The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has firmly rejected any attempt to recognise Somaliland as an independent state. He restated that the African Union’s unwavering commitment is to the unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Somalia.…
Mali came from behind to draw with Morocco in Group A of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Rabat, which leaves the host nation on the brink of a place in the knockout stage. It proved to be a…
Pep Guardiola says his players will have remained “incredibly disciplined” during the Christmas break to meet the standards Manchester City have set. Last week, Guardiola said his players would be weighed on their return to training after Christmas to check they are fit enough…
Most of us have received at least one Christmas present that missed the mark – a jumper that doesn’t fit, a hideous ornament or a perfume you don’t like. Not every present is greeted with delight – so instead of…
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky has said he will meet US President Donald Trump in Florida over the weekend, as talks continue ending Russia’s full-scale war. Zelensky said he expected the meeting to take place on Sunday and to focus on a…
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (GOLDBOD), Sammy Gyamfi, has explained that a reference he made to Ghana’s foreign reserves in 2016 was a “clear typo” and should not be held against him, stressing that he corrected…
President Donald Trump of the United States of America said Thursday he’d ordered a deadly strike on Islamic State terrorists in Nigeria, who he has accused of persecuting Christians in the country. “Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief,…
A leading public-interest advocacy organisation has called on the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to suspend its planned normalisation of non-interest banking, citing significant regulatory, constitutional, and operational defects in the central bank’s proposed framework. In a formal memorandum submitted on…
A Powerball player in Arkansas won a whopping $1.817bn (£1.34bn) jackpot in a Christmas Eve drawing, making it the second-largest lottery prize ever claimed. The single winning ticket matched all six numbers – 4, 25, 31, 52, 59 and red…
The jailed ex-president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has undergone a successful surgery for a double hernia, his wife Michelle says. The former leader is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup after he lost the 2022 presidential election to…