Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has secured a landslide re-election victory, winning 97.66 percent of the vote, according to official results announced by the Tanzanian electoral commission on state television on Saturday, November 1. The result came after a highly controversial election marked by the jailing or disqualification of key opposition candidates, widespread violence, and…
President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana and French President Emmanuel Macron held extensive bilateral talks at the Élysée Palace on Thursday, discussing security cooperation, economic development, and regional stability on the sidelines of the 2025 Paris Peace Forum. The meeting opened on a solemn note, with President Macron offering condolences for the recent passing of…
Britain’s Prince Andrew, the second son of the late Queen Elizabeth, will have his royal titles formally removed and will have to move out of his home in Windsor, Buckingham Palace said Thursday, Oct. 30. This comes as the royal faces growing pressure over his ties to the later s£x offender Jeffrey Epstein. Buckingham Palace…
The US government has permanently revoked the visa of Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka. Leadership reports that Soyinka disclosed this at a media parley held in Lagos on Tuesday, October 28. He said that he received the letter of Visa revocation last Thursday, October 23, and that the development seemed like being witch-hunted because of…
Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara has secured a fourth term in after winning this year’s presidential election. According to provisional results announced by the Independent Electoral Commission (CIE) on Monday evening, the 83-year-old won a fourth term as head of the west African country with 89.77% or 3.75m votes. Businessman Jeal-Louis Billon came a distant…
Paul Biya, aged 92 and the world’s oldest head of state, has been officially declared winner of the presidential election in Cameroon, securing a historic eighth term in office. The ruling was announced by the country’s Constitutional Council on Monday after a vote held earlier this month. Biya has been in power since 1982 and…
Former First Lady of Ghana, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, has died in Accra at the age of 76. Family sources say she passed away in the early hours of Thursday, 23 October, at the Ridge Hospital in Accra. The news was also confirmed by Felix Ofosu Kwakye, Spokesperson to the President of Ghana. “Government announces with deep…
Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who had been undergoing treatment in Kochi, passed away on Wednesday due to cardiac arrest. Odinga collapsed during a morning walk within the premises of the Ayurvedic facility and was rushed to Devamatha Hospital in Koothattukulam, where he was pronounced dead at around 9:52 am Indian time. The 80-year-old…
Black Stars head coach Otto Addo has cemented his place in Ghana’s football history after leading the national team to a second straight FIFA World Cup qualification. Ghana secured their spot at the 2026 tournament with a hard-fought 1–0 win over Comoros in their final Group I qualifier at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday,…
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has announced that the United States has reversed the visa restrictions previously imposed on Ghana. In a post on his X account, Mr Ablakwa said Ghanaians are now eligible for five-year multiple-entry visas and other enhanced consular privileges. Big win for Ghana! The US visa restrictions imposed…
