Amnesty Intl Spreads Fake News
Myanmar's treatment of its Muslim Rohingya minority threatens to undermine the region's security and stability, Malaysia's Foreign Minister said Monday at a rare international meeting to tackle the...
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Cleaner In Saudi Arabia Showered With Gifts After Social Media Mockery
A cleaner in the capital of Saudi Arabia was given a set of gold jewels and promised thousands of riyals after he was ridiculed on social media when a photo of him staring at a jewelry shop display...
Hacks At Russian Central Bank Have Cost 2 Billion Rubles
Hackers in 2016 stole 2 billion rubles -- equivalent to $31 million -- from accounts that banks keep at Russia's central bank. The Bank of Russia confirmed the cyberattacks and the extent of the...
Myanmar Wants Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya
Myanmar is seeking the ethnic cleansing of the Muslim Rohingya minority from its territory, a senior UN official has told the BBC. Armed forces have been killing Rohingya in Rakhine state, forcing...
No Ghanaian In Pope Francis’ Fresh List of Cardinals
Pope Francis has named 17 new cardinals among whom there is no Ghanaian. There are, however, three Africans in the list by the head of the Roman Catholic Church. This is the third time in three years...
Black Stars Have Lost Balance Under Grant
Former Ghana captain Stephen 'Tornado' Appiah thinks the Black Stars have been performing below par under coach Avram Grant. The Israeli led the team to claim silver at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations...
Bangladesh’s Largest Opposition Party To Hold Countrywide Protest
Bangladesh's largest opposition party Sunday announced a countrywide demonstration on Monday in protest against denial of permission by the law enforcers to hold public rally in a park. Ex-Prime...
Bangladesh Court Issues Arrest Warrant For 22 Opposition Members
A court in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka has issued the arrest warrant Sunday for 22 opposition men including several leaders in a case filed for creating subversive activities in Dhaka in February last...
Fire Kills Factory Workers In India’s Sahibabad
Thirteen workers have died in a fire at a suspected illegal garment factory on the outskirts of Delhi in India. The workers were sleeping when the blaze started in the early hours of Friday on the...
Five Pictures That Show How Social Media Can Be A Minefield
Five pictures that show how social media can be a minefield play videoBBC Arabic staff give their views on some social media photos Social media can be fraught with risks for women in conservative...
Know Where Your Hair Extensions Really Come From
Lifestyle: Know where your hair extensions really come from From wigs to weaves and hair extensions, the market for human hair is enormous. But few know where these lustrous locks come from and the...
Untangling Where Your Hair Extensions Really Come From
Lifestyle: Untangling where your hair extensions really come from From wigs to weaves and hair extensions, the market for human hair is enormous. But few know where these lustrous locks come from and...
Ghanaian Writers, Musicians and Swedish Academy’s Definition of Literature
Ghanaian Writers Need To Know The Swedish Academy's definition of literature “By the time he was 23, Bob’s voice, with its weight, its unique, gravelly power was redefining not just what music...
Ben Stokes Inspires Resurgence
Ben Stokes exceptionally did play after three days of his first test in Chittagong. Ben Stokes produced an outstanding all-round display as England built a lead of 273 after three days of the first...
Chittagong Test Evenly Poised After Stokes Wicket
Bangladesh moved to within 72 runs of England at 221-5 after two days of a captivating first Test in Chittagong. Resuming on 258-7, England lost Chris Woakes to the first ball of the day and were all...
Ghanaian Writers Need To Know The Swedish Academys Surprise Definition of Literature
“By the time he was 23, Bob’s voice, with its weight, its unique, gravelly power was redefining not just what music sounded like, but the message it carried and how it made people feel. Today,...
David Shinn Explains Ways To Engage Africa
Despite conflicts and instability in some parts, Africa’s fast growth and development, at least during the past decade, has attracted several external countries mainly from Asian region, European...
A Good Lady In the Presidential Villa
“He who finds a wife finds a good thing…” – PROVERBS 18: 22 Fellow Nigerians, please forget the shakara of all men who try to act macho, most men are ultimately controlled by their wives, and...
Multiple Abuses of Pregnant Women Uncovered In Upper East
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) tasked experts to investigate the depressing deaths of mothers and babies in the Upper East region and the resulting findings have sent heads into a...
Of Fake Degrees And Journals The Inconvenient Conversation African Universities Must Have
The ongoing discourse on academic credentials and credible outlets for knowledge production and dissemination is not for “much ado about nothings,” who have absolutely nothing to contribute to...