World

By Emmanuel Nduka The International Monetary Fund (IMF), has listed some African countries with the highest indebtedness to the global lenders. The list which was unveiled in a recent report by the IMF, identified countries of...

By Ebi Kesiena In a move that has sparked widespread condemnation, Egyptian authorities detained prominent cartoonist Ashraf Omar at his Cairo home on Monday. The arrest comes in the wake of a series of satirical cartoons...

By Lucy Adautin  On Monday, soldiers and police sealed off the headquarters of Uganda's largest opposition party. The move was described by a police spokesperson as a precautionary measure ahead of planned anti-government protests on Tuesday....

By Ebi Kesiena The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reinstated Egypt on its Executive Board meeting schedule for July, marking a critical step in the discussions to release the third tranche of Egypt's loan program, valued...

US President Joe Biden has quit his re-election bid following overwhelming pressure from fellow Democrats, saying that “it was in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down”. The president...

By Ebi Kesiena The National Democratic Congress (NDC) will launch its campaign for the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections next month, John Dramani Mahama, the party's flag bearer has announced. Following the August campaign launch, party...