Ghanaian UNICEF Director in SA goes missing

It is becoming increasingly difficult for rescuers in South Africa to find the Ghanaian UNICEF Director who went missing in that country. Charlotte Nana Yaa Nikoi according to local media was last seen on March...

American Airlines pilot dies on Dallas flight

A pilot died on Wednesday during a flight from Dallas to Albuquerque, New Mexico, American Airlines have confirmed. The Boeing 737-800 was two miles from landing when the captain declared a medical emergency, an Albuquerque...

Ivanka Trump to be assistant to US president

Ivanka Trump is officially joining her father's administration as an unpaid employee with the title Assistant to the President, the White House says. The US first daughter bowed to pressure following an outcry from ethics...

Ahmed Kathrada funeral: South Africa’s Zuma asked to stay away

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has not attended the funeral of veteran anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada at the request of his family. Mr Kathrada called on Mr Zuma to resign last year after he became...

Protest in UK over deportations to Ghana, Nigeria

Three people have been arrested after a protest at Stansted Airport in Essex temporarily halted take-offs and landings on Tuesday. Police were called at 21:30 BST as a group entered a non-commercial runway and locked...

Ivory Coast’s former first lady Simone Gbagbo acquitted

A court in Ivory Coast has acquitted the country's former first lady, Simone Gbagbo, of crimes against humanity. The charges related to the violence that followed the 2010 presidential poll when her husband, Laurent, refused...

Article 50: May signs letter that will trigger Brexit

Theresa May has signed the letter that will formally begin the UK's departure from the European Union. Giving official notice under Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, it will be delivered to European Council president...

Akufo-Addo will fix Ghana – Tony Blair

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has expressed optimism that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo can fix Ghana and lead the country to greater heights. Mr. Blair, who is in Ghana on an official visit...

Attacks on Nigerian students shock India

India's Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj has promised an "impartial" inquiry into attacks on Nigerian students living in Noida, near Delhi. The attacks were prompted by the death of a local teenager due to a drug...

Kathrada: South Africa’s anti-apartheid veteran dies aged 87

Veteran South African anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada has died aged 87, his foundation says. It says Mr Kathrada passed away peacefully in Johannesburg's hospital "after a short period of illness, following surgery to the brain". Along...