Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers staged a tearful demonstration Monday to mark the anniversary of a factory disaster that killed 1,138 people, demanding justice for the victims and better pay. Four years later, no one has yet been convicted over the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory complex, one of the world’s worst industrial tragedies. … Read more
The Paramount Chief of the Talensi Traditional Area, Tongo-Rana Kubilsong Nalebegtan (Robert Nachinab D. Mosore), has been elected the Upper East Regional representative to the Council of State. He polled 11 votes out of a total of 26 votes to oust Dr. Jacob Kofi Ayeebo who until his defeat, was the regional representative on the Council … Read more
On the morning of Eid al-Adha in December 2006, Raghad Saddam Hussein, her sister and their children squeezed together in front of the television in Raghad’s home in Amman and wept as they watched footage of her father being hurtled by masked men to the gallows where he would be hanged. Saddam Hussein, who ruled … Read more