Mandela Ambulance ‘caught Fire’, His Surgeon Reveals
An ambulance carrying South Africa's first democratically elected president Nelson Mandela caught fire as it was rushing him to hospital, ...
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Maldives Arrests Key Dissident After UN Censure
The Maldives arrested one of the few vocal dissidents still in the country on Thursday, a day after facing censure ...
An Increasingly Isolated Trump Joins the Battle of His Life
Donald Trump has faced down a litany of scandals in his nearly 71 years, surviving bankruptcy, divorce, lawsuits and vulgar ...
Former Mauritanian Junta Chief Dies of Heart Attack
Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, the former head of a military junta who ruled Mauritania from 2005 until 2007, died Friday ...
Egypt Mourns Coptic Church Attack Victims
Funerals have been held in Alexandria for victims of one of the two bomb attacks on Coptic churches in Egypt ...
Maldives Opposition In New Bid To Take Control of Parliament
Maldives opposition parties said on Monday they would launch a fresh bid to seize control of parliament by impeaching the ...
Maldives Arrests Key Opposition Figure In Crackdown
The last free opposition leader in the Maldives has been arrested as part of a major government crackdown on rival ...
Niger President Issoufou Says Will Not Seek Third Term
Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou said Saturday that he would not amend the constitution to allow him to seek a third ...
Remembering the Anti-Apartheid Giant Ahmed Kathrada
Flags were lowered to half-mast and mourners lined the streets outside Westpark Cemetery on Wednesday morning. Many embraced tearfully as ...
Maldives Opposition Face Crackdown After Failed Power Bid
Opposition parties in the Maldives accused the government Friday of waging a revenge campaign against their leaders after they narrowly ...
Maldives Ex-Leader Vows Fightback After Vote Chaos
Exiled Maldives opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed vowed Wednesday to keep up the pressure on the government after it deployed troops ...
Maldives Exiled Leader Nasheed Vows To Take Parliament
The exiled former leader of the Maldives Sunday announced plans to take control of the national parliament after hammering out ...
Transition Challenges Due To Breakdown of State Institutions
A senior research fellow of the Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA), Dr Michael Ofori-Mensah, has observed that the transition challenges ...
AG Calls For Amendment To Presidential Transition Act
Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Gloria Akuffo, has called for an amendment to the provisions of the Presidential Transition ...
Transition Act(845) Weak To Address Disorder, Hooliganism – NPP MP
The New Patriotic Party(NPP) Member of Parliament for Adenta Constituency, Buabeng Asamoah says the current Presidential (Transition) Act, 2012 (Act ...
Samsung Heir Charged With Bribery and Embezzlement
South Korean prosecutors charged the de facto chief of Samsung, Lee Jae-yong, with bribery and embezzlement on Tuesday, the latest ...
African Migrants Not Our Enemies
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki has been inaugurated as chancellor of the University of South Africa (Unisa) The university, ...
Seizure of “State Cars,” Who Is To Blame?
In 2001, when the first regime changed through the ballot box under the fourth republican constitution, the transition was characterised ...
Public Must Report Missing Vehicles To Sector Ministries
Mr. David Yaro, the Administrator-General, has urged Ghanaians to be bold and patriotic and report individuals and personalities unauthorised to ...
Use Handing-Over Notes To Protect State Assets
Mr David Yaro, the Administrator-General, has tasked the would-be Ministers of State to peruse their predecessors’ handing-over notes so as ...