AFRICA

Nigeria has maintained its position as the poverty capital of the world with 93.9 million of Africa’s most populous country currently living below the poverty line, analysts at Financial Derivatives Company (FDC) Limited, have stated. Quoting the World Bank data, FDC said seven million Nigerians fell into extreme poverty in …

As the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) visits Imo State today (Thursday), the police have warned troublemakers to stay away from the state or risk the wrath of security operatives. This was as the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra surprisingly issued a sit-at-home order in Imo and four other …

Former president Jacob Zuma’s family is eagerly waiting for him to be discharged from hospital. Image: SANDILE NDLOVU Former president Jacob Zuma’s elated family members are awaiting his arrival at his Nkandla homestead in KwaZulu-Natal after his release on medical parole by the department of correctional services on Sunday. “I feel …

Guineans are making light of the recent political developments in the country with the whereabouts of President Alpha Conde still unknown since last Sunday. Conde was placed under arrest by special forces and his government dissolved with the coup officers decrying corruption and mismanagement of resources. Leader of the coup, …

President Akufo-Addo will today lead a subregional leaders virtual emergency summit on political developments in Guinea. Akufo-Addo as Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has strongly condemned the coup d’état that took place in the Republic of Guinea last Sunday. Today’s summit was announced yesterday by …

• Relations between Ghana and Guinea go back to the independence years • The first post-independence leaders – Kwame Nkrumah and Sekou Toure – were known to be close friends • Nkrumah is on record to have given $10 million to Guinea to help their takeoff after independence from France in October …

The African Court on Human and People’s Rights have expressed concern that more African States are yet to ratify the Protocol and make the Declaration under Article 34 (6). Lady Justice Imani D. Aboud, African Court President, explained that Article 34 of the Protocol [Ratification] stipulates that “at the time …

The political party of former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh announced on Sunday an alliance with the ruling party three months before the presidential election, casting doubt on the willingness to prosecute the former leader for alleged human rights violations. The secretary general of Yahya Jammeh’s APRC party, Fabakary Tombong Jatta, …

• Prof Kwesi Aning says ECOWAS and AU have lost their respect • He blamed the international community for the happenings in Guinea •His comment was after Alpha Conde was ousted by some military forces in Guinea Prof Kwesi Aning, Director of Faculty of Academic Affairs & Research at the …

• Some Ghanaians supported the coup in Guinea • The soldiers declared the Guinean constitution invalid • Guinea‘s president, Alpha Conde, has been detained by the military Several Ghanaians on social media have waded into the ongoing unrest in Guinea after a group of military personnel overthrew and detained President …