Ghana’s former finance minister, who is wanted at home on suspicion of corruption, has been detained by US immigration, his lawyers said. Ken Ofori-Atta, 66, has been in the United States since January last year to receive medical treatment, including…
US President Donald Trump says Republicans must win the 2026 congressional midterm elections or risk Democrats moving to impeach him. ABC News stated that Trump made the assertion on Tuesday while addressing Republican lawmakers at a retreat in Washington. “You’ve…
The military government of Burkina Faso says it has foiled a plot to kill the president, Ibrahim Traore, and destabilise the country. The security minister, Mahamadou Sana, said the plot was hatched by a former national leader, Paul-Henri Damiba, who…
Guinea’s junta leader, Mamady Doumbouya, will be sworn in as president on January 17 following his electoral victory last month, the presidency announced Tuesday on social media. Doumbouya, who has not been seen publicly since voting in the election, will…
Rep. Riley M. Moore, who represents Virginia’s Second District in the United States Congress, has reaffirmed that the U.S. remains committed to defending Christians in Nigeria. Moore made this known during an interview with Newsmax while responding to a recent…
Russia on Monday said it had seized the village of Grabovske in Ukraine’s Sumy region, from where Kyiv had last month accused Moscow of forcibly relocating dozens of residents in a “medieval raid”. The capture would mark a new advance…
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, will face trial in the United States on charges including narco-terrorism and cocaine trafficking, US Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed on Saturday. “They will soon face the full wrath of American…
Venezuela’s neighbours and allies of its President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday condemned a large-scale US strike on the South American country, as Spain offered to mediate for a peaceful settlement. US President Donald Trump said earlier that US forces had…
The General Assembly has approved a 3.45 billion-dollar regular budget for the United Nations for 2026. The approval followed weeks of intensive negotiations and one of the Organisation’s most important reform initiatives, UN80. The budget, approved by the 193-member General…
A Nigerian hotel owner has reported that three of his staff were hospitalised after debris from munitions fell on his hotel following US airstrikes targeting militants in northwest Nigeria. The surprise US raid on Christmas Day targeted militants linked to…
