An iceberg the size of Delaware, one of the largest on record, was set adrift after snapping off a West Antarctic ice shelf that is now at increased risk of collapse, scientists said Wednesday. A crack in the Larsen C ice shelf, a drifting extension of the land-based ice sheet, finally broke through after inching … Read more
Two decades of attacks on Rwanda’s opposition, journalists and rights groups have created a “climate of fear” ahead of next month’s presidential election, Amnesty International warned Friday. “Since the ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) took power 23 years ago, Rwandans have faced huge, and often deadly obstacles to participating in public life and voicing criticism … Read more
The first person to survive a death-defying plunge into Niagara Falls without protection has died after apparently attempting the feat again in an inflatable ball, according to US media. A body recently discovered in the Niagara River has been identified as American Kirk Jones, 53, who had jumped into the falls in 2003 and lived, … Read more
President Akufo-Addo charged to lead efforts to unite the economic unity of West African states following years of disappointing attempts by predecessors. The Director of Academic Affairs at the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College Prof. Vladimir Antwi Danso says all economic integrations like the EU require a leader pushing through to make it … Read more
US President Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 budget would slash funding for science, health and environmental programs at home and abroad, sparking outcry among experts who say the cuts would endanger the planet. The blueprint has yet to undergo scrutiny in Congress, and must be approved by lawmakers before it can take effect. But environmentalists swiftly … Read more
A lecturer of the University of Cape Coast Kwame Osei Kwarteng (Phd) says the man of Lebanese extraction who assaulted a Ghanaian woman, has a de-humanising mentality towards blacks dating back to the Arab slave trade. Although the alleged attacker, Jihad Chaaban was born in Ghana, the lecturer of history says abusive treatment of blacks … Read more
Rights groups on Wednesday urged the UN Security Council to impose “targeted sanctions” on Burundian officials over alleged human rights violations there, in an open letter published online. The letter, penned by Human Rights Watch and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) among others, was published on the eve of a meeting of the UN’s top decision-making … Read more
Countries in Africa’s Great Lakes region launched an intelligence nerve centre in Uganda Saturday to better coordinate the fight against a rebel group responsible for massacres in neighbouring DR Congo. A string of bloody killings in which civilians have mostly been hacked to death around the town of Beni in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo … Read more
Protesters gathered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital and at least one other city, defying a ban on demonstrations against the president’s plans to stay in office past the end of his term on Monday. Security forces blocked access to Kinshasa University, facing off against groups waving red cards telling President Joseph Kabila to go, … Read more
Congolese President Joseph Kabila’s final term in office expires on Monday, with no election to choose a successor and amid a surge in popular anger over what opponents say is an attempt to cling to power in defiance of the constitution. The election has been postponed until at least April 2018 on the grounds of … Read more
The two candidates are making a last-minute dash across swing states like Florida, Pennsylvania and North Carolina as the 2016 presidential race enters its final hours. They’ve also gone north to Michigan and New Hampshire to states Democrats have won in recent cycles but could flip this year. Most plausible paths to victory for Trump … Read more
Supporters of Congolese President Joseph Kabila carry his portrait photographs during a rally Shortly after Congo President Joseph Kabila came to power in 2001, the U. S. embassy in Kinshasa sent cables to Washington exuding quiet confidence in the 29-year-old who had replaced his recently assassinated father, Laurent. In one, released later by Wikileaks, the … Read more