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Sexual Harassment, Rape, Defilement and Incest

Sexual harassment, rape, defilement and incest have been on the ascendancy in recent times. Hardly a day passes without...

International

Germany Blocks WhatsApp Data Transfers To Facebook

German data protection authorities on Tuesday said they had blocked Facebook from collecting subscriber data from its...

International

Ping Rejects Court Ruling On Bongo Election Win

Announcing its decision in the early hours of Saturday morning, the Constitutional Court also partially changed the...

International

EU States ‘could Veto Brexit Deal’

A group of Central European EU members known as the Visegrad Four is ready to veto any Brexit deal that would limit...

International

UK ‘may Begin Brexit In Early 2017’

UK Prime Minister Theresa May is likely to trigger the formal process of leaving the European Union early next year,...

International

EU Leaders ‘need Sober Look At Problems’

The European Council President Donald Tusk has called on EU leaders to take a "sober and brutally honest" look at the...

International

No Serious Brexit Talks ‘for 12 Months’

Substantive Brexit talks between the UK and the rest of the EU are unlikely to start much before the end of 2017, a...

International

YouTube Ordered To Pay More For Music By Europe

Video sites such as YouTube will be forced to pay more to musicians and record companies under plans to reform European...

International

Apple’s IPhone 7 Ditches Traditional Headphone Socket

The iPhone 7 will not have a traditional headphone socket. Apple said its lightning connector could be used instead,...

International

Irish Parliament To Debate European Commission Ruling

The Irish parliament is to meet later to debate the ruling The Irish parliament has been recalled early to debate the...

Opinion

Brexit Unmasks EU Arrogance

“Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.”– Aristotle...

Opinion

Why EACS EPA With The Eu Just Doesnt Add Up…Op-Ed

The EPA issue has once again re-emerged when Tanzania informed EAC Members and the EU that it would not be able to sign...

International

Apple Faces 13bn-Euro Irish Tax Bill

Ireland should recover up to €13bn (£11bn) from Apple in back taxes, the European Commission has ruled. After a...

Opinion

Is Spain in Front of a Historic Crossroad ?

For more than 40 years in the political arena of Spain two parties had been dominating, the People’s Party and the...

Feature

Life in Europe: Dream or Nightmare? The Lives of African Immigrants in the Netherlands.

Moving to Europe is a dream for many Africans, but the reality is often a nightmare. The Dutch immigration policy has...

Feature

E-waste In Ghana: Where Death is the Price of Living Another Day

Attempts to recycle E-waste and donations of old electronic devices are harming poor people's health and devastating...