Zulu king ‘says castration would end rape problem’
South Africa’s Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini has said that those found guilty of rape should be castrated, the IOL news site reports. “This would end this thing… this should be done in a way that would show the world that the Zulu nation does not tolerate this shame,” he is quoted as telling his subjects […]
100 people to face the law over multiple registration
The Tema Metropolitan Office of the Electoral Commission of Ghana says it is processing for court about hundred (100) persons who allegedly engaged in multiple voter registration. Nana Oduro Numapau, Tema Metropolitan Electoral Director, disclosed this when he was briefing Assembly Members of the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) on the road map for the December […]
Mid-week Football Action Results
England League Cup 3rd Round Arsenal 5-0 Nottingham Forest Colchester 0-0 Tottenham (PEN 5-3) Crawley 1-1 Stoke (PEN 5-3) Luton 0-4 Leicester Portsmouth 0-4 Southampton Preston 0-3 Manchester City Sheff Wed 0-2 Everton Watford 2-1 Swansea Wolverhampton 1-1 Reading (PEN 4-2) Oxford 4-0 West Ham MK Dons 0-2 Liverpool Burton Albion 2-0 Bournemouth Chelsea 7-1 […]
Indonesia protests over sex before marriage bill
Police have fired tear gas and water cannons at protesters demonstrating outside the Indonesian parliament over a proposed new criminal code that would ban sex before marriage. Protests against the bill also took place in other cities in the country. The bill would outlaw most abortions and make insulting the president illegal. The bill has […]
US museum returns looted Egyptian gold coffin
A gilded coffin looted by art thieves in the wake of the Arab Spring and unwittingly purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has been returned to the Egyptian authorities. The sarcophagus dates back to the first century BC and once held the mummy of Nedjemankh, a priest of the ram god […]
Overloaded truck damages portions of Ashaiman overpass
A haulage truck with registration number GT 559 U on Wednesday morning got stuck in the beams underneath the Ashaiman overpass on the Tema-Accra motorway, causing damage to portions of the overpass. The incident occurred around 4 a.m. when the head of the truck decoupled from the trailer. The truck was transporting a Biomass Fired […]
Video: President Akufo-Addo addresses UN 74th General Assembly
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana, on Wednesday addressed the 74th Session of the General Assembly of the UN in New York. His address focused on the country’s gains so far in health, education, poverty and the protection of human rights. This is President Akufo-Addo’s third address at the United Nations […]
Jacques Chirac: Former French president dies at 86
Jacques Chirac, the former French president whose later years were blighted by corruption scandals, has died aged 86. “President Jacques Chirac died this morning surrounded by his family, peacefully,” his son-in-law told AFP. Mr Chirac served two terms as French president and took his country into the single European currency. One of his major political […]
Facebook will not fact-check politicians
Facebook says it will treat all posts by politicians as “newsworthy content” that should “be seen and heard”. The company said politicians would be exempt from its fact-checking scheme which is designed to reduce the spread of fake news and misinformation. It said it did not want to be the “referee” in political debates or […]
Statement by President Akufo-Addo at the UN General Assembly
Address By The President Akufo-Addo, At The 74th Session Of The United Nations’ General Assembly, On The Theme “Galvanizing Multilateral Efforts For Poverty Eradication, Quality Education, Climate Action And Inclusion”, 25th September, 2019, New York. Mr. President, Secretary-General, Your Excellencies, Ghana presents her compliments to you Mr President, worthy representative of our great neighbour, the […]
