Ninety-nine days after taking office, President Donald Trump on Friday is set to address the National Rifle Association, the hugely powerful US gun lobby that will surely give him a triumphant...
A group affiliated to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is vindictively opposing the decision by the Royal Institute of International Affairs, to shortlist for it awards this year, chairperson...
Venezuela says it will withdraw from Organization of American States (OAS), accusing the Washington-based grouping of meddling in its internal affairs. The government made the announcement after the...
Nana Oseadeayo Akumfi Ameyaw IV Omanhene of the Techiman Traditional Area was on Wednesday April 26, 2017 called to the bar at a ceremony held at the Supreme Court in Accra. The traditional ruler was...
Bangladesh has approved a project to build hundreds of mosques with almost $1 billion from Saudi Arabia, an official said Wednesday, worrying minorities who fear they could be used to spread...
President Donald Trump on Wednesday slammed as "ridiculous" a US judge's ruling blocking an executive order that could deny billions of dollars to so-called sanctuary cities harboring illegal...
The woman raped by filmmaker Roman Polanski in 1977 when she was a teen lashed out at prosecutors in the case on Tuesday, accusing them of seeking to further their careers rather than resolve the...
Brazilian footballer Bruno Fernandes has been ordered to return to jail to continue serving his 22-year-term for his role in the kidnapping and murder of his former girlfriend in 2010. The...
The Supreme Court of Ghana has adjourned the case of Eric Asante, the teacher who was wrongfully jailed 15 years for rape, to 16 May. Mr Asante is in court seeking compensation from the state over...
Pressure group, ‘The Alliance for Accountable Governance’, (AFAG), has petitioned the Royal Institute of International Affairs of the U. K against rewarding chairperson of the Electoral...
ALLIANCE FOR ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE P. O. BOX OS 3547 OSU. Email: |Tel: +233- 501287870 |+233-209830546 |+233-248274646 THE PRESIDENT THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, CHATHAM HOUSE, 10...
The Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) has expressed strong reservations about the nomination of the Chairperson of Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC), Charlotte Osei, for the 2017 Chatham...
A high-rise condominium dubbed "the national photobomber" will continue to loom over a historic Philippine monument after the Supreme Court struck down a bid by conservationists to have it torn down....
India could issue millions of cows with unique identification numbers, the latest effort to protect the sacred animals amid a spike in violence by Hindu vigilantes against farmers accused of cattle...
Two more people have been killed in Venezuela, in rival protests both for and against the government of President Nicolas Maduro. The violence raised the death toll to 23 in three weeks of protests....
A British-Iranian woman jailed in Tehran after being accused of sedition has seen her appeal rejected by the country's supreme court, her family said on Monday. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was given a...
An ex-child soldier who has spent years risking his life to fight illegal mining and wildlife poaching has been given a prestigious award. The Goldman prize for park ranger Rodrigue Mugaruka Katembo,...
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has called for talks to resume with the opposition. He also said he wanted local elections to take place. His comments came as another large demonstration is...
By Prof Lungu As we said in part 1 of this multi-part paper, President Mills, the former law professor, did not only have the foresight to recognize the need for revision of the Constitution, he had...
The latest protests were on Saturday and another march is planned for Monday Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has called for talks to resume with the opposition. He also said he wanted local...