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President Akufo-Addo will today, Thursday, August 30, receive German Chancellor Angela Merkel for bilateral discussions as part of her three-nation West African tour. The German Chancellor will on her arrival hold bilateral discussions at the Jubilee House which will focus on

Moroccan authorities arrested 12 suspects and were hunting three others after a 17-year-old girl told police she was gang-raped, tortured, and held against her will for two months. Anger erupted in Morocco after news reports last week that the teenager was abducted, brutalised, and forcibly tattooed. The case sparked

Kenya’s Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu has been arrested at her offices in the Supreme Court in the capital, Nairobi over alleged corruption. She has been taken to the police’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations for questioning. Kenya’s national prosecutor has confirmed

Police in Nigeria say they arrested 57 men over the weekend on suspicion of being gay as displays of same-sex affection are banned in the West African country. The police raided a hotel in the main commercial city of Lagos where

Theresa May has announced plans to boost Britain’s investment in Africa after Brexit, during her first trip to the continent as prime minister. In a speech in Cape Town, she pledged £4bn in support for African economies, to create jobs for