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Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo yesterday fired his junior finance minister, Charles Adu Boahen over corruption allegations made in an upcoming documentary on illegal gold mining. The presidency’s statement said Akufo-Addo’s decision came after “being made aware of the allegations” against Boahen in the documentary “Galamsey Economy,” scheduled to be released yesterday.. Teasers from the expose show Boahen in what the documentary claims are images of him trying to demand $200,000 […]

US President Joe Biden says Russia’s decision to withdraw from the Ukrainian city of Kherson shows its military has "some real problems". Biden said he had been expecting the move for "some time" and that it would allow both sides to "recalibrate their positions" over the winter. An army general, sergei Surovikin, who was given command just weeks ago, confirmed Russian troops would withdraw entirely from the western bank of […]

A member of Parliament in the United Kingdom, Gavin Williamson has resigned as a government minister after allegations of bullying, saying he aims to clear himself of "any wrongdoing”. The MP had been accused of sending abusive messages to a fellow Tory MP last month and of bullying a senior civil servant as defence secretary. Sir Gavin said he "refuted" how his conduct had been characterized, adding that the claims […]

North Korea today denied any arms dealings with Russia and has no plans to do so, following United States reports that North Korea appears to be supplying Russia with artillery shells for its war in Ukraine. White House National Security spokesperson, John Kirby had said an intelligence reports suggests that North Korea is covertly supplying Russia with a significant number of artillery shells. Kirby said North Korea was attempting to […]

Twitter says it will inform its staff today about whether they will be laid off following the firm's takeover by multi-billionaire Elon Musk. In an internal email, the social media company said the cuts are an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path. The firm added that its offices would be temporarily closed and badge access would be suspended. Musk will be Twitter's chief executive after buying the firm […]

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff JCS has disclosed that North Korea has fired at least one long-range and two short-range ballistic missiles, while the Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida says one may have been an intercontinental ballistic missile. It comes after Pyongyang yesterday launched its most missiles in a single day including one that landed near South Korea's territorial waters. Seoul responded by firing three missiles of its […]

Brazil has taken a turn to the left as former president Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva defeats far-right incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro in the presidential election. After a divisive campaign that saw two bitter rivals on opposite sides of the political spectrum go head to head, Lula won 50.9% of the votes which was enough to beat Bolsonaro, whose supporters had been confident of victory. It was a stunning comeback […]

The world’s richest man Elon Musk has completed his 44 billion dollar takeover of Twitter. The Chief executive of Twitter and finance boss have reportedly left with immediate effect, bringing to a close a saga that saw Twitter going to court to hold Musk to the terms of a takeover deal that he had tried to escape. Musk tweeted his interest in the platform was not about making money. Twitter […]

South Korean electronics giant Samsung has named convicted heir and de facto boss Lee Jae-Yong as its executive chairman. The symbolic move means the world's biggest smartphone maker would now be officially run by the third generation of its founding family. Lee, who was convicted of bribery and embezzlement in 2017, was granted a special presidential pardon in August after he was imprisoned twice for bribing a former president. The […]