Attacks On Nigerian Students Shock India
India’s Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj has promised an “impartial” inquiry into attacks on Nigerian students living in Noida, near Delhi. The attacks were prompted by the death of a local...
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Indian Police Arrest Five Over Attack On Africans
Police arrested five men Tuesday after hundreds of angry residents of a north Indian city attacked Africans with sticks and metal chairs following the death of a local teenager from a suspected drug...
Peace Council Criticizes Police For Pampering Delta Force Members
The National Peace Council, in the Ashanti region, has criticised police in the region for the way and manner it is handling the attack on the Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator. George Agyei, was...
I’m Not Encouraging Rape Against Young Girls – Otiko Djaba
Minister of Gender, Women and Social Protection, Otiko Afisa Djaba has mounted a strong defence of her recent statement insisting that she never promoted rape against young girls. The Minister, over...
Maldives Ruling Party Sacks Leader After Revolt
The Maldives' ruling party has sacked the country's former strongman president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom as its leader after he led an unsuccessful rebellion against his half-brother, who is now in power....
Noble Son Or Killer? China Court Case Prompts Debate
A virtuous son or a vigilante murderer: the case of a man who killed a debt collector in defence of his mother has sparked heated debate in China, as an appeal court decides whether to uphold his...
‘Incitement’ Or History? Israeli-Palestinian Debate Rages
At Amin al-Husseini secondary school in the occupied West Bank, with an Israeli settlement visible in the distance, singing the Palestinian national anthem is a daily ritual of student life. For the...
My Boys Sometimes Give Me Dirty Slaps – NDC Chairman
Ashanti Regional Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has revealed members of vigilante groups in the party sometimes subject him to severe beatings. The motive for the...
Gender Minister Under Fire For Shifting Blames To Victims
Otiko’s rape comments seem to have taken people’s mind back to the ugly scenarios, where female rape victims are subjected to horrible stigma by the public who misjudge their predicament....
I Planned My Two-Hour Wedding In Three Days – Nana Ama McBrown
Screen goddess Nana Ama McBrown says she is too strong to be affected by negative reportage, which are mostly put out in the media about her. The beautiful actress and her long-time boyfriend,...
Ghana Football Association Officials To Appeal FIFA Ban
What was supposed to be harmless and genuine quest for information might have landed two top officials of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) in trouble per Papua New Guinean laws on sexual...
Tanzania Rapper Ordered To ‘improve’ Song Critical of Government
Tanzania's Information Minister Harrison Mwakyembe has ordered the rapper Ney wa Mitego to be released. He was detained on Sunday for releasing a song deemed insulting to the government. The song...
Nana Akua Tells Critics
For the critics who enjoy making disparaging remarks on social media about the perceived failed acting career of Nana Akua Addo, she has one message for them— ‘get a life’. “Yes, get a life....
NPP’s Delta Forces and the IGP’s First Political Test
Every country gets the police service it deserves. You doubt that? In 2015, I wrote an article in the aftermath of the Anas Expose on the Judiciary and said that every country gets the judiciary it...
Tanzania Rapper Nay Wa Mitego Arrested For Criticising President
Tanzanian rapper Emmanuel Elibariki, known as Nay wa Mitego, has been arrested for releasing a song deemed insulting to the government. The song emerged last week and has been widely shared on social...
Twitter Eyes Paid ‘premium’ Service For Power Users
Twitter has begun surveying members on a paid subscription service that would give frequent users more tools for using the social network for marketing, journalism and other fields. The survey this...
Tanzania Rapper Nay Wa Mitego Arrested For Criticising President
Tanzanian rapper Emmanuel Elibariki, known as Nay wa Mitego, has been arrested for releasing a song deemed insulting to the government. The song emerged last week and has been widely shared on social...
Vigilante Groups Microcosm For Terrorist Groups
Policy think tank, Strategic Thinkers Network (STRANEK) has suggested that the existence of vigilante groups and their attacks on people, could be a ‘’a microcosm of terrorist groups’’. A...
Okyeame Kwame Comments On Claims of His Son Being the Best Rapper Than D Black
Okyeame Kwame has reacted to the statements making rounds which suggest his son Sir can rap better than D Black. These sort of comments flooded social media after OK premiered his Saucing record...
Russia Protests: EU Demands Release of Detainees
The European Union has demanded the release “without delay” of hundreds of people detained in protests across Russia on Sunday. The US state department said protesters should be able to...