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Boris Johnson faces a showdown in Parliament later after No 10 officials warned he would call for a snap general election on 14 October if MPs succeed in seizing control of Commons business. Rebel Tories and Labour MPs are planning a bill to stop the UK leaving the EU on 31 October without a deal. [
Former Inter Milan midfielder McDonald Mariga has been cleared to run in the upcoming Kibra constituency parliamentary by-election in Kenya's capital, Nairobi. The constituency is known for including Kibera, the East African nation's largest slum. Mariga won nomination as a Jubilee Party candidate -
A month ago, I wrote an article while on a visit to the University of Rwanda. I shared my observations about their security system, particularly the security protocols around their Chief Justice (CJ) and the operations of few policemen I saw around as I navigated the city. The Rwandan CJ is conveyed
The most powerful storm to hit the Caribbean islands of the Bahamas since records began has torn roofs from buildings and caused severe flooding. The slow-moving, category five Dorian - the second-strongest Atlantic hurricane on record - has sustained winds of up to 180mph (285km/h). A "life-threate
The most powerful storm to hit the Caribbean islands of the Bahamas since records began has torn roofs from buildings and caused severe flooding. The slow-moving, category five Dorian - the second-strongest Atlantic hurricane on record - has sustained winds of up to 180mph (285km/h). A "life-threate
We must change the narrative. We don’t only need a woman MP, we equally need to change the perverted mentality of our people about women and women's leadership. The need for a paradigm shift is a necessity. A woman is neither a sex object nor less of God’s creation. A woman mental makeup is not [&he
An artificial intelligence system that generates realistic stories, poems and articles has been updated, with some claiming it is now almost as good as a human writer. The text generator, built by research firm OpenAI, was originally considered "too dangerous" to make public because of the potential
Cocoa farmers, chiefs and residents along the Elubo-Enchi corridor of the Western North Region are upset about the deplorable nature of roads in the enclave. In June 2018, government announced it had secured funding to construct the Enchi-Elubo road but work is yet to commence one year on. Enchi and
On 27th of July, I experienced my first induction ceremony into ‘real life’. It was my graduation. And from the many handshakes and cheers I was getting from comrades and loved ones, it was easy to think I was the happiest man amid the crowd seated in the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC)
The hit video game World of Warcraft (WoW) is going back to basics with the launch of WoW Classic this evening. First released in 2004, the online multi-player game has evolved and changed dramatically over the years. Many players had asked developer Blizzard Entertainment to revive the original ver
A state of emergency has been declared in Sudan's Red Sea state after ethnic violence left at least 16 people dead. The country's new interim government has also dismissed the governor of the eastern state and the regional security chief. It is not clear what caused the clashes, which raged between
The fourth Republic (from 1992 to present) has seen about 24 political parties registered in the country. By law, these parties are regulated by the Political Parties Act 574 which was passed in 2000. It is interesting to note that political groups with interesting names like Every Ghanaian Living E
Citi News has sighted a correspondence between the Office of the Special Prosecutor and the presidency which suggests that the recently publicized exposé by journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni which indicted the suspended Public Procurement Authority CEO, Adjenim Boateng Adjei had been a subject of inve
The question was direct. And the denial was categorical. “Is it your company?” “No!” “Then how do you know the company?” “It’s my cousin,” said A.B. Adjei, the CEO of Public Procurement Authority (PPA). Investigations by freelance investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni, has revealed that Tal
Football's world governing body Fifa has installed a new committee to run the game in Egypt, after the sudden resignation of the previous board. President Hani Abou Rida and the other members of the Egypt Football Association (EFA) quit in the immediate aftermath of the country's exit from this year
