Use Technology To Improve Lives
Vice President, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia, has challenged African leaders to take advantage advancements in technology to better the lives of their citizens. According to Dr Bawumia, the application of...
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UN Condemns Cameroon Net Shutdown
A UN expert has called on Cameroon to restore net access to English-speaking parts of the country. Net services in the south-west and north-west regions of the nation were cut on 17 January. Cutting...
Damascus Ready For Prisoner Swap With Rebels
Syria's regime is ready to release detainees in exchange for hostages held by rebels, the official SANA news agency reported Monday, ahead of peace talks in the Kazakh capital. "The government is...
Inadequate Funds Hampering Work of Shai-Osudoku District Assembly
The District Coordinating Director of the Shai-Osudoku District Assembly - Dodowa, Kofi Boateng-Acheampong, has expressed worry at the financial challenges facing the assembly. He said since the last...
Myanmar To Execute Rohingya Man For Raid On Police Post
Myanmar authorities have sentenced a Rohingya man to death for leading raids on police border posts that sparked a deadly military crackdown in the north of Rakhine state, police said on Monday....
Leverage Technology To Improve Lives, Bawumia Urges African Leaders
Ghana’s Vice President, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia, has challenged African leaders to take advantage of growing advances in technology to better the lives of their citizens. According to Dr Bawumia, the...
The Real and Imagined Crimes of Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh
The Gambia's former president Yahya Jammeh wielded a potent mix of brute force and mysticism to keep citizens in a permanent state of fear, a legacy that lingers. Whether a poor farmer or government...
UN Chief ‘deeply’ Regrets Veto of Palestinian Ex-PM As Envoy
UN chief Antonio Guterres on Monday said he "deeply" regretted opposition to former Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad as the organisation's peace envoy to Libya, days after Washington vetoed...
How the Philippines Drugs War Was Slowed
When Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte summoned his security chiefs to an urgent meeting one Sunday night last month, his mind was already made up. His military and law enforcement heads had no...
Russia Releases Drone Footage of Fresh Palmyra Destruction
Russia's military on Monday released drone footage showing more destruction of treasured monuments by the Islamic State in Syria's Palmyra since jihadists recaptured the UNESCO World Heritage Site...
20 Killed As Clashes Erupt On Yemen’s Coast
Twenty rebels and government troops were killed overnight in clashes as warring parties pushed north along Yemen's western coast, medical and government sources said Monday. The renewed clashes in...
The Fishy Tale That Won’t Go!
If you ignore a problem over a long period, it becomes part of the status quo. This is what we have done when it comes to protecting the fish stock in Ghana’s waters. We have allowed Illegal...
Rights Group Raps Pakistan For ‘forced’ Repatriation of Afghans
Pakistan is conducting the mass repatriation of Afghan refugees through coercion, threats and abuse, Human Rights Watch said in a scathing report Monday, accusing the UN refugee agency of complicity...
UN Security Council To Hold Meeting On North Korea’s Missile Launch
The UN Security Council will hold an urgent meeting on Monday on North Korea's missile launch, the first test since US President Donald Trump took office. The United States, Japan and South Korea...
UN Security Council To Meet On N.Korea Missile Launch
The UN Security Council will hold an urgent meeting on Monday on North Korea's missile launch, the first test since US President Donald Trump took office. The United States, Japan and South Korea...
N. Korea Says Successfully Tested New Ballistic Missile
North Korea said Monday it had successfully tested a new ballistic missile, triggering a US-led call for an urgent UN Security Council meeting after a launch seen as a challenge to President Donald...
Libya’s Unity Government Denounces Creation of Rival ‘national Guard’
Armed groups mostly from Misrata located in Libya announced the creation of the “Libyan National Gua Libya’s UN backed unity government has denounced the creation of a new ‘national guard’....
North Korea Says Ballistic Missile Test Was A ‘success’
North Korea has confirmed that it "successfully" fired a ballistic missile on Sunday in a test supervised by leader Kim Jong-un. The device was described as a "surface-to-surface medium-to-long-range...
Security Forces Abuses Threaten Tunisia Reform
A rise in "brutal tactics" by Tunisian security forces in line with nationwide emergency laws to counter terrorism are threatening reforms in Tunisia, Amnesty International said in a report Monday....
Heartbroken UN Chief Seeks Yemen Talks ‘resurrection’
A heartbroken United Nations chief on Sunday called for the "resurrection" of peace talks between Yemen's warring sides to end the suffering of civilians. Thousands of people have died in Yemen and...