Africa Archive

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has said that if his rival, Raila Odinga, is elected president in the re-run election on 17 October, his party, which has a parliamentary majority, will remove him from office. Mr Kenyatta, who was addressing a delegation

Garbine Muguruza officially became world number one for the first time on Monday, as Sloane Stephens soared back into the top 20 after her surprise US Open triumph. Wimbledon champion Muguruza takes over from Karolina Pliskova at the top of the

The office of former president John Dramani Mahama overspent the budget allotted to it in excess of GH¢3billion in 2016 investigations by iWatch Africa, an anti-corruption organization has divulged. In its assessment of the 2016 Auditor General’s report on the Consolidated

Members of the Tijaniyya Muslim Council of Ghana on Monday paid a courtesy call on the Information Minister, Hon. Mustapha Hamid. The delegation, led by Sheikh Khalifa Abul Faidi Ahmed Maikano, Spiritual leader of the Tijaniyya Council in Ghana, was at

Around two million people from around the world have gathered in an effort to start anew, erase past sins and beg God for forgiveness and guidance in the peak day of the hajj pilgrimage. With their palms facing the sky in supplication, and many

The under-fire deputy minister for food and Agriculture William Quaitoo has resigned, a statement from the Flagstaff Hous has said. “The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, this evening accepted the resignation from office of the Deputy Minister for Agriculture,

A ban on plastic carrier bags has come into force in Kenya, which means that from Monday anyone found selling, manufacturing or carrying them could face fines of up to $38,000 or prison sentences of up to four years. The government

Turkish Airlines yesterday morning transported 800 Sierra Leone Pilgrims to this year’s Hajj and to commence arrangements for the setting up of offices in Freetown in preparation for its inaugural scheduled flight to Sierra Leone on December 15th, 2017. The Vice