politics
Kenya Leader Warns Against Violence As Poll Fever Hits
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta warned Thursday against violence as election season gets into full swing, with chaotic...
Iran FM Slams ‘worn-Out’ US Nuclear Accusations
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Thursday criticised "worn-out" US accusations that it was seeking a...
Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif Awaits Ruling
Pakistan's Supreme Court is to issue its ruling on corruption claims which could determine the political fate of Prime...
GM Says Venezuela Has Seized Its Car Plant
General Motors says it will immediately halt operations in Venezuela after its plant in the country was unexpectedly...
Jeremy Corbyn Vows To Change Course of Election
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will say a Conservative victory on 8 June is not a "foregone conclusion", in his first big...
Stop Charging VAT On Financial Services – GRA Orders Financial Institutions
The Ghana Revenue Authority has directed financial institutions to immediately desist from charging VAT on financial...
Promise To Clear NHIS Arrears Mere Rhetoric
Dr Kwasi Antwi, Secretary of the Society of Private Health Providers in the Ashanti Region, has said service providers...
Culprits Will Be Dealt With – Volta Regional Minister
The Volta Regional Minister, Dr. Archibald Letsa, has described as criminal the killing of two persons in the renewed...
South Sudan War Strains Uganda’s Generous Refugee Policy
Ugandan motorbike taxi driver Sadiq Agotre grumbles as he waits for a rare client among thousands of South Sudanese...
Israel Lobbies FIFA As Settlement Showdown Looms
Israel is launching a diplomatic offensive against Palestinian calls for FIFA to impose sanctions over football clubs...
Gov’t To Build 1-Warehouse In Each District
President Akufo Addo has announced that government will construct a warehouse in every district of the country. This he...
Zimbabwe’s Tsvangirai and Mujuru In Anti-Mugabe Alliance
Two of Zimbabwe’s best known opposition figures have agreed to form an alliance against President Robert Mugabe....
NDC Suspends Three Executives
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has suspended three constituency executives in the Greater Accra...
Galamsey Fight Is ‘war’ – Ken Ashigbey
Even though it appears the anti-galamsey fight has chalked some successes, “we should all know that this is not a...
Chemical Arms Watchdog To Vote On Moscow Bid For New Syria Probe
The governing body of the global chemical arms watchdog will Thursday vote on a controversial Russian-Iranian move to...
US Defence Secretary Arrives In Cairo For Sisi Meeting
US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis arrived in Cairo Thursday on the latest leg of a regional tour, as ties with Egypt...
Two Killed, Others Injured In Fresh Nkonya Clashes
Two people believed to be Nkonyas have been shot dead and two others injured in renewed clashes at Nkonya in the Volta...
US Accuses Iran of ‘alarming Provocations’ Amid Nuclear Tensions
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has accused Iran of “alarming ongoing provocations” aimed at destabilising the...
Venezuela Crisis: Three Killed At Anti-Government Protests
At least three people have been killed in Venezuela in protests against the government of President Nicolas Maduro. A...