Ghana’s Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has renewed his warning that heavy-handed tactics by state investigative agencies are eroding the country’s democratic culture, following the arrest of Dennis Miracles Aboagye, Director of Communications for the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), at Kotoka International Airport. Aboagye, a former Executive Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee…
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Türkiye this week marked the tenth anniversary of the July 15, 2016 coup attempt, an occasion that has become as much a foreign policy moment as a domestic one. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan used the commemoration to renew his government’s warning that the Fetullah Terrorist Organisation, widely known by its Turkish acronym FETO, remains active…
Kenya, 16 July 2026 – Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP) leader Rigathi Gachagua on Thursday made an emotional final appeal to Ol Kalou voters, urging them to turn out in large numbers and vote for his party’s candidate in a by-election widely viewed as the first major political showdown ahead of the 2027 General Election.
Kenya, July 16, 2026 – The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has reminded voters in the Ol Kalou parliamentary by-election that those who require assistance to cast their ballots are entitled to choose their own helper, while warning that strict legal safeguards remain in place to protect the integrity of the vote.
Tamale, July 15, GNA – The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has distributed 4,000 bags of fertilizer to its members in the Northern and Savannah Regions, to boost food production.
President John Dramani Mahama is expected to continue his nationwide Resetting Ghana Tour in the Volta Region on Thursday, July 16.
For years, the opinion pages and commentariat have pleaded for renewal, accountability and higher standards but then treated a difficult decision as evidence of chaos.
The president of NECA’s governing council, Ifeanyi Okoye, gave the advice on Tuesday at the association’s 69th AGM in Lagos.
Nasir El-Rufai, former minister of the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. © Nasir El-Rufai/X Published on July 16, 2026 at 06:00 am (GMT +1)
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun, Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Adekunle Salako, ligious leaders, friends and associates as well as many other Nigerians yesterday showered encomiums on former Ogun State Governor Olusegun Osoba for his contributions to democracy, good governance, media development, and other spheres of human…