Rishi Sunak Rishi Sunak will become the UK's first British Asian prime minister after his only remaining rival pulled out of the Tory leadership contest. Nearly 200 Conservative MPs publicly backed the former chancellor ahead of the nomination deadline on ... Read More

The World Health Organization (WHO) establishment of the Director General’s Special Initiative for Mental Health (DG-SIMH) in Ghana is expected to redefine and address gaps in the country’s mental healthcare delivery. The five-year initiative supported by the Government of Norway seeks ... Read More

Currently, there are a little over 10,000 refugees in Ghana, Ms. Esther Kiragu, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Ghana, has revealed. She said they were from Togo, Sudan, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Cameroun, among others. And during this year, 7,000 ... Read More

Ibrahim Traore has been sworn in as interim president of Burkina Faso, several weeks after Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was removed in a coup. At a ceremony on Friday, Traore pledged support for a transition leading to elections in July 2024 as ... Read More

Former President Jacob Zuma South Africa's scandal-embroiled former president, Jacob Zuma, addressed the media Saturday for the first time after completing a 15-month jail term for contempt of court, alleging the country's justice system is unjust and infiltrated by foreign interests. Zuma, ... Read More

Guinea's ruling junta has agreed to restore civilian rule in two years, after facing sanctions over its original plan for a three-year transfer of power, the West African bloc ECOWAS said Friday. West African leaders had last month suspended Guinea from ... Read More

Boris Johnson Boris Johnson has ruled himself out of the race to be the next Conservative Party leader and prime minister. Here is his statement in full: In the last few days I have been overwhelmed by the number of people who ... Read More

Liz Truss Senior Conservatives hoping to succeed Liz Truss as prime minister have begun canvassing support among Tory MPs. Ms Truss dramatically resigned on Thursday just six weeks into the job, making her premiership the shortest in British history. The process has now ... Read More

Olaf Scholz German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Thursday Russian President Vladimir Putin is using energy as weapon, but his tactics are only bringing Western allies closer together in their support of Ukraine. Scholz made the comments to the German parliament ahead of ... Read More

The African Union has set October 24 in South Africa as the date and place for peace talks aimed at ending the war in Ethiopia's Tigray region, according to an Ethiopian official. The announcement from Redwan Hussein, the national security adviser ... Read More