New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham took power Monday, purging the cabinet of his predecessor’s loyalists as he promised a 10-year plan to ease cost-of-living pressures and signalled a tilt to the left. He immediately got to work after replacing Keir Starmer in Downing Street, holding separate calls with US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky before…
Andy Burnham has officially become Britain’s new Prime Minister after King Charles III invited him to form a government during an audience at Buckingham Palace on Monday. Burnham succeeds Sir Keir Starmer, who earlier tendered his resignation to the King following two turbulent years in office. Buckingham Palace confirmed the transfer of power in a statement, saying: “His Majesty…
The Inspector-General of Police, William Fayia Sellu, has urged recruits of the Sierra Leone Police Peacekeeping and Law Enforcement Academy (SILEA) in Hastings to demonstrate discipline, integrity and professionalism as they embark on a two-month On-the-Job Training (OJT) attachment across police formations nationwide. Speaking during an interactive session with the recruits, IGP Sellu described the field attachment as a…
Senegal’s President, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, has been elected as the new Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), succeeding Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio at the conclusion of the regional bloc’s summit. Faye’s emergence comes at a critical time for the 15-member regional bloc as it…
Chelsea have agreed a deal to sign England World Cup midfielder Morgan Rogers from Aston Villa, according to several reports on Saturday. Rogers, 23, who has impressed during the tournament in North America, will fetch a transfer fee of 117 million pounds ($157 million) and will sign a seven-year deal with US-owned Chelsea, the reports said. His departure from…
A Malian army convoy leaving the strategic northern town of Anefis was attacked on Saturday morning by Tuareg separatists, military and security officials said. Fighters from the Tuareg separatist movement FLA and the Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group JNIM temporarily seized the town on July 4 in the latest in a series of coordinated attacks in the West African country. “Our…
