Social Issues
Philippines’ Duterte Vows Unrelenting Drug War
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte vowed Monday to press on with his controversial drug war that has claimed...
Three Killed In Northeast Nigeria Suicide Attacks
Three people were killed in suicide bomb attacks at a camp for those displaced by the Boko Haram conflict in northeast...
More Than 140 Migrants Reach Cyprus By Boat
Cypriot authorities said a boat carrying over 140 migrants believed to be Syrians, more than half of them women and...
South African Girl, 9, Is Third Child With HIV Remission
A South African girl has become only the third child to beat the AIDS virus into long-term remission -- almost nine...
UN Accuses Australia of Breaching Refugee Deal
The UN accused Australia Monday of backtracking on a deal to relax its strong stance on asylum-seekers and resettle...
Thai Cops Bust $3 Million Phone Scam Gang
A gang of 44 people from China and Taiwan have been arrested in Thailand for running an elaborate phone scam that...
Women With HIV In Cameroon Still Stigmatised
Blandine, a 28-year-old mother of a baby girl, sits restlessly on a chair in a womens' health centre in Cameroon's...
Global HIV Meeting Urges US To ‘stay Engaged’ On AIDS Funding
Organisers of an international HIV science conference on Sunday urged the US government, a major donor of AIDS research...
Eight Bodies Found In Texas Truck, ‘human Trafficking’ Suspected
Eight suspected migrants were found dead early Sunday inside an overheated truck in a Walmart parking lot in Texas, and...
Tibetan Student Dies After Setting Himself Alight In India
A Tibetan student who self-immolated in an act of protest against Chinese rule in the Himalayan region has died in an...
New White House Communications Boss Deletes Tweets Trump Would Not…
Donald Trump's new communications chief has deleted tweets in which he shared views contrary to the US presidents' own,...
Shoot Drug Traffickers If Resist Arrest
Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has ordered the police to shoot drug traffickers who resist arrest in the latest...
Headway On AIDS Threatened By Funding Slowdown
Progress in beating back the AIDS epidemic risks being eroded by a funding shortfall set to grow under Donald Trump's...
ECOWAS Leaders Call For W.African Birth Rate To Be Halved
Senior politicians in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Saturday called for measures to cut the...
Ken Ofori Atta Replacing MoF Officials With Data Bank Staff
Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu has alleged that top officials at the Finance Ministry have been replaced with workers...
MP Petitions Roads Minister For Extra Footbridges On N1 Highway
In an effort to curb the rampant spate of accidents on the N1 highway, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Okaikoi...
Racism In Football Will Never Stop – Tony Baffoe
The General Secretary of the Professional Football Association of Ghana (PFAG), Anthony Baffoe, has admitted that the...
‘Diabolo’ Movie Was To Stop Prostitution – Bob Smith Jnr
Veteran Ghanaian actor Bob Smith Jnr has disclosed his popular movie ‘Diabolo’ was to deter people from indulging...
Manya Krobo Chief Motivates Public Health Graduates
The Paramount Chief of Manya Krobo Traditional Area, Kanor Nene Sakite II has admonished university graduates to move...