Social Issues
Avoiding Risky Sea Journey, Syrian Refugees Head To Italy ‘pronto’
Just before midnight in a sleepy district of Beirut, dozens of Syrian refugees huddle in small groups around bulging...
Bridge Name Makes Troubled Waters For Myanmar’s Suu Kyi
Thousands of people protested in eastern Myanmar on Sunday against plans to name a bridge after Aung San Suu Kyi's...
US Communities Crumbling Under An Evolving Addiction Crisis
Of the 2,900 babies born last year in Cabell County, West Virginia, 500 had to be weaned off of opioid dependence. In...
Iran Pre-Nups Land Thousands of Men In Jail
When Sadegh married his college sweetheart, he never thought he'd end up as one of those Iranians facing ruin and even...
Feared US Jail For Undocumented Immigrants
In fluorescent uniforms, dozens of inmates blink in the afternoon sun as they line up in the yard for lunch, the low...
Police Displace Thousands In Nigeria’s Otodo-Gbame Slum
Thousands of people fled Nigeria's largest informal fishing settlement on Friday as security forces used gunfire and...
Decriminalize Attempted Suicide
Members of Parliament (MPs) have called for the decriminalization of the offence of attempted suicide because it does...
GHC398m Worth of Taxes Scrapped
Parliament, Wednesday, granted GHC398million worth of tax reliefs to help reduce the burden on the few Ghanaian...
Ghana’s Progress In Gender Equality Slow – Prof Kuenyehia
One of the pioneers of gender equality in the country, Professor Akua Kuenyehia has lamented what she described as the...
Preventing Or Reducing Suicides; A Psychiatric Nurse’s Viewpoint
About seven suicide cases have been reported in the print and electronic media over the past few weeks. Though the term...
Marwako Assault: Victim Never Attempted Suicide
Family of Evelyn Boakye, the 25-year-old victim of an alleged assault at Marwako Fast Foods, Abelenkpe branch have...
Rare Protest In Angola As 200 March For Abortion Rights
About 200 demonstrators protested under heavy police surveillance in the Angolan capital Luanda on Saturday against a...
‘Gucci’ Lands Oge Okoye Into Trouble
Oge Okoye seems to be getting it really hot these days with her angry fans after the dog stealing scandal early this...
Own Up Or Be Cursed – Chief To Group
Chiefs in the troubled Banda town in the Brong Ahafo region have declared a one week ultimatum to architects of the...
Do Something About Your Death & Doom Prophecies
Ashanti Regional Youth Organizer of the National Democratic Congress; Yaw Brogya Genfi says it is not enough for...
State Must Support Domestic Violence Victims
Mr Martin Kpebu a legal practitioner on Friday said the establishment of Domestic Violence Support Fund to cater for...
Immigration Judges Headed To 12 U.S. Cities To Speed Deportations
The U. S. Justice Department is developing plans to temporarily reassign immigration judges from around the country to...
GHC398m Worth of Taxes Scrapped Off
Parliament, Wednesday, granted GHC398million worth of tax reliefs to help reduce the burden on the few Ghanaian...
Trump Says Republicans Uniting On Health Care, But Resistance Remains
US President Donald Trump said Friday he has won over several Republican lawmakers skeptical of the Obamacare...