AIDS Deaths Halve As More Get Drugs
Deaths linked to Aids have halved in a decade, official figures shows. The condition, which is caused by HIV, used to be one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide. A report by the Joint United...
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Nana Addo Gov’t ‘sponsoring’ Criminality – Opposition NDC Fires
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) of sponsoring “criminal gangs to operate in the country with impunity”. In assessing the...
US Ends Its Controversial Laptop Ban On Flights
The United States has ended its ban on passengers carrying laptops on-board US bound flights from certain airports in the Middle East and North Africa. The Department of Homeland Security said on...
O.J. Simpson’s Legal Woes
Former American football star O. J. Simpson was granted parole on Thursday after serving nine years of a maximum 33-year prison sentence for armed robbery. His 2008 conviction in the case marked the...
UN Rights Chief Pressures China On Dissident Widow’s Fate
UN rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said Thursday he plans to meet with Chinese officials to push for assurances that the widow of late dissident Liu Xiaobo will be allowed to leave China. Zeid...
Senegal’s Supreme Court Rejects Bail For Divisive Mayor
Senegal's Supreme Court rejected bail for Dakar's popular mayor on Thursday, preventing him from campaigning in upcoming legislative elections and likely sparking further tensions with supporters of...
‘Less Fighting’ In Darfur Led To Troops Cut
A reduction in fighting in Sudan's Darfur, where a brutal conflict has killed thousands, prompted the UN to downsize the number of peacekeepers deployed there, a top UN official said Thursday. In...
Prof. Kofi Gyimah-Boadi Wins 2017 Martin Luther King Prize
The Executive Director of the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), Professor Gyimah Boadi has been awarded the 2017 Martin Luther King Award for Peace and Social Justice by the US Embassy in...
Saudi Arabia Sets Up State Security Agency
Saudi Arabia's King Salman issued a decree Thursday setting up a new security agency for the oil-rich kingdom which will be overseen by him directly, the SPA news agency said. The new agency, which...
Linkin Park Singer Bennington Dead In Apparent Suicide
Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington, who overcame a troubled childhood to top the charts with an angry but melodic brand of metal, was found dead Thursday in an apparent suicide. He was 41....
Tanzanian Opposition Figure Held For Denouncing President
Tanzanian opposition number two Tundu Lissu was arrested on Thursday, three days after having called President John Magufuli a "dictator", party sources said. No reasons were given for the arrest of...
Polisario Slams Moroccan Prison Sentences
The Algerian-backed Polisario Front movement seeking independence for disputed Western Sahara on Thursday denounced as "unjust" a Moroccan court's decision to sentence a group of Sahrawis to prison....
Volkswagen Fined $154 Mn More In US For Dieselgate
Volkswagen must pay an additional $154 million to California to settle state environmental charges in the latest penalty in the scandal over its use of emissions "defeat devices," regulators...
AFCON To Be Held In June and July
The Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has passed a proposal shifting the scheduling of the AFCON from January to June and July. This follows the decision to expand...
All-American Hero Who Fumbled It All
Good looks, fame and fortune: O. J. Simpson appeared to have it made after rewriting the record books as an American football star. But it all came crashing down in 1994 when Simpson, who had...
Spieth In Tie For Lead At British Open As Rivals Trail
Jordan Spieth produced one of his best major championship efforts to take a share of the lead alongside fellow Americans Brooks Koepka and Matt Kuchar after the first round of the British Open. The...
Neil Armstrong Moon Bag Sells For $1.8mn In New York
A bag Neil Armstrong used to collect the first ever samples of the moon -- which was once nearly thrown out with the trash -- sold at auction Thursday for $1.8 million, Sotheby's said. The outer...
‘Syrian Billy Elliot’ Dances His Way To A New Life
From Palmyra to Paris: "Syrian Billy Elliot" Ahmad Joudeh is set on showing the real image of his nation and erasing the horrors of the Islamic state group. Joudeh was invited to Paris by singer...
KT Hammond Wants Gov’t To Withdraw AMERI Deal
An urgent motion has been filed in Parliament to have the house rescind the controversial AMERI power deal it passed in 2015. The motion, according to Citi News sources has been filed by the Adansi...
America’s Warrior Senator From Bygone Era
The outpouring of affection for US Senator John McCain, who was recently diagnosed with brain cancer, highlights the respect the maverick Republican -- symbol of a bygone era of bipartisan...