A former Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur, is seeking to represent the Adentan constituency in Parliament on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

Former US President Barack Obama has warned against the irresponsible use of social media, in a rare interview since stepping down in January.

The Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has called on President Akufo-Addo to reinstate all the judges who were dismissed or interdicted following the exposé by Anas Aremeyaw Anas.

Kim Jong-un has become the first North Korean leader to set foot in South Korea by crossing the military line that has divided the peninsula since the end of the Korean War in 1953.

South African anti-apartheid campaigner and former first lady Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has died aged 81.

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has fired FBI official Andrew McCabe, who had been accused of political bias by President Donald Trump.

South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma is to face prosecution for 16 charges of corruption relating to a multi-billion-dollar arms deal.

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has quit, reportedly in protest at a shake-up of the communications team.

US President Donald Trump's choice for national security adviser has turned down the job offer.

A Texas woman was sentenced Thursday to eight years in prison for illegal voting, The Dallas Morning News reported. A Tarrant County jury found Rosa Maria Ortega guilty of voting in the November 2012 general election and the May 2014 Republican primary runoff in Dallas County “when she knew she was not a United States citizen.