Tag Archives: FORMER

Adamu Dramani Sakande, a former Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, has died in London after a persistent heart problem. The former MP, GhanaWeb gathers died on Tuesday evening. “Hon Adamu Dramani Sakande joins the land of the silence ones this evening in London. He was a great father and an uncle,” …

The former president of Mali, Moussa Traoré, has died at home in the capital, Bamako. He was 83. Mr Traoré took power in a coup in 1968 and remained president until he was ousted by the military in 1991. He has played the role of elder statesman in recent years, …

Former President of the Methodist Church Rev. Samuel Asante-Antwi has died, Starr News has learnt. He is reported to have died at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Saturday night. Rev. Asante Antwi who is a member of the Council of Elders of the ruling New Patriotic Party was known for his criticisms …

The son of Angola’s former president has been jailed for five years for fraud from when he was head of the oil-rich country’s Sovereign Wealth Fund. José Filomeno dos Santos, 42, was accused of trying to embezzle up to $1.5bn (£1.1bn) while overseeing the $5bn fund from 2013 to 2018. …

A section of Ghanaians have donated sums of money to SVTV Africa Foundation, in support of Richard Anderson, the former Black Stars and Accra Hearts of Oak player, now a drug addict. Richard Anderson, in a previous interview on SVTV Africa, narrated how as a player, his Nigerian fellow influenced him into drugs. Anderson …