John Mahama has been sworn in for a second term as Ghana’s president. Mahama won 56 percent of the vote in the nation’s presidential election on December 9, defeating ruling party candidate and Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, who secured 41 percent. During his campaign, President Mahama pledged to introduce deliberate policy interventions to encourage and…
Jean-Marie Le Pen, a far-right French politician who repeatedly played down the Holocaust and was an unrepentant extremist on race, gender and immigration, has died aged 96. Le Pen, who had been in a care facility for several weeks, died at midday on Tuesday “surrounded by his loved ones”, the family said. French President Emmanuel…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that he will resign as prime minister and Liberal Party leader amid growing opposition to his leadership. Trudeau said Canada’s parliament will pause until a new leader has been chosen. It will resume in late March, which will allow for a Liberal Party leadership race. Trudeau, a former high school teacher…
The 39th President of the United States and a former peanut farmer, Jimmy Carter, has passed away at the age of 100. According to FOX News, his death, which was announced by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Sunday, comes months after he entered hospice care in February 2023. Carter’s passing follows that of his wife, Rosalynn,…
