Category: World
Senegal: Three TikTok creators sentenced to prison over video deemed insulting to President Faye
A court in Dakar has handed prison terms to three TikTok content creators after convicting them of insulting Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Fay [...]
DR Congo: Ebola cases surpass 4,000 since current outbreak
Democratic Republic of Congo's confirmed Ebola cases have surpassed 4,000 for the first time in the current outbreak, with government data placing the [...]
Ghana’s Ambassador to UK, Sabah Zita Benson named African Ambassador of the Year
Her Excellency Ambassador Sabah Zita Benson, Ghana High Commissioner to the UK, has been named African Ambassador of the Year.
Ambassador Zita Bens [...]
Police Clearance now mandatory for Ghanaians applying for UAE work visas
Ghanaians seeking employment in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) must now obtain a Police Clearance Certificate before their work visa applications will [...]
Revealed: Congo’s Ebola outbreak began months before it was detected
The Democratic Republic of Congo's rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak actually began in January, or possibly even earlier, in the eastern Ituri province [...]
Migrant rush into Cueta death toll rises to 72
Spanish officials confirmed Sunday that 72 people are now known to have died following last week's massive migrant surge into Ceuta, Spain's North Afr [...]
Global alcohol industry loses $830 billion in value
An industry once considered virtually recession-proof has been rocked by a downturn few saw coming.
Over the past f [...]
Ghana hit as Colombia announces plans to close down its Embassy
Colombia's president-elect, Abelardo De La Espriella, has announced plans to close the country's Embassy in Ghana.
Aside from Ghana, South Africa, [...]
Namibia blocks Ghanaian entrepreneur Jory Adu-Boahene’s N$4b oil and gas supply base over funding and experience concerns
The Namibian Ports Authority has rejected a proposal by a Ghanaian-led consortium to develop an N$4-billion (about US$244 million) oil and gas supply [...]
Uganda: Detained opposition figure ‘is unconscious, in intensive care’, his wife says
Kizza Besigye, the prominent detained Ugandan opposition leader, has lost consciousness and been rushed into intensive care after collapsing during a [...]