Marcial Maciel: Mexican founder Legionaries of Christ ‘abused 60 minors’
At least 60 children were abused by Marcial Maciel, founder of the ultra-conservative Catholic order Legionaries of Christ, an investigation has found. The report, published by the Roman Catholic group, said 33 priests in the order abused at least 175 minors since it was founded in 1941. In 2006, Maciel was ordered to retire to […]
Facebook to stop using phone numbers to recommend ‘friends’
Facebook is to stop using members’ phone numbers in its friends recommendation system in 2020 following concern about privacy implications. Users can choose to have a code sent to their mobile phones when logging in to make access harder for hackers. But Facebook admitted it also fed the numbers into targeted advertising and friend recommendation […]
Government committed to boost food production
Member of Parliament (MP) for Awutu-Senya WestNeenyi, George Andah, has reaffirmed government commitment to invest heavily in the agricultural sector to increase food production for export and local consumption. The MP who is also the Deputy Minister of Communication said government would go all out to make it more attractive to entice youth to enter […]
Jamal Khashoggi: Saudis sentence five to death for journalist’s murder
A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced five people to death and jailed three others over the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi last year. Khashoggi, a prominent critic of the Saudi government, was killed inside the kingdom’s consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul by a team of Saudi agents. The Saudi public prosecutor […]
Ibrahimovic statue has nose cut off by vandals
Vandals have cut off the nose of a statue of Zlatan Ibrahimovic outside Malmo’s stadium in Sweden. It is the latest act of vandalism directed at the statue since it was announced that Ibrahimovic had invested in a rival club last month. Former Sweden striker Ibrahimovic, 38, made his professional debut for Malmo 20 years […]
Upper East records zero fatalities in road crashes
The Upper East Region recorded zero fatalities during Christmas last year as against 33 fatalities country wide, involving 98 crashes. This was made known when officials of the National Road Safety Authority paid a working visit to the Upper East Region as part of sensitisation of road users on road safety. National Road Safety Authority […]
16 inmates killed in Honduran prison violence
Sixteen inmates have been killed in a fight between rival gangs at a Honduran prison, less than two days after deadly violence at another prison. Officials said guns, knives and machetes were used in the fight yesterday at El Porvenir prison east of the capital, Tegucigalpa. There has been a wave of prison violence in […]
Work resumes on KATH Maternity Block January 2020
Work on the Maternity and Children’s Block at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), which has been abandoned for 43 years, will resume in January next year, the Chief Executive Officer of KATH, Dr. Oheneba Owusu-Danso, has said. He said that followed the procurement of €138 million funding to complete the project and commended the […]
Kotoko beats Hearts of Oak to win the 2019 President ‘s Cup
Kumasi Asante Kotoko on Sunday defeated archrivals, Accra Hearts of Oak by two goals to one in the 2019 President’s Cup at the Baba Yaro Sports Stadium in Kumasi. Hearts got the opener in the 38th minute of the first half via a penalty as Empem Dacosta is judged to have handled the ball in […]
Idris Elba given Sierra Leone citizenship on first visit
Idris Elba has been given citizenship of his father’s native Sierra Leone. The British film star landed in the capital Freetown on Wednesday for his first visit to the country. Elba told the BBC’s Umaru Fofana that citizenship was “the biggest honour I could get from my country”. “I’m no stranger to Africa: I’ve been […]
