Hong Kong will select a new leader on Sunday in a vote skewed towards Beijing that has once more opened up the city’s political divisions. Pro-democracy campaigners describe the election process as a farce and predict weekend protests as the prospect of political reform in the semi-autonomous city appears more unattainable than ever. Hong Kong’s … Read more
Hong Kong’s richest man Li Ka-shing said Wednesday he would vote for the candidate who is willing to cooperate with Chinese authorities in the city’s upcoming leadership vote. Li, 88, was speaking after his flagship CK Hutchison Holdings posted a net profit of HK$33.01 billion (US$4.25 billion) for 2016, six percent up year-on-year, despite global … Read more
Labour’s deputy leader says left-wing supporters of Jeremy Corbyn are involved in a plot which could destroy the party as an electoral force. Tom Watson was reacting to claims that the grassroots Momentum group – which helped make Mr Corbyn leader – is hoping to get financial support from Britain’s largest trade union, Unite. Momentum’s … Read more
Ghana Football Association President Kwesi Nyantakyi is likely to be appointed the next CAF vice President after playing a major role in Ahmad Ahmad’s triumph over Issah Hayatou. Nyantakyi could be named as the new deputy leader of the Confederation of African Football after Madagascan Ahmad Ahmad emerged victorious in CAF’s general elections held in … Read more
Hong Kong’s leadership candidates faced off in a live television debate Tuesday as criticism mounts over an appointment process skewed towards Beijing, bypassing the vast majority of voters. A committee of 1,194 mainly pro-establishment representatives from special interest groups will choose the next chief executive later this month in the first leadership vote since mass … Read more
The woman seen as China’s favourite for Hong Kong’s next leader formally registered Tuesday for the election in March after securing overwhelming initial backing, as pro-democracy protesters heckled her. Carrie Lam announced she had secured 579 nominations from a 1,200-strong mainly pro-Beijing election committee which will vote on March 26 for the next chief executive. … Read more
Pro-democracy protesters Monday gatecrashed a press conference by Hong Kong leadership hopeful Carrie Lam, displaying banners criticising a “rigged election” as the woman seen as China’s favourite unveiled her policy. Around a dozen activists including Joshua Wong, the face of 2014’s mass pro-democracy protests, entered the venue minutes before the start and demanded to be … Read more
The Minority in Parliament has impressed on President Nana Akufo-Addo to clarify if his New Patriotic Party government will be using the Heritage Fund to fund the Senior High School policy following what it calls conflicting signals from his officials. There was a suggestion from the Senior Minister Yaw Osafo-Maafo that government would consider reviewing … Read more
The Minority in Parliament has impressed on President Nana Akufo-Addo to clarify if his New Patriotic Party government will be using the Heritage Fund to fund the Senior High School policy following what it calls conflicting signals from his officials. There was a suggestion from the Senior Minister Yaw Osafo-Maafo that government would consider reviewing … Read more
The vote for Hong Kong’s new leader kicks off this week, but most of its 3.8 million-strong electorate will have no say in choosing the winner, prompting calls for an overhaul of a system skewed towards Beijing. It is the first leadership vote since mass pro-democracy protests in 2014 failed to win political reform and … Read more
Angola’s long-time President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has confirmed he will step down before August’s poll and has announced his likely successor. He told a meeting of the governing MPLA party that Joao Lourenco, the defence minister, would be the party’s presidential candidate. But the 74-year-old is to remain leader of the influential ruling party. … Read more
Angola’s long-time President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has confirmed he will step down before August’s poll and has announced his likely successor. He told a meeting of the governing MPLA party that Joao Lourenco, the defence minister, would be the party’s presidential candidate. But the 74-year-old is to remain leader of the influential ruling party. … Read more
Australia’s prime minister has revealed he donated A$1.75m (£1m; $1.3m) towards his re-election campaign in 2016. Malcolm Turnbull, a former investment banker, made his contribution in the final weeks before the July poll. His donation has been criticised by opposition Labor MPs, who said he “got out his wallet” to win the election. But Mr … Read more
The Minority National Democratic Congress in Parliament insists the president, Nana Akufo-Addo, withdraws a speech delivered at his inauguration on Saturday after it emerged that portions were “plagiarized”. Whilst castigating the president’s speechwriters of not being original, the Minority in a statement issued by its Deputy Leader James Klutse Avedzi mentioned the embarrassment the speech … Read more
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 role. English, who was the sole contender for the job, announced Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett as the deputy leader, following a special … Read more
Governments from Asia to Europe reacted with stunned disbelief on Wednesday to the victory of Donald Trump in the U. S. presidential election, while populists hailed the result as a triumph of the people over a failed political establishment. German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen, an ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel, described the result … Read more
“Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.”– Aristotle That’s it! The quiet real people of Britain rose up against an arrogant, aloof and untouchable political class and contemptuous Brussels elite. So, Britain has broken free from the arrogant European Union dictatorship! Surely, they won’t see another stream … Read more
Mr. John Agyekum Kufuor was born on December 8, 1938 in Kumasi, Ghana. He had his Secondary Education at Prempeh College where he passed at the top of his class. He enrolled at Lincoln Inn, London, and was called to the Bar in 1961 at the age of 22 =. He then entered Oxford University … Read more
John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor (born 8 December 1938) was the second President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana (2001–2009) and Chairperson of the African Union (2007–2008). His victory over John Atta-Mills after the end of Jerry Rawlings’ second term marked the first peaceful democratic transition of power in Ghana since the country’s independence in 1957. … Read more
Mr. John Agyekum Kufuor was born on December 8, 1938 in Kumasi, Ghana. He had his Secondary Education at Prempeh College where he passed at the top of his class. He enrolled at Lincoln Inn, London, and was called to the Bar in 1961 at the age of 22. He then entered Oxford University where … Read more