Crude-oil futures fell Tuesday in Asia due to growing doubts that the world’s biggest oil producers would reach a deal to cut global output. All eyes are on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries meeting on Wednesday in Vienna. Internal discord could derail producers’ plans to reach an agreement limiting output, which has outpaced […]
Anator Holdings Company Limited has denied claims by pressure group OccupyGhana that the Government of Ghana intends investing pension funds of taxpayers to fund a deal signed between the state and embattled businessman Alfred Woyome by acquiring a 24 per cent stake in a $35 million project. OG in a statement on Monday, 28 November […]
AngloGold Ashanti has announced a significant jump in third-quarter free cash flow to $161m, further improving its net debt position despite a decline in ore grades at some of its operations and a challenging operating environment for its South African business. Free cash flow was $161m, before the $30m once-off cost incurred for the early […]
Hechi is a prefecture-level city located in southern China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The city is home to 4.25 million people, more than 80 percent of which are ethnic minority groups, including Zhuang, Yao, Mulao, Maonan, Miao, Dong and Shui. The ethnic groups and their customs have given the city a rich cultural heritage. Ethnic […]
Two of the six missing ballot boxes that got missing a week ago have been found by a hairdresser at Apowa in the Ahanta West Constituency of the Western Region. They were traced close to the Electoral Commission’s regional office, according to local reports from the region. Meanwhile, the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has charged […]
Chinese veterans put together a series of photos before they retire. The heart gestures express their gratitude and love for the army. [Photo/Sina Weibo]
Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with United Nations Secretary-General designate Antonio Guterres in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 28, 2016. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin) Chinese President Xi Jinping met United Nations Secretary-General designate Antonio Guterres in Beijing on Monday, vowing stronger cooperation with the UN and firm support for its work. Calling the UN the “most […]
South Korean President Park Geun-hye said Tuesday that she will follow parliamentary decision including her shortened presidency. South Korean President Park Geun-hye addresses the nation at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 4, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua] The comments were made during her third televised address to the nation since a scandal involving herself […]
The Jill Stein campaign of U.S. Green Party has filed a legal petition in the Pennsylvania state court Monday as voters filed recount requests in more than 100 precincts, according to a statement. “The campaign expects recount requests to be filed in many more precincts in the Keystone State in the coming days,” the campaign […]
Former South African President, Thabo Mbeki, is expected in Accra on Tuesday to lead the Commonwealth Observer Mission for the general elections on December 7. The South African diplomat will stay in Ghana for the next two weeks, returning to his home country on December 13. Mr Mbeki says he accepted the Commonwealth assignment because […]
No other political figure outside of Africa symbolized global solidarity with the aspirations of the people from the northern regions to the sub-continent than Comandante President Fidel Castro Ruz of the Republic of Cuba. Historical, political and cultural ties between the people of Africa and Cuba extend back for over five centuries. Cuba was colonized […]
A recent article published in the New York Times appears to suggest that the United States will be investigated by the Netherlands-based International Criminal Court (ICC) for committing torture against captives in Afghanistan. Surprisingly enough the ICC has almost exclusively focused its attention on alleged war crimes and acts of genocide taking place in Africa. […]
South African President Jacob Zuma has come out publically to state that there are efforts underway by the West to undermine the African National Congress (ANC) government which has held power for over 22 years. A myriad of challenges are facing the South African ruling party including an economic recession, the bringing of several allegations […]
A fourth gathering of the African-Arab Summit met on November 23 in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea to discuss avenues of mutual cooperation and benefit to the neighboring regions throughout the continent and West Asia. African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, held a preliminary meeting on November 4 with Mohammed Abou Alhassan, Representative and Special […]
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