This is a letter from a heartbroken mother who lost her daughter in service of motherland. The Nigerian corps member Ifedolapo Oladepo died in NYSC camp due to negligence. She was not given proper...
President John Mahama has eulogised the Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies, Mr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, for his extraordinary business acumen that has caused Zoomlion Ghana Limited, a...
David in Nana Addo, Goliath in Mahamah. Who Will Fall? Many say they see the traits of the biblical David in Nana Addo Dankwah Akuffo Addo and he himself confirmed that during the NPP manifesto...
It is particularly difficult to foretell what the foreign policy of a US president-elect will be. We have plenty of examples of US presidents who – after coming into office – did not follow...
Oh, not those kinds of pirates. Darn it. Perhaps life in Iceland would be even more interesting if governmental control were given to swashbuckling pirates, but the Pirate Party isn't into plundering...
Nearly 2,000 Iraqi troops were killed across Iraq in November as they battled to force ISIS extremists from the country, according to newly released UN figures. That's nearly triple the number of...
The leaders of four major global cities say they will stop the use of all diesel powered cars and trucks by the middle of the next decade. The mayors of Paris, Mexico City, Madrid and Athens say they...
U. S. President Barack Obama, keen to preserve his legacy on domestic health care and the Iran nuclear deal, is not expected to make major moves on Israeli-Palestinian peace before leaving office,...
Many say they see the traits of the biblical David in Nana Addo Dankwah Akuffo Addo and he himself confirmed that during the NPP manifesto launch. However, the sympathisers of NDC also see Mahamah as...
Nigerian novelist: How I was banned from speaking Igbo In our series of letters from African journalists, Nigerian novelist and writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani recalls how she was banned from speaking...
Trump vows to back away from business to focus on White House U. S. President-elect Donald Trump vowed on Wednesday to step back from running his global business empire to avoid conflicts of interest...
At least 12 people, almost all of them schoolchildren, have been killed after a fire broke out in a girls' dormitory in Turkey's southern province of Adana, according to the local governor. The fire,...
Over 55 high level delegations, including more than 20 heads of state will participate in a tribute event to late Cuban leader Fidel Castro at the Revolution Square in Havana on Tuesday night, said...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau must have been feeling the heat. Mr Trudeau will not attend Fidel Castro's funeral in Cuba this week, despite the decades-long friendship between his father and...
Thailand's parliament invited Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn to be the new king on Tuesday, completing a formal step for the apparent heir to take the throne following the death of his father last...
Indian opposition parties say thousands will participate in nationwide protests against the government's ban on two major currency notes. Earlier this month, the 500 and 1,000 rupee notes were banned...
Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has described the late former Cuban leader Fidel Castro as a “friend” and one of Latin America’s most remarkable leaders. Mr Annan said this...
Francois Fillon is to be the conservative candidate in next year’s French presidential election after his rival Alain Juppe admitted defeat. With virtually all the results counted, Mr Fillon won...
Campaigners are urging the government not to "cherry pick" different parts of the economy for special trade agreements with the EU after Brexit. Three pro-EU MPs argue this approach risks creating...
Francois Fillon is to be the conservative candidate in next year's French presidential election after his rival Alain Juppe admitted defeat. With virtually all the results counted, Mr Fillon won...
