday visited a jailed MP in an Istanbul prison, a day after finishing a nearly one month long "justice march" in a show of solidarity with the...
Turkish Opposition Chief To Hold Mass Rally After ‘justice’ March
The leader of Turkey's main opposition party was on Sunday to address a mass rally in Istanbul at the culmination of an almost month-long march, in a rare challenge to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan....
Hong Kong In Beijing’s Shadow 20 Years After Handover
When Xi Jinping lands in Hong Kong on Thursday for the first time since becoming China's president, he will step into a deeply divided city uncertain of its future. The visit marks 20 years since...
Rawlings Is A Failed Ex-President; He Should Remain Silent
Director of Operations of the Progressive People's Party (PPP), Nana Ofori Owusu has condemned the 25th anniversary celebration by the leadership and members of the National Democratic Congress...
Major Mahama’s Murder Is ‘animalistic’
A former Presidential candidate of the Convention People's Party (CPP), Mr Ivor Greenstreet, has described the murder of Major Maxwell Adam Mahama as "animalistic". According to him, such occurrences...
EU Commissioner Gloats Theresa May Has ‘lost Bet’ With Election
Theresa May has 'lost her bet' by holding a general election and failing to win a majority, the EU's economy commissioner has gloated. Frenchman Pierre Moscovici said 'we don't really know what the...
Police Visibility Can End Lynching of Suspects
He stated that the prominence of the police in the society will help restrict the act of lynching The Executive Secretary of the Progressive People's Party (PPP), Richard Nii Armah, has advised...
Turkey’s Parliament To Debate Troop Deployment To Qatar
Turkey's parliament will debate on Wednesday a bill that would allow its troops to be deployed to a Turkish base in Qatar, following a bitter feud between Doha and its neighbours in the Gulf. The...
Dr. Nduom Donates $64,000 To Catholic Institutions
Papa Kwesi Nduom in a pose with the officials of the beneficiary institutions The Chairman of Ghana’s largest conglomerate, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom has made a donation to some religious and...
Exit Poll Points To Moon Jae-In Win
The Democratic Party's Moon Jae-in is expected to win the South Korean presidential election, according to an exit poll conducted by the country's three major broadcasters. If Moon's win is...
Prof. Badu Akosa’s Installation As Kwahu-Abene Chief Illegal – Abetifi Chief
The installation of former Director-General of Ghana Health Service (GHS), Professor Agyemang Badu Akosa as Chief of Kwahu-Abene in the Eastern Region last Friday was illegal and a flagrant violation...
Macron’s Example Will Happen In Ghana – Nduom
What happened in France where the two dominant political parties have been cast aside and someone has been elected as President will happen in Ghana sooner or later, founder of the Progressive...
‘South Korea’s Bill Gates’ Seeks To Break Political Mould
One of the main challengers to the frontrunner in South Korea's presidential race is an IT multi-millionaire who has given away much of his fortune and is now looking to break the country's political...
Lawyers For Ousted S.Korean Leader Park Deny Charges
Lawyers for ousted South Korean President Park Geun-Hye denied all the charges against her at a hearing Tuesday before she goes on trial. Park, 65, was sacked by the country's top court in March over...
No Sense Getting Involved In Ibrahim and GRA Payment Plan
A member of the Convention People's Party (CPP), James Kwabena Bomfeh has jabbed the involvement of the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) in the case between Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA)...
Thousands In Turkish Police Force Suspended Over Alleged Gulen Links
Turkey on Wednesday detained more than 1,000 people and suspended over 9,100 police in a vast new crackdown against alleged supporters of the US-based preacher accused of orchestrating the coup bid...
S.Korea President Hopeful Denies Date Rape Conspiracy
South Korean presidential candidate Hong Joon-Pyo Friday denied his own autobiographical confession of complicity in an attempted date rape, as voter outrage mounted. The firebrand...
Kwesi Botchwey Committee Given More Weeks To Investigate Cause of NDC Defeat
The Prof Kwasi Botchwey Committee tasked to investigate the cause of the defeat handed the National Democratic Congress in the 2016 elections has been given at most a month's extension to conclude...