Maudlyne Ihejirika @maudlynei | email ACCRA, Ghana — Good riddance Barack Obama. And welcome Donald Trump. Surprisingly, that’s the view of many people in this western African nation, which is 78 percent Christian and 11 percent Muslim. “Of course we all supported the first black president of the United States.
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FARAI MUTSAKA, Associated Press Tues, Feb 21 8:02 AM PST HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s “America First” policy has an admirer in Zimbabwe’s longtime president, who says the policy resonates with his own thinking. President Robert Mugabe, who turned 93 on Tuesday and is the world’s oldest
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Banjul (Gambia) (AFP) – Gambian President Adama Barrow said Saturday that every aspect of his tiny west African state would need an overhaul after ex-leader Yahya Jammeh’s 22-year rule, but that its dreaded secret police would remain. Barrow faces an uphill task after taking over from Jammeh, who left behind
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January 27, 2017 4:50 PM Sebastian Mhofu HARARE, ZIMBABWE — Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was expected to arrive home Friday after his annual holiday in Asia. Mugabe, one of the world’s longest-serving heads of state, will head right into a fresh debate, both inside and outside his party, on whether
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Robbie Gramer, Foreign Policy Magazine While the world braces for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Friday, another inauguration in West Africa has regional leaders worried: Gambia’s. West African countries are reportedly preparing for a military intervention in Gambia if President Yahya Jammeh refuses to step down on Thursday, the day
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Kate Vinton, Forbes Staff The number of billionaires in Africa–and the size of their fortunes–continues to drop. On this year’s list, FORBES is only including African billionaires living in Africa, instead of featuring Africa’s 50 richest people. There are 21 billionaires on this year’s list, worth a combined $70 billion.
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By Conor Gaffey On 11/21/16 at 11:56 AM Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who has ruled the country for 36 years, has hinted at his possible retirement, but said he would leave office on his own terms. The 92-year-old, who took charge of Zimbabwe following its independence from colonial rule in
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MIDDELBURG, South Africa — Two white South Africans accused of forcing a black man into a coffin and threatening to set him on fire appeared before a judge on Wednesday as demonstrators protested against racism outside the courthouse. Members of the ruling African National Congress party and opposition parties gathered outside
Continue readingThis new book by award-winning educator, author and internationally-acclaimed speaker, Chike Akua, is transforming the lives of high school and college students along with adults who were denied this information in their schooling. Dr. John Henrik Clarke, one of our most highly respected and highly regarded scholars, remarked that great
Continue readingNAIROBI, Kenya — Jul 25, 2015, 12:46 PM ET By ARLETTE SAENZ and CONOR FINNEGAN President Obama kicked off his historic trip to Kenya today with his first public events on his four-day visit to Africa, a continent he said was “on the move.”“I’m proud to be the first U.S.
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