Trump Worries Nato With ‘obsolete’ Comment
A statement by US President-elect Donald Trump that Nato is "obsolete" has caused "worry" in the alliance, Germany's foreign minister ...
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Deal Struck Between Army and State
Ivory Coast's government has struck an agreement with mutinous soldiers, shortly after talks were interrupted by gunfire. Shots were heard ...
Gunfire Erupts At Ivory Coast Army Talks
Heavy gunfire broke out in Ivory Coast's second-largest city, Bouake, late on Friday, as tensions flared following last week's army ...
President’s Additional Ministries Questionable
'IMANI' Centre for Policy and Education, an African think tank, has described the additional ministries by the President of the ...
Akufo-Addo’s Ministerial Nominees Likely To Be Vetted In 2 Weeks
President Nana Akufo-Addo's wish for the Appointments Committee of Parliament to vet his ministerial nominees as quickly as possible may ...
President Ouattara Dismisses Security Chiefs
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has dismissed the heads of the army, police and paramilitary gendarmes following a two-day army ...
Calm Reported After Two-Day Mutiny
A rebellion in Ivory Coast over soldiers' pay appears to have passed. Residents and correspondents in the second city, Bouake, ...
Calm Returns To Ivory Coast After Unrest Over Soldiers’ Pay
A rebellion in Ivory Coast over soldiers’ pay appears to have passed. Residents and correspondents in the second city, Bouake, ...
France Thwarts 24,000 Cyber-Attacks Against Defence Targets
France says it was the subject of 24,000 cyber-attacks against defence targets last year. Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said ...
Ivory Coast Defence Minister Freed By Mutinous Soldiers
Mutinous soldiers in Ivory Coast have released the country’s defence minister after detaining him for two hours in a standoff ...
Ivory Coast Mutiny Deal Reached, Says President, But Unclear If Unrest Is Over
President Alassane Ouattara of Ivory Coast says he has reached an agreement with soldiers who have mutinied. He said he ...
Ivorian Minister Trapped After Soldiers Open Fire
Mutinying soldiers in Ivory Coast's second largest city Bouake opened fire on a local official's house where the defence minister ...
Israeli PM Netanyahu Backs Pardon For Manslaughter Soldier
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for a pardon for a soldier convicted of manslaughter for killing a wounded ...
Saudi Rejects Interference In Yemen
Saudi Arabia is determined to prevent external "interference" in neighbouring war-torn Yemen, King Salman said in an annual address on ...
NPP Rounds Up Campaign Charging Electorate To Kick Out ‘create, Loot, Share’ Gov’t
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has sent out a thunderous message to Ghanaians to eliminate all forms of threat to ...
Thailand Invites Crown Prince To Become New King
Thailand's parliament invited Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn to be the new king on Tuesday, completing a formal step for the apparent ...
My Humble Take On Ambassador Haruna Attah’s Tribally-Inspired Allegations On Nana Addo And The NPP
There is a media hype of a supposedly tribally-inspired rhetoric coming from Nana Addo. It bothers on a statement attributed ...
Addo Kufuor Mourns Asantehemaa
The Former Defence minister in the erstwhile Kufuor administration, Dr Addo Kufuor has visited the Manhyia Palace to mourn with ...
Israel’s Muezzin Bill Seeks ‘Judaisation of Jerusalem’
A pre-dawn muslim call to prayer has provoked the main backlash from Israeli Jews Palestinian politicians in Israel have found ...
Warships Head To Kaikoura
Australian, Canadian and US warships are heading to the New Zealand town of Kaikoura to help with evacuations after a ...