A prominent academic has been arrested for criticising the wife of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on social media, police said Saturday. Stella Nyanzi criticised Janet Museveni, who is education...
The ovens are on and the pots are simmering in the Masterchef kitchen with a new series having just begun on BBC One. But host John Torode says all is not creamy between himself and fellow judge...
Dancehall giant Shattawale has signed three artistes to join his Shatta Movement Record label, a gesture that has received plaudits from music fans and critics. He made the announcement on his...
Dancehall giant Shattawale has signed three artistes to join his Shatta Movement Record label, a gesture that has received plaudits from music fans and critics. He made the announcement on his...
The Instagram posts of Beyonce are worth $1 million each, according to a new report. The chart-topping star has been named the most influential celebrity on the photo-sharing website by D’Marie...
Fans of Asante Kotoko held up the team’s training session on Thursday afternoon for over an hour in protest over the recent poor results in the Ghana Premier League. Kotoko coach Zdravko Lugarusic...
An official working for Aung San Suu Kyi's government was sentenced to six months in jail in a Yangon court on Friday for criticising Myanmar's army chief in a Facebook post. It is the latest verdict...
A Tunisian court has sentenced a British DJ to a year in jail after he played a dance remix of the Muslim call to prayer. London-born Dax J, was charged with public indecency and offending public...
International rights watchdog Reporters Without Borders said it is opening its first Asia office in Taiwan after rejecting Hong Kong over concerns that China poses the "biggest threat" to press...
When Pakistani social media starlet Qandeel Baloch was found strangled, a crime to which her brother proudly confessed, thousands of women posted messages denouncing her murder -- only to face abuse...
A martial arts bout in Afghanistan was billed as a bare-knuckle duel for supremacy, but it has become a lightning rod for long-simmering ethnic rivalries that threaten to tear the country apart....
New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English defended his love of pizza topped with tinned spaghetti and pineapple on Friday after the recipe sent fans of the Italian treat into an outraged frenzy....
Facebook has launched its digital assistant named 'M' for US users of its Messenger application, ramping up the social network's efforts in artificial intelligence. For users of the messaging...
The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah believes that addressing the menace of illegal mining popularly known as galamsey is the first major test for...
Facebook on Thursday launched its digital assistant named "M" for US users of its Messenger application, ramping up the social network's efforts in artificial intelligence. For users of the messaging...
Facebook on Thursday ramped up its fight against "fake news" by adding tips on how to tell when shared stories are bogus. An initiative being launched in the US, France and a dozen other countries...
A Deputy Minister nominee for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has admonished Ministries, Departments and Agencies to embrace the use of Social Media in their work. According to him, social media...
Rape has nothing to do with the way girls dress, celebrated Ghanaian author Ama Ata Aidoo has said in direct response to an admonishing to schoolgirls by Minister of Gender, Children and Social...
A Deputy Minister nominee for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has admonished Ministries, Departments and Agencies to embrace the use of Social Media in their work. According to him, social media...
Police in a California county warns, "You can lose your life and none of that is worth a selfie!" Police in a California county have a warning for camera-toting thrill seekers: "You can lose your...
