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Comoros President Azali Assoumani has won a fourth term with 62.7% of votes despite opposition marking his re-election as fraudulent. After attempting a coup d’etat in 1999, Assoumani was President of Comoros in 2002, 2016, and 2019 and is currently the African Union chairperson. President William Ruto of Kenya withdrew …

A New Zealand MP has resigned following multiple allegations of shoplifting, which police are investigating. Golriz Ghahraman, of the Green Party, is alleged to have stolen three times from two clothing stores – one in Auckland and the other in Wellington. The former UN human rights lawyer made history in …

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu spent 3.4bn naira (US$3.5million; £2.7million) on domestic and foreign travel during his first six months in office, local reports say, citing data from the GovSpend portal. The spending means President Tinubu and his team exceeded the 2.49bn naira travel budget allocated for the entirety of 2023 …

Pan African event, The Convention 2024, has been called off a few hours to the programme. The event was scheduled to take place on Sunday, January 7, 2024, at the Independence Square, coinciding with Ghana’s Constitution Day. But the organisers in a statement indicated that the government directed them to …

South African former President Thabo Mbeki is alive and well, his foundation says.     The foundation was reacting to reports circulating on social media on Wednesday regarding the former president’s health, with some claiming he had died. “We categorically deny these reports and wish to assure the public that …

The Ministry of the Interior has released dates for statutory holidays and commemorative days in Ghana for the year 2024. However, the dates for EId-UI-Fittr and EId-UI-Adha have not been set because they are movable feasts. “The dates for their observation are provided by the office of the chief imam …

Ghanaian journalist and event organizer, Afua Asantewaa Owusu Aduonum, has disclosed that she has been hospitalized after attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the longest singing marathon by an individual. Afua Asantewaa, who commenced her attempt to break the sing-a-thon record on Christmas Eve, concluded on Friday, December …

A massive earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 hit central Japan on Monday, triggering a tsunami warning and advisories for residents to evacuate. A tsunami around 1 metre high struck parts of the coast along the Sea of Japan with a larger wave expected, public broadcaster NHK reported.   …

Days after Afua Asantewaa Aduonum’s sing-a-thon world record attempt officially ended after six days, another Ghanaian has started an attempt to break another Guinness World Record. Even as hundreds and thousands crossed over into the year 2024 in churches and places of worship, others did so at places of entertainment …

The 34th Africa Cup of Nations gets under way in Ivory Coast on 13 January after being shifted from 2023 to 2024 because of the rainy season in West Africa. Holders Senegal will look to defend the title they won in Cameroon in February 2022, when the Teranga Lions beat …