Ghana’s new President Akufo-Addo says will cut taxes
ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana’s new President Nana Akufo-Addo pledged to cut taxes to boost the economy at his swearing in ceremony on Saturday, whilst also promising to protect the public purse by getting value for money on services.
Berlin truck attacker may have got gun in Switzerland – report
BERLIN/ZURICH (Reuters) – The Tunisian man who killed 12 people last month by ploughing a truck into a Berlin Christmas market had made several trips to Switzerland and may have procured a gun there that he used to hijack a truck for the attack, German…
Donor to PM May’s party says to cut funds if single market access lost
LONDON (Reuters) – A leading donor to Theresa May’s Conservative Party warned on Saturday he would cut his financial support if the government pulled Britain out of the European single market as part of Brexit negotiations.
Britain’s health service in a ‘humanitarian crisis’ – Red Cross
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s health service is engulfed in a “humanitarian crisis” that requires the support of the Red Cross to use Land Rovers to transport patients, the charity said on Saturday.
Shooting breaks out at army camp in Ivory Coast’s main city
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Gunfire broke out at a military base in Ivory Coast’s commercial capital, Abidjan, on Saturday, a soldier and a local resident said, as unrest triggered by soldiers demanding wage increases and bonuses appeared to spread.
In Istanbul district, horror but scant surprise at links to nightclub shooter
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – In a working-class Istanbul neighborhood that Central Asian migrants have called home for decades, there is horror but scant surprise that a gunman who killed 39 people in a nightclub on New Year’s Day may have spent time in their …
Gunmen kill eight Hazara miners in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – Unidentified gunmen killed eight members of Afghanistan’s Hazara minority who were working as miners in the northern province of Baghlan, a local government official said.
Brazil gang kills 31, many hacked to death, as prison violence explodes
RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Jailed members of Brazil’s most powerful drug gang killed 31 inmates at a penitentiary on Friday, decapitating and cutting out the hearts of most of them, in revenge for a separate prison massacre that left 56 dead …
Trump says Mexico would repay U.S. funds spent on border wall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday Mexico would repay the United States for his planned border wall, a day after news emerged that his transition team was exploring getting the Republican-led Congress to vote to app…
Nigeria militants say readying fighters to hit ‘enemy’ in Niger Delta
LAGOS (Reuters) – A Nigerian militant group, which has claimed a wave of attacks on oil pipelines in the Niger Delta, said on Friday that it had asked its fighters to prepare to fight the “enemy” as authorities were not ready for dialogue.
