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Sex abuse scandal hits South Korea’s elite skating scene

Ama Serwaa January 22, 2019 15 0

The prized elite world of South Korean speed skating has been mired in scandal following a wave of allegations from female skaters who say that they were were sexually abused by their coaches and that it was covered up. For a country that is a world leader in speed skating, having won 24 Read More

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France summons Italian envoy over Africa remarks

Ama Serwaa January 22, 2019 15 0

France has summoned Italy’s ambassador after the Italian deputy prime minister accused the French of exploiting Africa and fuelling migration. On Sunday, Luigi di Maio called on the European Union to impose sanctions on France for its policies in Africa. He said France had “never stopped colonising tens of African states”. Italy’s populist Read More

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Zimbabwe president abandons trip amid unrest

Ama Serwaa January 22, 2019 11 0

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has broken off a trip to Europe after violent protests in his home country. Mr Mnangagwa had been due to attend the Davos economic summit where he was expected to seek investment for Zimbabwe. Ministers say the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is using sharp fuel price increases as a […]Read More

Regional World

Man lynched for allegedly consuming human feaces

Ama Serwaa January 22, 2019 20 0

A yet to be identified man, believed to be in his 30s, has been lynched by a mob in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital for allegedly harvesting human feaces from Matthew Street neighbourhood in the town. The incident had caused confusion in the state capital as people in various parts of the town had […]Read More

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Obasanjo: Stop acting like coward – PDP to Buhari

Ama Serwaa January 22, 2019 17 0

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari over his response to criticisms by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. PDP said “Buhari should stop acting like a coward.” Obasanjo had on Sunday claimed that Buhari, among other things, was desperate for self-succession. The former President, who compared Buhari’s regime to Abacha era, hinted on Read More

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Buhari ‘fake’ Fulani man – Atiku

Ama Serwaa January 22, 2019 20 0

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar, has said President Muhammadu Buhari is not “a full-fledged Fulani man because he cannot speak Fulfulde.” Atiku, who stated this on Monday at a campaign rally in Jigawa, described President Buhari as ‘fake’ Fulani man. He said: ”a real Fulani man would not drag […]Read More

General World

“How Obasanjo sent me into exile in Ghana”

Ama Serwaa January 22, 2019 16 0

Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of transportation and director general of the reelection campaign of President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday said the ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo sent him into a 10-month exile in Ghana in 2006. Amaechi said this while reacting to Obasanjo’s recent statements describing President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration as ‘Abacha era’. Speaking at APC Read More

World

Zuma to record anti-apartheid songs for history project

Kwabena Nyame January 21, 2019 21 0

Long known for singing and dancing at political rallies, former President Jacob Zuma has now been chosen as the voice of anti-apartheid liberation songs in a South African history project. During white rule, Zuma was imprisoned for 10 years with Nelson Mandela on Robben Island. Later he went into exile, before returning after the ban […]Read More

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Kenya repels another suspected al Shabaab attack – Police

Kwabena Nyame January 21, 2019 21 0

Kenyan police have thwarted an attack by suspected Somali militants al Shabaab on a Chinese-owned construction company in an eastern region, an official said on Monday, days after the Islamist group killed 21 people in Nairobi. The assailants wounded one person while they attempted to hit the site in Garissa county, not far from the […]Read More

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Theresa May looks for way to break deadlock after Brexit deal

Kwabena Nyame January 21, 2019 22 0

UK Prime Minister Theresa May is making a statement to MPs on the way forward on Brexit after her planned deal was rejected by MPs last week. She hopes to win over Tory Brexiteer MPs and Northern Ireland’s DUP, by resolving their concerns over the “backstop” plan for the Irish border. Last week, Mrs May […]Read More