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Joyce Banda, who was Malawi’s first female president in 2012, has decided not to run in the 2019 presidential race, endorsing opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera who heads the Malawi Congress Party. Speaking to AFP, Banda, who heads the People’s Party, confirmed her

The sacking of former chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) Madam Charlotte Osei as well as the harsh prison conditions and attacks on journalists in the country have been featured in the 2019 Human Rights Report by the United States of

A building containing a primary school has collapsed in the Nigerian city of Lagos and pupils are feared to be among the dead and injured. The school is said to have been on the top floor of the three-storey building in

The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has allayed the fears of the Ghanaian populace that it is safe to fly on Ghana’s routes as none of the registered airlines in the country is currently flying the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft.

The leadership of students of the Ghana School of Law (GSL) has petitioned  President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo seeking audience with him concerning the recent mass failure in the bar examination. According to the students, the meeting with the president will

 Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Minister, Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has stated that the strength, power and the wealth of common features of the Commonwealth must be harnessed to better the lives of its member States who are under developed. Addressing

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has disclosed in a statement that he is “deeply saddened at the tragic loss of lives” in a crash involving an Ethiopian Airlines flight, shortly after takeoff in Addis Ababa on Sunday, 10 March 2019 killing everyone

The Regional Coordinating Councils (RCCs) established in the six newly created regions will begin work by the close of this month. This is to enable the people of the new regions to access basic social services in their respective regional capitals