The current political crisis and near-recession facing South Africa has an impact on the rest of the continent, especially southern Africa, former President John Dramani Mahama has said. The African National Congress (ANC), the party of South African leader Jacob Zuma, is divided following the President’s sacking of the respected Pravin Gordham as Finance Minister. … Read more
When John Mahama stepped down as president of Ghana in January 2017, he became the first in his country’s history to fail to secure a second term in office. Critics argued that Mahama, who was nicknamed Mr Power Cut because of a series of debilitating power cuts during his term, was unable to meet the … Read more
North Korea on Friday demanded the extradition of the South’s spy chief, a Chinese businessman, and unnamed US CIA agents over a supposed conspiracy to assassinate leader Kim Jong-Un. Last week Pyongyang’s powerful ministry of state security said it had foiled a plot by the US and South Korean spy agencies to kill Kim using … Read more
Western Sydney Wanderers pinched only their second win of this season’s AFC Champions League with a late winner over big-spending Shanghai SIPG in their final group game in Sydney on Wednesday. Jaushua Sotirio had a tap-in in the 89th-minute to claim a 3-2 win for the 2014 AFC Champions League winners who grabbed a consolation … Read more
South Korea’s new President Moon Jae-in has been sworn in, vowing to address the economy and relations with the North in his first speech as president. He said that he would even be willing to visit Pyongyang under the right circumstances. Mr Moon took his oath of office in Seoul’s National Assembly building a day … Read more
Malaysia has lodged an appeal against having to play an Asian Cup qualifier against North Korea in Pyongyang, Asian football’s governing body said Wednesday. “There is an appeal from FAM. We are looking into it,” said Windsor John, secretary-general of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) made the appeal after … Read more
South Korea’s new president was sworn in on Wednesday, just a day after a landslide election victory, and immediately declared his willingness to visit Pyongyang amid high tensions with the nuclear-armed North. Left-leaning Moon Jae-In, a former human rights lawyer, backs engagement with North Korea in the quest for peace — in contrast to the … Read more
South Korea’s new president is a former pro-democracy activist and special forces soldier whose electoral victory caps a turbulent political career — he was jailed by his predecessor’s father. Moon Jae-In of the centre-left Democratic party won Tuesday’s presidential election in a landslide, taking 41.1 percent of the vote, far ahead of his nearest rival. … Read more
The election of South Korea’s new president Moon Jae-In heralds a sea change in Seoul’s approach towards the nuclear-armed North — and puts it on a potential collision course with Washington. The left-leaning new leader — a former human rights lawyer — favours engagement and dialogue with Pyongyang over its atomic and missile ambitions. In … Read more
The Trump administration will enforce trade rules more aggressively than any previous government in its efforts to reduce the trade deficit, but does not seek a dispute, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Tuesday. Ross also said he hopes this week to resolve delays in Congress that will allow the White House to give formal notification … Read more
Chinese defense chiefs say the country’s military has successfully tested a new kind of guided missile near the Korean peninsula. The test in the Bohai Sea was to ‘raise the operational capability of the armed forces and effectively respond to threats to national security,’ the Defense Ministry said. An official statement did not say what … Read more
Who is Moon Jae-in, South Korea’s likely new president? Moon celebrates after exit polls show him as the winner of South Korea’s presidential vote As the sounds of his supporters’ cheers filled Seoul’s air, celebrating a projected landslide victory in South Korea’s presidential election, Moon Moon Jae-in stepped on to a platform at his party’s … Read more
The projected winner of South Korea’s presidential election is a former special forces soldier, pro-democracy activist and human rights lawyer. An exit poll forecast a landslide victory for left-leaning Moon Jae-In of the Democratic Party, giving him 41.4 percent support, 18 percentage points ahead of his nearest challenger. Victory will cap a political career that … Read more
South Koreans are voting in a presidential election, called early after a huge corruption scandal brought down their former leader. Liberal Moon Jae-in is the clear front-runner with centrist Ahn Cheol-soo his nearest challenger. The election is being closely watched at a time of economic uncertainty and heightened tensions with North Korea. Mr Moon wants … Read more
Let us find a way to stop borrowing Folks, did you all read this memo below from our new Finance Minister, Hon. Ken Ofori Atta dated 3rd April 2017. And this is supposed to be good news, right? We are all well educated, even if not Finance Majors. It took me 19 years after studying … Read more
South Koreans are voting in a presidential election, called early after a huge corruption scandal brought down their former leader. Liberal Moon Jae-in is the clear front-runner with centrist Ahn Cheol-soo his nearest challenger. The election is being closely watched at a time of economic uncertainty and heightened tensions with North Korea. Mr Moon wants … Read more
South Koreans are voting in a presidential election, called early after a huge corruption scandal brought down their former leader. Left-leaning Moon Jae-in is the clear front-runner with centrist Ahn Cheol-soo his nearest challenger. The election is being closely watched at a time of economic uncertainty and heightened tensions with North Korea. Mr Moon wants … Read more
South Koreans went to the polls Tuesday to choose a new president, after Park Geun-Hye was ousted, detained and indicted for corruption, and against a backdrop of high tensions with the nuclear-armed North. More than 139,000 voting stations opened at 6 am local time (2100 GMT) across the country, with turnout expected to hit a … Read more
A foreign-funded university in North Korea confirmed Monday the arrest of a US citizen — the second person linked to the school held in two weeks amid tensions on the peninsula. The detention of Kim Hak-Song means that the North is now holding four US citizens, with the two countries at loggerheads over Pyongyang’s nuclear … Read more
When Park Geun-Hye was elected South Korea’s first female president five years ago she secured the largest-ever vote share of the country’s democratic era. But after her term ended in impeachment and disgrace only one of the 13 candidates to succeed her is a woman. Analysts say the near all-male panel — epitomised by rows … Read more