George Lutterodt popularly known as Counselor Lutterodt needs to crawl back into whichever hole he came out of. We know, like many of his peers in the motivation industry, policing women’s choices under the guise of counselling is more profitable than most 12-hour day jobs. But unlike his peers, Lutterodt has not had the good … Read more
Israel’s Jewish Agency on Wednesday expressed “deep concern” over anti-Semitic threats against American Jewish communities, calling for US authorities to find and punish those responsible. “I am deeply concerned by the wave of anti-Semitic attacks and threats that has been sweeping across the United States in recent days and weeks,” the agency’s chairman Nathan Sharansky … Read more
A UN delegation has completed a week-long fact-finding mission on the human rights situation of people of African descent in Germany. The experts spoke to government officials, NGOs, and people from the black community who often face discrimination – subtle or otherwise. Germany’s black community is made up from people from all walks of life: … Read more
Reports that at least 18 Ghanaians have been rescued by Ghana’s High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa, as xenophobic attacks on immigrants in that country worsen are most alarming, to say the least. Some of the rescued Ghanaians are reported to have sustained major injuries in their attempt to escape from the attacks. Shops owned … Read more
By: Naa Adzoa Adzeley Boi-Dsane February is often thought to be the month of love but is it not ironic that it was within this same month that Xenophobic attacks resurfaced in South Africa? Is the love the world seems to portray only a mirage/facade? Any person who decides to hate another individual to the … Read more
Vandals have broken and overturned more than 500 gravestones at a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia, the latest in a spate of recent bomb threats and attacks against sites for Jews across the United States. Hundreds of headstones, some of them more than 100 years old, were cut in half, local media reported Sunday. A local … Read more
At least, 18 Ghanaians have been rescued by Ghana’s High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa following the xenophobic attacks on immigrants there. The attacks resumed early this week with South Africans accusing foreigners of taking over their jobs. The worse xenophobic attacks in South Africa was recorded in 2015. Joy News earlier gathered that five … Read more
The Member of Parliament for Asawase constituency in the Ashanti Region, Muntaka Mubarak Mohammed has moved a motion for the relocation of the Pan African parliament from South Africa following renewed xenophobic attacks in that country. According to him, some of his colleagues in the parliament feel insecure to travel to the country to conduct … Read more
The Member of Parliament for Asawase constituency in the Ashanti Region, Muntaka Mubarak Mohammed has moved a motion for the relocation of the Pan African parliament from South Africa following renewed xenophobic attacks in that country. According to him, some of his colleagues in the parliament feel insecure to travel to the country to conduct … Read more
Boycotting South African products will be the last resort by government in response to the threats of xenophobic attacks against Ghanaians and other Africans in South Africa, Foreign Affairs Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has said. Her comment comes after Minority Chief Whip Mubarak Mohammed Muntaka suggested in parliament on Friday 24 February that the rest … Read more
Former President Mahama has asked Africans to devise the necessary structural reforms that will put the African continent back on the path of growth. Speaking at the African Leadership Magazine (ALM) Person of the Year 2016 Awards Programme in Johannesburg in South Africa, the President also asked African entrepreneurs to take advantage of the opportunities … Read more
New York state took fresh steps Thursday to combat a spike in anti-Semitism and hate crimes, promising a $25 million grant to boost security and a $5,000 reward for information leading to arrests and convictions. Governor Andrew Cuomo made the announcement after meeting dozens of Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders from across the state. Hate … Read more
Former President Mahama has asked Africans to devise the necessary structural reforms that will put the African continent back on the path of growth. Speaking at the African Leadership Magazine (ALM) Person of the Year 2016 Awards Programme in Johannesburg in South Africa, the President also asked African entrepreneurs to take advantage of the opportunities … Read more
US President Donald Trump has condemned dozens of violent threats made against US Jewish community centres in the past few weeks. “We have to fight bigotry, intolerance and hatred in all of its very ugly forms,” he said while visiting an African-American museum in Washington. “The anti-Semitic threats targeting our Jewish community and community centres … Read more
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday decried anti-Semitic threats against Jewish community centers as “horrible” and “painful,” promising to work to bridge divisions in the country. “This tour was a meaningful reminder of why we have to fight bigotry, intolerance and hatred in all of its very ugly forms,” Trump said in remarks after visiting … Read more
Uber has hired former attorney general Eric Holder to review workplace conditions after a ex-employee alleged sexual harassment and sexism at the firm. Susan Fowler, an engineer who worked at the rideshare company until the end of last year, said in a blog post Sunday that her manager made sexual advances shortly after she joined … Read more
Uber chief executive Travis Kalanick has announced an “urgent investigation” at the ride-sharing company after a former employee wrote a blog post Sunday alleging sexual harassment and sexism at the firm. “What’s described here is abhorrent (and) against everything we believe in. Anyone who behaves this way or thinks this is OK will be fired,” … Read more
US Vice President Mike Pence paid a somber visit to the former Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, Germany on Sunday, against the backdrop of concerns about a surge of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States since Donald Trump was elected president. Pence, his wife Karen and daughter Charlotte toured the camp where more than 200,000 … Read more
According to a new study, Hollywood’s diversity initiatives need to extend to age. Humana sponsored a University of Southern California study of senior characters represented in 25 Academy Award nominated films from 2014 – 2016. In the movies studied, only 11.8% of the 1,256 speaking characters were 60 years of age or older — that’s nearly … Read more
I was not expecting to be impressed by the ministerial nominee for Gender, Children and Social Protection. I was still annoyed with her for refusing to condemn Kennedy Agyapong when he accused the Electoral Commissioner, Charlotte Osei of trading sex for her position. Sexist, misogynistic and distasteful comments, and the Women’s Organiser of the NPP, … Read more