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The United States of America has expressed worry over the passage of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, popularly known as the Anti-LGBT+ Bill. Ghana’s Parliament passed the bill on Wednesday, February 28, after several debates, contributions, and some opposition to the bill. US State Department Spokesperson Matthew …

Senegal President Macky Sall has said he will stand down on 2 April when his term is due to end, but it is still unclear when elections will be held to elect his successor. He said the date of the elections will depend on the planned national dialogue that is …

Accra, Gold Coast’s capital [now Ghana], was filled with joyous chants at the release of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the leader of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) who later became the country’s first president. He, together with six other men, were released from prison on February 12, 1951, as free …

Russia’s most significant opposition leader for the past decade, Alexei Navalny, has died in prison inside the Arctic Circle, the prison service said. Seen as President Vladimir Putin’s most vociferous critic, Navalny was serving a 19-year jail term on charges widely considered politically motivated. He was moved to an Arctic …

Recent revelations have surfaced linking a US investor, Erik Prince, who has advocated for the colonization of Africa, to Ian Hannam, a British deal-maker with ties to Ghana’s Ministry of Communications. The connection was established by a news article that Vice President of Imani Africa, Bright Simmons, shared on his …

Erik Prince, the former CEO of the controversial private security firm Blackwater, has sparked outrage by calling for the U.S. to “put the imperial hat back on” and take over African countries that he deemed “incapable of governing themselves”. In a recent episode of his podcast “Off Leash”, Prince said …

The Former President and the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congres (ND), Mr. John Dramani Mahama has been nominated alongside some notable leaders across Africa for the 2024 African Heritage Awards (AHA). The former president of Ghana, who is seeking re-election in the December 2024 general elections, has been nominated …

Pope Francis said in an interview published on Monday (30 January) that Africans were a “special case” in the opposition of bishops and many other people in the continent to homosexuality. But he said he was confident that, except for Africans, critics of his decision to allow blessings for same-sex …

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has responded to news of the exit of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger from the community. Although ECOWAS says it is yet to receive any direct formal notification from the three Member States about their intention to withdraw from the Community, the …

Three West African countries, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger on Sunday, January 28, 2024, announced their decision to break away from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) with immediate effect. These countries are currently led by militaries that seized power from civilian leaders. “After 49 years, the valiant …