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Turkish universities will no longer admit new students to French language departments, Turkey’s Higher Education Board has ruled, the latest development in the strained ties between Turkeyand France. The decision came in response to a manifesto signed by prominent French figures, calling

Zimbabwe’s Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga has denied he uses skin whitening creams, reports News 24. According to the Chronicle newspaper, he made the denial after being mocked on social media – with some cruel users dubbing him “Bleachy Chiwenga” and “General Ambi”. He

Vice President  Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed that Ghana could find itself back on the online payment company PayPal within the next two years, after being blacklisted for almost 15 years. Speaking at the launch of the first phase of Ghana’s mobile

Mahathir Mohamad is on course to become the world’s oldest elected leader at 92, after a shock victory in Malaysia’s bitterly fought election. The former PM came out of retirement and defected to the opposition to take on his one-time protégé

The chairman of the Board of Directors of GN Bank Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom has charged the management of the bank to work with discipline and innovation to become the “Best Big Bank” in Ghana. He said this at a retreat

Two cases of Ebola have been confirmed in the north-western town of Bikoro, a health official in the Democratic Republic of Congo told news agency Reuters. Jean Jack Muyembe, who works for the country’s institute for biological research, said there are

US President Donald Trump says he will withdraw the US from an Obama-era nuclear agreement with Iran. Calling it “decaying and rotten”, he said the deal was “an embarrassment” to him “as a citizen”. He said he would reimpose economic sanctions

Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson had emergency surgery on Saturday for a brain haemorrhage. A United statement said the procedure “had gone very well” but Ferguson “needs a period of intensive care to optimise his recovery”. The Scot, 76,