Serving my country: The Namibia experience
Sometime after January 7, 2017, my two and a half years tour of duty as Ghana’s High Commissioner to Namibia and Botswana would come to an end and I will head back to my...
India train crash: 100 killed
The death toll following the derailment of a train in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state has now passed 100, with more than 150 injured, police say.
Fourteen carriages of the Indore-Patna Express derailed just after...
Donald Trump to meet fierce critic Mitt Romney
Republican President-elect Donald Trump is to meet one of his severest critics, Mitt Romney, as he continues to build his transitional team.
Media have speculated the post of secretary of state could be discussed.
During the...
Nigeria’s government stops salaries for ex-leaders
Nigeria's government has failed to pay the country's ex-leaders their monthly salaries and allowances since January because of a cash crisis, government secretary Babachir Lawal has said.
He made the disclosure during a meeting with...
Trump settles Trump University lawsuits for $25m
Donald Trump has settled three Trump University lawsuits for $25m (£20m), the New York Attorney General has said.
The US president-elect was being sued by former students who paid $35,000 (£28,000) for real estate "secrets"...
Trump election: Jeff Sessions tapped for top law job
Donald Trump has asked Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions to be attorney general, US media is reporting.
Senator Sessions, a former prosecutor elected to the Senate in 1996, has been one of Mr Trump's closest allies...
Ghana, Namibia hold PJCC
Ghana and Namibia have held the second session of their Permanent Joint Commission of Cooperation (PJCC) in Accra.
The First Session was held 12 years ago in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. It was Ghana’s...
US intelligence chief, James Clapper resigns
US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has submitted his letter of resignation, he has told a congressional panel.
He told the House Intelligence Committee that "it felt pretty good".
The 75-year-old top American spy had...
Nigeria militants ‘bomb’ oil pipelines in Niger Delta
A militant group in Nigeria says it has bombed three pipelines in the south of the country in the latest attack on the country's crucial oil industry.
The claim by the Niger Delta Avengers has...
Clinton: I wanted to curl up after defeat
Hillary Clinton has laid bare her disappointment at her election defeat to Donald Trump in her first public appearance since she lost a week ago.
The Democratic candidate said in a speech in Washington DC...
