Social Issues
Volta, Brong Ahafo Top HIV Prevalence List In 2016
The 2016 HIV sentinel survey report has revealed that Volta and Brong Ahafo Regions jointly top the list of prevalence...
UAE Princesses Accused of Servant Abuses
Eight Arab princesses are on trial in Brussels for trafficking and abusing servants during a stay there. Sheikha Hamda...
Pakistan Tackles ‘child Slavery’ With Cash Handouts
A government cash-incentive scheme has helped place almost 90,000 underage Pakistani brick kiln workers into school,...
US Justice Dept Orders Prosecutors To Seek Toughest Sentences
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered prosecutors Friday to seek the toughest possible charges against criminal...
Volta, Brong Ahafo Top HIV Prevalence Cases For 2016
Per the report, the two regions recorded the highest prevalence rate of 2.7 per cent for 2016, which is above the...
‘I’m Upset With Trump and Could Enter Politics’
Reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner says she is considering entering US politics in a bid to promote transgender issues. She...
Stereotyping the ‘disabled’ – the Case of Christian Morgan
Why do we describe them as ‘disabled’? Who determines what is normal and what is a deviation from what ought to...
Sulley Muntari Says Russia Hosting 2018 World Cup Will ‘bring Peace’
Sulley Muntari believes Russia’s hosting of the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals is an opportunity to introduce diversity...
Russia Hosting 2018 World Cup Will ‘bring Peace’
Sulley Muntari believes Russia's hosting of the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals is an opportunity to introduce diversity to...
Japan Immigration Centre Detainees Go On Hunger Strike
Some 20 foreigners held at an immigration detention centre in Tokyo are on a rare hunger strike in an apparent bid for...
A Weapon Against Ghana’s Poverty
Government and private establishments should expand their employment opportunities “For me, it is all about people...
Taiwan Child Killer Escapes Death Penalty
A Taiwanese man who decapitated a three-year-old girl in public on a busy Taipei street escaped the death penalty...
Family Doctors Fear That the Worst Is Yet To Come
The theme for this year’s celebration is ‘Depression and suicide - the role of the family physician’ Family...
Government Will Protect All Its Citizens’ Abroad
Ghana would use diplomacy to give enhanced protection for all its citizens abroad, Ms Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey,...
School Master For Speech-Impaired Girls In India Arrested For Rape
The head of a school in southern India has been arrested on suspicion of raping scores of disabled girls over a period...
Ex-AIDS Ambassador Goes Bald To Mourn Husband
Joyce Dzidzor Mensah, a former ‘Heart to Heart’ HIV/AIDS Ambassador has shaved off all her hair as part of mourning...
Nigeria Passes Budget After Five-Month Delay
The senate tweeted confirmation that the government spending plans had been passed Nigerian lawmakers have approved the...
We Will Force Otiko To Resign As Minister – NDC MPs Threaten
The Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) Caucus in the Parliament of Ghana has threatened to do whatever they...
Thousands of Migrants Rescued In Mediterranean In Two Days
Illegal migrants, who were rescued by the Libyan coastguard in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan Some 6,000 migrants...