Category: WORLD NEWS

Theresa May is to call-off Tuesday’s crucial vote on her Brexit deal in the face of what was expected to be a significant defeat by Tory rebels. Government sources have…

President Donald Trump has nominated William Barr to be the new attorney general, a post he held in the 1990s. By replacing Jeff Sessions, who was fired by Mr Trump…

Germany’s ruling Christian Democrat Union has chosen Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as their new party leader, but Angela Merkel plans to serve out her term as chancellor until 2021. The CDU general…

Former US President George HW Bush has died at the age of 94, a family spokesperson has announced. Bush Senior died on Friday, about eight months after the death of…

A judge has dismissed as “politically motivated” an extradition request by the Turkish government for a dispossessed media proprietor to be sent for trial in Ankara. Judge John Zani also…

EU leaders have approved an agreement on the UK’s withdrawal and future relations – insisting it is the “best and only deal possible”. After 20 months of negotiations, the 27…

The First Lady of Ghana, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has met her counterparts from other African countries to take a strong stand against early child marriages and other socio-cultural practices targeted…

Sexual harassment is a major problem for women who work at the African Union Commission (AUC), an internal investigation has found. Most of the victims are short-term staff, youth volunteers…

Nigeria’s army has acknowledged for the first time that soldiers were killed in a militant attack last Sunday on a base in Borno state, in the north-east. It had been…

The United Kingdom through the Fleming Fund will provide support to Ghana to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to drugs. The Fund would be used for laboratory capacity-building and surveillance for…