Greece defied its creditors and approved plans on Thursday to give its battered pensioners a one-off Christmas bonus after France’s president said it was wrong to prevent the country from taking...
The co-founder of a Tanzanian whistle-blowing website has been charged with obstructing an investigation after not handing over the details of people who post on the site to the police. Maxence Melo,...
The British Prime Minister, Theresa May, has hailed President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo for what she described as his “impressive” victory in the December elections. The British Prime Minster, in a...
The British Prime Minister, Theresa May, has hailed President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo for what she described as his “impressive” victory in the December elections. The British Prime Minster, in a...
The British Prime Minister, Theresa May has sent a congratulatory message to Ghanaian President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. In the message, the British PM indicated she recognised that it was...
Two Africans made Forbes international’s list of ‘The World’s Most Powerful People’ for the year 2016. Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote was listed along with Egyptian President Abdel...
British Prime Minister, Theresa May, has congratulated President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on his “hard fought campaign” to win the December 7 Presidential election with a landslide...
The Greek parliament has defied the international creditors providing Athens' bailout funds and voted through a one-off payment to pensioners. Plans for the €617m (£517m; $656m) pre-Christmas...
United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Theresa May has sent a congratulatory message to President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over his victory in the December 7 elections. Number 10 acknowledged the...
Since the end of the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2003, the family of the outgoing President Joseph Kabila is reported to have flourished by owning at least 70 companies....
A post-Brexit UK-EU trade deal might take 10 years to finalise and still fail, Britain’s ambassador to the EU has privately told the government. The BBC understands Sir Ivan Rogers warned ministers...
They're the islands where World War II never ended and now they're the focal point of a rare meeting between the leaders of Japan and Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin makes his first visit to...
Less than five months before the first round of presidential elections, France’s new government has desperate little time to accomplish any policy goals. But the new prime minister, Bernard...
Italy's Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni is pictured before a confidence vote to the new government Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni won a confidence vote in the upper house Senate on Wednesday,...
A collection of moments subtle and grand of the 44th president of the United States. Barack Obama boards Air Force One at Yangon International Airport on Friday in Yangon, Myanmar, for the G-20...
New Zealand Finance Minister Bill English was confirmed as the country's new prime minister on Monday, as expected, a week after John Key announced his surprise resignation after eight years in the...
Under the moonlit skies victory smelled like Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male. The euphoria had spread her antennae bouncing around. It was all over the place—north, south, east and west as thousands...
Why is King Mohammed VI of Morocco suddenly keen to join the African Union (AU) after his late father King Hassan II condescendingly ditched the continental Organization of African Unity the (OAU) in...
Turkey’s ruling AK Party on Saturday submitted to parliament a package of constitutional reform proposals that would expand the president’s powers, party officials said, in a move that could...
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the president-elect was born and raised in Ga-Maami (Accra Central) and in the Nima area of Accra. His father’s residence, Betty House at Korle Wokon in Accra, was...