Muntari Says Fifa and Uefa ‘don’t Care’
Ghanaian midfielder Sulley Muntari says he would walk off the pitch “again and again”, accusing Fifa and Uefa of not caring about racism in football. The Pescara player, 32, was sent off after...
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I Was Treated Like A Criminal For Standing Up To Racism
Sulley Muntari says he was "treated like a criminal" by the Italian football authorities after he was banned for complaining about racist abuse last weekend. The Pescara midfielder, who played for...
UN Top Human Rights Official Hails Sulley Muntari For Leaving Pitch In Racism Protest
Sulley Muntari left the pitch in protest after being booked for complaining about racism The United Nations' top human rights official hailed Pescara's Ghanaian midfielder Sulley Muntari as an...
Panafest 2017 Launched In Accra
The 2017 Pan-African Historical Theatre Festival (PANAFEST) and Emancipation Day has been launched with a call on African artists and media practitioners to take advantage of the occasion and...
Africa Must Tell Its Story – Fmr. Tanzanian President
Former Tanzanian President Benjamin William Mkapa has called for the deliberate effort at changing the African narrative. Mr. Mkapa, stressed the need to for the youth to cherish the cultural...
UN’s Top Human Rights Official Hails Sulley Muntari
The United Nations' top human rights official hailed Pescara's Ghanaian midfielder Sulley Muntari as an 'inspiration' for leaving the pitch in protest after the player said he was booked for...
UN Hail Sulley Muntari For Leaving Pitch In Racism Protest
The United Nations’ top human rights official hailed Pescara’s Ghanaian midfielder Sulley Muntari as an ‘inspiration’ on Monday for leaving the pitch in protest after the player said he was...
Film Festival Spotlights Racism In France
Alexandre Amiel was alarmed when his 11-year-old son asked the day after the attacks on Charlie Hebdo magazine and a Jewish supermarket in Paris: "Why do they hate us?" The veteran filmmaker's answer...
Trump Vows To Fight Anti-Semitism
US President Donald Trump promised to fight anti-Semitism on Tuesday, seeking to put behind him a series of missteps over the issue that have dogged his presidency. His forcefully worded pledge comes...
Israel President Accuses Le Pen of New Form of Holocaust Denial
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Monday accused French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen of a new, dangerous form of Holocaust denial disregarding European responsibility for the World...
Trump Denounces Anti-Semitism On Israel Holocaust Day
President Donald Trump vowed to wipe out anti-Semitism in a message to mark Israel's annual Holocaust Remembrance Day after his administration was criticized for past statements about the genocide....
Israel Extends Remand of Teenager Accused of US Bomb Threats
An Israeli court on Thursday extended the remand of an Israeli-American teenager accused of making dozens of anti-Semitic bomb threats in the United States and elsewhere, police said. The...
Push For Legislative Reforms
The Second Lady, Mrs Samira Bawumia, has charged women to rise up to their challenges by pushing for legislative and other reforms to make governments appoint women to various leadership positions in...
Meet Germany’s Forgotten ‘guest Workers’, From Africa
Long overshadowed by the more numerous and vocal Turkish "guest worker" community, Mozambicans who arrived in Germany decades ago still struggle to assert their rights in their adopted homeland....
African Migrants Seeking Europe Sold As ‘slaves’ For $200
African migrants trying to reach Europe are being sold into slavery in Libya, including for sex, for as little as $200, international monitors said Tuesday, citing testimony from victims. Having paid...
Five Charged Over Asylum Teen Attack In Croydon
Five people have been charged over an attack on a teenage asylum seeker in south London, police say. The Kurdish-Iranian victim was approached at a bus stop before being chased and subjected to a...
Jewish Teen Arrested For US Bomb Threats ‘has Tumour’
An Israeli-American teenager accused of making dozens of anti-Semitic bomb threats that led to concern and a backlash in the United States has autism and a brain tumour, his lawyer told a court...
US Veteran Gets Terror, Racism Charges Over Black Man’s Murder
A white US Army veteran faced terror and racism charges on Monday as he was indicted for fatally stabbing a 66-year-old black man. James Jackson, 28, "prowled the streets of New York for three days...
Ghanaian Writer Yaa Gyasi Bags $1 Million For Debut Novel
Ghanaian-American novelist Yaa Gyasi is poised to make a huge splash in the literary world with her debut historical fiction novel Homegoing which has already earned her a $1-million advance from the...
Jews, Israelis Fear Fallout From Bomb Hoax Arrest
Israel's arrest of a Jewish teenager accused of masterminding dozens of anti-Semitic threats could encourage racism and ease pressure on US President Donald Trump to tackle anti-Semitism, Jewish...