UN Appoints New Secretary General Through Transparent System
The United Nations General Assembly today (October 13,2016) formally appointed Mr. António Manuel de Guterres, the former Prime Minister of ...
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Sexual Harassment, Rape, Defilement and Incest
Sexual harassment, rape, defilement and incest have been on the ascendancy in recent times. Hardly a day passes without some ...
Germany Blocks WhatsApp Data Transfers To Facebook
German data protection authorities on Tuesday said they had blocked Facebook from collecting subscriber data from its subsidiary WhatsApp, citing ...
Ping Rejects Court Ruling On Bongo Election Win
Announcing its decision in the early hours of Saturday morning, the Constitutional Court also partially changed the results of the ...
EU States ‘could Veto Brexit Deal’
A group of Central European EU members known as the Visegrad Four is ready to veto any Brexit deal that ...
UK ‘may Begin Brexit In Early 2017’
UK Prime Minister Theresa May is likely to trigger the formal process of leaving the European Union early next year, ...
EU Leaders ‘need Sober Look At Problems’
The European Council President Donald Tusk has called on EU leaders to take a "sober and brutally honest" look at ...
No Serious Brexit Talks ‘for 12 Months’
Substantive Brexit talks between the UK and the rest of the EU are unlikely to start much before the end ...
YouTube Ordered To Pay More For Music By Europe
Video sites such as YouTube will be forced to pay more to musicians and record companies under plans to reform ...
Apple’s IPhone 7 Ditches Traditional Headphone Socket
The iPhone 7 will not have a traditional headphone socket. Apple said its lightning connector could be used instead, which ...
Irish Parliament To Debate European Commission Ruling
The Irish parliament is to meet later to debate the ruling The Irish parliament has been recalled early to debate ...
Brexit Unmasks EU Arrogance
“Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.”– Aristotle That's it! The quiet ...
Why EACS EPA With The Eu Just Doesnt Add Up…Op-Ed
The EPA issue has once again re-emerged when Tanzania informed EAC Members and the EU that it would not be ...
Apple Faces 13bn-Euro Irish Tax Bill
Ireland should recover up to €13bn (£11bn) from Apple in back taxes, the European Commission has ruled. After a three-year ...
Is Spain in Front of a Historic Crossroad ?
For more than 40 years in the political arena of Spain two parties had been dominating, the People’s Party and ...
Life in Europe: Dream or Nightmare? The Lives of African Immigrants in the Netherlands.
Moving to Europe is a dream for many Africans, but the reality is often a nightmare. The Dutch immigration policy ...
E-waste In Ghana: Where Death is the Price of Living Another Day
Attempts to recycle E-waste and donations of old electronic devices are harming poor people's health and devastating the environment, writes ...