In one of the most shocking reports on the ill-treatment of refugees and asylum-seekers, the International Organization for Migration has confirmed that thousands of African migrants are being left to die in blistering desert heat after being deported by the government of Algeria and dumped in the Sahara. A new investigation by the Associated Press […]
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has survived an apparent bomb attack at a rally in the city of Bulawayo. Mr Mnangagwa said an object “exploded a few inches away from me – but it is not my time”. Video footage from White City Stadium shows an explosion happening close to Mr Mnangagwa as he was leaving
At 232 square kilometers, the Atewa Forest Reserve in Ghana’s Eastern Region is home to rare flora and fauna including two butterfly species not found anywhere else in the world – Mylothris atewa and Anthene helpsi – and a rediscovered West African White-naped Managbey monkey classified as ‘endangered’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The reserve is
Representatives of Rastafari organizations in over ten African countries have elected Ghana’s Ahuma Bosco Ocansey aka Daddy Bosco as the first chairman of the Rastafari Continental Council (R.C.C ) at the recent meeting in Capetown, South Africa. The conference also elected the representative from Tanzania, Ras Makonnen as deputy chairman. According to the facilitator of
By Afrikaba Ronnie – Agona Swedru Rufftown record has been noticed of grooming young talents to take our music industry to a higher heights. We obviously know the late hitmaker Ebony Reigns got to the limelight through Rufftown Records and its associates. After the sudden demise of the Queen of Dancehall, Bullet, CEO of Rufftown
WATCH TRAILER [Please LIKE our Facebook Page] 3nny3 Ez! tracks the Ghanaian existence in the Big Apple (New York). Shot in New York and several locations in Ghana, this new TV series combines hilarity with a quest to portray the reality of life where the grass is supposed to be greener. “We don’t seek to
A migrant from Mali who scrambled up the side of a building to save a 4 year old child dangling from a fifth floor balcony was thanked this week by President Emmanuel Macron and offered citizenship. Mamoudou Gassama had been living without papers in France when the incident took place. “You have become an example
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By Kyidom Bright Three years after the Prempeh Assembly Hall in Kumasi was closed down for renovation, the facility is overgrown and still not finished. The facility was closed down in 2015 for renovations by the then Mayor of Kumasi, Mr. Kojo Bonsu. At the time, Mr. Bonsu said apart from needing a structural upgrade,
By Alina Polianskaya Zimbabwe has made it legal to produce marijuana for medicinal and scientific uses. It follows in the footsteps of Lesotho, the tiny nation which last year became the first in Africa to issue a license for medical marijuana. Zimbabwe has been considering legalizing the drug for a number of months, and will now become one of the few countries able to
