Government Defends Mass Arrests
Belarus has defended the mass arrests on Saturday during protests against a tax on those seen as under-employed. Hundreds were arrested and some beaten up as thousands took to the streets of the...
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Over 30% of Ghanaian Disabled Children Not Schooling
Currently, there are more than 30 per cent Ghanaian children with disabilities who are not enrolled in school, Sustainable Aid through Voluntary Establishment (SAVE-Ghana) has revealed. The Tumu...
Iran To Appeal Seizure of 9/11 Compensation Money
Iran's central bank said Sunday it will appeal Luxembourg's decision to freeze $1.6 billion of its assets, which the US is claiming as compensation for victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The...
Cambridge’s Acknowledges New CSR Model
The University of Cambridge, United Kingdom’s Judge Business School has acknowledged the Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), West Africa, in its new model for CSR. The Centre for CSR,...
Samsung Is the Number One Most Admired Brand In Africa
Slow growth and challenging economic conditions negatively affected the perception of African brands in 2016. This is reflected in Brand Africa's 2016/17 list of Most Admired Brands in Africa. Only...
Over 30 Percent of Ghanaian Disabled Children Not Schooling
Currently, there are more than 30 per cent Ghanaian children with disabilities who are not enrolled in school, Sustainable Aid through Voluntary Establishment (SAVE-Ghana) has revealed. The Tumu...
Hundreds Arrested In Belarus Protests
Police in Belarus have arrested hundreds of people during protests against a so-called "social parasites" tax on the under-employed. Thousands defied a ban to protest, taking to the streets of Minsk...
Nigerians Stuck In Libya Return Home With A Song
More than 150 Nigerians, some of them in tears, broke out in song as they touched down on home soil, after months stuck in Libya waiting to try to get to Europe. "I don't leave Nigeria again-o! I...
Sydney Landmarks Switch Off Lights, Others Miss the Memo
Sydney's Opera House and the Harbour Bridge plunged into darkness to mark Earth Hour on Saturday night, but it seems the remainder of the city didn't get the memo. The event originated in Sydney in...
At Ultra Festival, Finding ‘best Energy’ Through EDM
Nick is usually known as a lawyer in Detroit but when he travels the world's electronic music festivals he takes on a new persona -- he shaves tribal figures into his hair and sprinkles glitter over...
Cities and Monuments Switch Off For Earth Hour
Sydney's Opera House and Harbour Bridge plunged into darkness Saturday to mark Earth Hour, as global landmarks began dimming their lights to draw attention to climate change. Millions of people from...
Three New Flights To Three New Destinations From March 26
Africa’s largest airline group, Ethiopian Airlines, has finalised preparations to launch flights to three new destinations – Victoria Falls, Oslo and Antananarivo – within three days from March...
Going Organic In Ghana
Organic farming products have been on the rise in Ghana as food safety is a priority with more and more consumers in the African nation. Oluwakemi Aladesuyi has this story on a Ghanaian papaya farm...
No End In Sight
Despite the huge public outcry against toxic diesel sold in Ghana which endangers the health of the citizens, in the later part of last year, it appears very little has been done to address the...
Peugeot To Buy GM’s Opel, Creating 2nd-Largest European Car Maker
General Motors Co. is selling its loss-making European car business - including Germany's Opel and British brand Vauxhall - to French automaker PSA group. The 2.2 billion euro ($2.33 billion) deal...
Terror Charges For Suspect In Murky Antwerp Car Incident
A Tunisian man has been charged with terror offences after being arrested for driving at high speed into a crowded shopping area in the Belgian port city of Antwerp, prosecutors said Friday as his...
Stop the Blame Game – NDC Members Cautioned
The National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) Election Review Committee (ERC), the committee set up to investigate what caused the party’s unprecedented electoral defeat in the 2016 general elections...
Fourteen Naked Men and Women Slaughter A Sheep At Auschwitz
A group of naked men and women today slaughtered a sheep in a bizarre ritual at the former Nazi death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, in Poland. Fourteen people, aged between 20 and 27, chained themselves...
Russia Denies It Is Supplying the Taliban After Nato General Claim
Russia may be supplying the Taliban in Afghanistan, a US general has said Russia has denied a top Nato general's allegation it may be secretly sending supplies to the Taliban in Afghanistan. Gen...
Le Pen Meets Putin Ahead of French Presidential Election
French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen met Russian President Vladimir Putin during a visit to Moscow on Friday, Russian state television reported. "We by no means want to influence the...