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Philippines Takes Big Step Back Towards Death Penalty

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's campaign to bring back the death penalty for drug-related crimes has cleared a...

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DR Congo Crackdown On Protesters ‘heavy-Handed’

Opposition supporters were vocal against a possible third term for President Kabila Security forces in the Democratic...

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EU Observer Mission Blames EC For Tension

The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) yesterday blamed the Electoral Commission (EC) for the tension...

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Palestinian Municipal Elections In West Bank Only

Palestinian local elections scheduled for May will take place in the West Bank only and not in Gaza, the government...

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Philippine Police Will Return To Drug War

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday he would recall police to fight his drug war, a month after he...

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Africa Tour Isn’t To Influence CAF Elections

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has denied suggestions that his tour of several African countries is part of a grand...

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Infantino Insists His Africa Tour Isn’t To Influence CAF Elections

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has denied suggestions that his tour of several African countries is part of a grand...

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Iran’s Rouhani To Run For Second Term

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has decided to run for re-election in May, the vice-president for parliamentary affairs...

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From High-Flying Lawyer To Rights Crusader

Philippine drug war critic Leila de Lima was a highly paid lawyer who switched focus mid-career to human rights, a...

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Folding the Umbrella, the Price of Complacency and Arrogance

Introduction and a trip down memory lane The NDC was formed by a ruling Military Junta that wielded enormous state...

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NDC Calls Off Planned Youth Demo; Charges Akufo-Addo To Disband Invincible Forces

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called off a planned demonstration by its youth wing following...

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Investigate Police Officer’s Assault At Presidency – Ras Mubarak

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Kumbungu, Ras Mubarak, has described the alleged...

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Investigate Police Officer’s Assault At Presidency

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Kumbungu, Ras Mubarak, has described the alleged...

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We’ll Restore NHIS

President Akufo-Addo says the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), is in a bad state, promising that his government...

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Akufo-Addo Condemns Transition Period Violence

President Akufo-Addo has condemned the spate of violent attacks that occurred during the country’s transition period...

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The Fall of Kwame Nkrumah

Latest: GSE: Financial stocks to further drive returns On February 24, 1966, the first President of Ghana, Osagyefo Dr....

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Philippines’ Duterte A Serial Killer

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is a "serial killer" who should be forced out of office, one of his chief critics...

International

Jammeh Loyalists Decry Police Arrests, Plan Protests To Demand Release

Dozens of opposition supporters in the Gambia have been arrested by police in the western town of Kafenda – a...

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FIFA Boss Infantino Calls Unprecedented African Summit Meeting

FIFA President Gianni Infantino will meet more than 50 presidents of African football associations in an unprecedented...