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. …
Read More »ExCo appoints Ad hoc Compensation Committee
The Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), in the exercise of the powers prescribed under Article 42(2) of the Statutes 2019, has appointed an Ad hoc Compensation Committee. Article 42(2) of the GFA Statutes provides that: ‘The remuneration of members of the Executive Council shall be proposed by …
Read More »Mali president dissolves constitutional court amid unrest
Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has announced the dissolution of the constitutional court in an attempt to calm unrest that saw four people killed in street protests on Friday. The president said he said would not tolerate such violence. The court has been at the centre of controversy after it …
Read More »Guinea-Bissau president resigns after one day
One of the two men who had been declared president of Guinea Bissau resigned his office on Sunday – after just one full day in office. Despite not being in the December ballot Cipriano Cassamá was appointed by parliament, the majority of whose deputies have refused to acknowledge the election …
Read More »It will be difficult for Akufo-Addo to die as President – Owusu Bempah
Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah, Founder and Leader of Glorious Word Power Ministry International, says it will be very difficult for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to die as President of Ghana. His latest prophecy came after Prophet Badu Kobi had prophesied during his New Year’s Eve Church Service that the …
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