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The February 24 presidential elections in Senegal will go ahead as planned despite a boycott call by former president and opposition leader Abdoulaye Wade. The assurance was given on Wednesday by Aly Ngouille Ndiaye, the Senegalese Interior Minister, a response that

When some of the most well-known faces from the African diaspora arrived for a recent vacation in Accra, Ghana, it looked like just another gathering of famous people. Actors including Idris Elba rubbed shoulders with supermodel Naomi Campbell, TV sports presenter Mike

European Union officials have slashed their growth forecast for the 19 countries that use the euro, saying even the reduced estimate was vulnerable to “large uncertainty” from slowing growth in China and weakening global trade. The EU’s executive Commission cut the

British Prime Minister Theresa May is traveling to Brussels Thursday in a new attempt to reopen talks with the European Union on the Brexit divorce agreement and is bracing for a clash with European Council President Donald Tusk and Commission President

Germany’s antitrust watchdog on Thursday announced a crackdown on Facebook’s data collection practices after ruling the world’s largest social network abused its market dominance to gather information about users without their knowledge or consent. Facebook said it would appeal the landmark

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe struck a conciliatory tone with Russia at an annual rally Thursday to demand the return of small isles claimed by both nations. Speaking at a rally of former residents of four islands seized by Russia in

The Government has also set up a three-member commission of enquiry to probe the violence that characterized the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency by-election. The Commission will be chaired by former boss of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ),

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission, PURC, has blamed the delay in disclosing new tariffs for the year to the delayed takeover of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) by the Power Distribution Services (PDS) Ghana Limited. The PURC as expected to