Hundreds of patrons are expected to turn up at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) as highlife music legend, Pat Thomas, prepares to give his fans a special treat when he takes the stage this Friday.The concert is being organised to honour…
Military planes carrying hundreds of European nationals evacuated from Niger landed in Paris on Wednesday as France flies its citizens out of the West African country after a coup last week. A military junta overthrew Niger’s democratically elected Pre…
The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Bagbin, has urged the government and future governments to scrap taxes on sanitary pads.He expressed worry at the government’s failure to remove taxes on sanitary pads in the Mid-Year budget review.“On the issue of s…
Thousands of pro-coup supporters take to the streets in Niger marking the 63rd anniversary of the country’s independence from France, as FRANCE 24 and RFI are banned in the country. We talk to Dr Olayinka Ajala, senior politics lecturer at Leeds Becket…
The Economic Community of West African States, the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, threatened the use of force if coup leaders don’t restore Bazoum to power by Sunday.How likely is ECOWAS to send troops into Niger?”The likelihood of a major intervention…
