Trump To Visit UK In July
US President Donald Trump is to visit the UK on Friday 13 July, after previously cancelling a trip amid claims he would face mass protests. It will not be the full-blown state visit Mr Trump was...
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Royal Baby: Duchess Gives Birth To Baby Boy
The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a baby boy. The child, who was born in the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital, central London, is fifth in line to the throne and the Queen’s sixth...
Queen Hosts C’wealth Summit At Buckingham Palace
The Queen has welcomed leaders to “my own home”, Buckingham Palace, as she hosts the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). She told the gathering of dignitaries, royals and the PM...
#MeToo Hits Japan As Top Official Resigns
A Japanese broadcaster says it will file a complaint against the finance ministry alleging a top official sexually harassed a female journalist. Junichi Fukuda resigned on Wednesday but denies the...
Rawlings Writes: The Deceit of Western Propaganda
Is the world not in a frame of mind to express gratitude to Putin and Russia for not firing back at those Western vessels? I have spent many hours pondering over what to say to Macron and Theresa...
The Handshake That Left Millions of Kenyans Confused
In our series of letters from African journalists, Joseph Warungu reflects on the plight of supporters of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga following his reconciliation last month with his bitter...
Koku Was Only Calling For Civil Disobedience: Fmr Dep. AG Rebuts Treason Charge
A former Deputy Attorney General, Dr. Dominic Ayine suggests it would be an overkill for the police to press treasonable charges against Deputy General Secretary of NDC, Koku Anyidoho with reference...
France’s Ex-President Sarkozy To Face Corruption Trial
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is to face trial for corruption and influence peddling, prosecutors say. The case centres on an alleged attempt by Mr Sarkozy to get a judge to reveal...
Support Us, We’ll Follow Due Process In Koku Anyidoho’s Case
The Ghana Police say it will follow due process in the matter of the NDC firebrand Koku Anyidoho, who is alleged to have made treasonable comments that resulted in his arrest on Tuesday, March 27....
Ethiopia’s Next Leader Named
Ethiopia’s ruling coalition has elected a new leader from the country’s Oromo ethnic group, which has been at the centre of nearly three years of anti-government protests. Abiy Ahmed was elected...
Did Kim Jong-Un Take A Train To Beijing?
There is widespread speculation that a senior North Korean official who made a surprise day-long visit to Beijing was Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un. Japanese media outlets first reported that a...
NDC Dissociates Itself From Koku Anyidoho’s Coup d’Etat Comments
The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah says claims by his deputy that the Akufo-Addo-led NPP government will be hit with a coup’ d’etat...
The ‘absentee President’ Who Rarely Holds Cabinet Meeting
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has been in power for 35 years. But while his longevity in office is a talking point at home, the time he spends out of the country has stirred international comment...
Russia Election: Vladimir Putin Wins By Big Margin
Vladimir Putin will lead Russia for another six years, after securing an expected victory in Sunday’s presidential election. Mr Putin, who has ruled the country as either president or prime...
Trump Accepts ‘milestone’ Meeting With Kim
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump are to meet in person by May, it has been announced, an extraordinary overture after months of mutual hostility. News of the meeting was...
Akufo-Addo In India For Summit
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left Accra on Thursday for New Delhi, India for the International Solar Alliance (ISA) summit. The president is attending the summit at the invitation of...
Trump Threatens Tax On EU Cars
US President Donald Trump has stepped up his war of words over trade tariffs, threatening to “apply a tax” on imports of cars from the European Union. Mr Trump said other countries had taken...
Attackers Strike Burkina Faso Capital
Gunmen have launched attacks in the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, with the French embassy and a military HQ among the apparent targets. Burkina Faso’s government said security personnel had...
Bollywood Superstar Sridevi Dies At 51
Bollywood superstar Sridevi Kapoor has died of a heart attack, her family says. She was 54. The actress known simply as Sridevi passed away in Dubai, where she was attending a family wedding. From...
Australia’s Scandal-Hit Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce To Resign
Barnaby Joyce says he will resign as Australia’s deputy prime minister following a politically damaging saga that began with his affair with a former staffer. Mr Joyce said he would step down on...