Despite conflicts and instability in some parts, Africa’s fast growth and development, at least during the past decade, has attracted several external countries mainly from Asian region, European Union (EU) and the United States. In this special interview, David Shinn, an Adjunct Professor in the Elliott School of International Affairs, a former U. S. Ambassador … Read more
A “humanitarian pause” announced by Russia is to formally come into effect in Syria’s city of Aleppo to allow civilians and rebels leave the city. Moscow earlier said air strikes by Russia and Syria’s government had been halted two days ahead of schedule. It also extended the pause by three hours, and suggested it could … Read more
‘No more Mr. Nice Guy’: EU gets tough on African migrants Migrants crossing the Sahara desert into Libya ride on the back of a pickup truck outside Niger Encouraged by their success in halting a mass influx of refugees by closing Greek borders and cutting a controversial deal with Turkey, EU leaders are getting tough … Read more
Fenerbahce’s team plane has been forced to make an emergency landing after it was hit by a bird on its way to the UK for Thursday’s Europa League game against Manchester United. The private chartered aircraft was travelling from Istanbul in Turkey when it was diverted to Budapest, Hungary. A second plane was then sent … Read more
The fight in Mosul is projected to last 60 days The battle to recapture Mosul from ISIS could take two months, a Peshmerga military commander told CNN on Tuesday, the second day of the long-awaited offensive to liberate Iraq’s second city. Sirwan Barzani, a brigadier general, said it would likely take two weeks for advancing … Read more
The Black Stars will be in Turkey for a three-day camping before travelling to North Africa for their second 2018 World Cup qualifier against Egypt. The Stars are scheduled to travel to Alexandria to face Group E leaders on November 13 after dropping two valuable points at home in the first group qualifier. Reports say … Read more
Europol, the EU’s police intelligence unit, estimates that around 10,000 unaccompanied children have gone missing in Europe over the past two years. The BBC World Service Inquiry programme asks why so many have disappeared. “There are different reasons [children] arrive unaccompanied,” according to Delphine Moralis, secretary general of Missing Children Europe. “Some of them have … Read more
1.3 million Kenyans in 23 counties are in need of food aid – Report Despite the progress Kenya has made in reducing hunger, it is among 50 countries where levels of hunger remain serious or alarming, a new global report reveals. Kenya’s score of 22 places it at number 72 out of a list of … Read more
Egyptian giants Zamalek are facing a huge distraction ahead of this weekend’s CAF Champions League as FIFA has ordered them to pay Ghanaian striker Junior Agogo 557,000 Euros or face a six-point deduction in the league. The Cairo-based team take on South Africa club Sundowns in the first leg of the final on Saturday but … Read more
President Vladimir Putin has dismissed suggestions that Russia could face war crimes charges over its bombardment of Syria’s second city Aleppo. He told French media the accusations were “rhetoric” that did not take into account the realities in Syria. French President Francois Hollande had suggested Russian air strikes on Aleppo could amount to war crimes. … Read more
A secret internment camp for former Islamic State militants and their families has been established in Syria. Some 300 defectors and captured combatants, including many Europeans, are being held at the camp operated by the rebel group Jaysh al-Tahrir. Its commander, Mohammad al-Ghabi, told the BBC: “We tried to rehabilitate them and alter their state … Read more
The 2016 presidential election in Ghana is very delicate for at least two main reasons. It is the first election after the disputed election in 2012 which ended at the Supreme Court. Secondly, the first major election of the new electoral commission’s (EC) chairperson, Charlotte Kesson-Smith Osei. The EC on Monday October 10, 2016 disqualified … Read more
Even though the global market for dairy products is growing steadily and is expected to generate revenues worth over US$400billion in 2019, Ghana continuous to lag behind, thereby losing out on this global goldmine. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reports that in the last three decades, world milk production has increased by more than … Read more
More than two-thirds of the foreigners seeking to join the Islamic State (IS) group have attended high school or university, according to a new study by the World Bank. Many of the young recruits who travel to Syria or Iraq to join the ranks of the Islamic State (IS) group – also known as ISIS, … Read more
Portugal’s former prime minister Antonio Guterres was officially nominated by the UN Security Council on Thursday to succeed Ban Ki-moon as the next United Nations secretary-general. The 15-member council unanimously adopted a resolution formally presenting Guterres as their choice during a closed-door session. The UN General Assembly’s 193 member-states are now expected to approve Guterres … Read more
Police forensic experts examine the scene of blast as police officers and officials secure the area A bomb attached to a motorbike exploded near a police station in southwest Istanbul on Thursday wounding 10 people, the provincial governor said. The blast occurred in the Yenibosna neighborhood, several kilometers from Istanbul Ataturk Airport, the country’s largest. … Read more
Rigobert Song is reportedly out of a coma, breathing by himself and has been flown to France after suffering a cerebral aneurysm on Sunday. Two photographs emerged of Song on Twitter on Tuesday, telling the news, and showing him sitting up in a hospital bed and then being wheeled by medics. Former Liverpool, West Ham United … Read more
Thousands of police were also among those purged in the immediate aftermath of the failed overthrow Turkey has suspended almost 13,000 police officers for their alleged links with the US-based Muslim cleric, Fethullah Gulen. The latest wave adds to the 100,000 or so civil servants dismissed or suspended since July’s failed coup. Mr Gulen denies … Read more
Amnesty International has accused the world’s wealthiest nations of shirking responsibility towards refugees, saying they host the fewest and do the least. Ten countries which account for just 2.5% of the global GDP are sheltering more than half the world’s 21 million refugees, says a report by the charity. Salil Shetty, Amnesty’s secretary-general, called for … Read more
Former Liverpool and Cameroon defender Rigobert Song has been brought out of a two-day coma and is due to fly to France to continue his recovery. The 40-year-old reportedly collapsed while at his home in Yaounde on Sunday and was rushed to hospital for emergency treatment. “He has come out of his coma and the … Read more