The Time’s Up Movement has pledged support for the #MuteRKelly campaign after sexual misconduct accusations, some decades-old, against the RnB star. The decision, led by the Women of Colour (WOC) group, includes director Ava Duvernay and singer Janelle Monae. Labels, businesses and music venues promoting Kelly are to be targeted. He denies all the allegations. A statement urged women to ...

The Minister for Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has asked private second cycle schools to open up to competition and stop blaming the Free Senior High School policy for their woes. He argues that “in the public-private primary school sector, the most profitable is the private sector. In the university level (tertiary), the most profitable is the private sector, so why ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has revealed what he says are “secret nuclear files” proving Iran once covertly pursued nuclear weapons. He said thousands of pages of material obtained by Israel showed Iran had deceived the world by denying it had ever sought nuclear weapons. Iran agreed in 2015 to curb its nuclear energy programme in return for the lifting ...

All you need to rise within the Ghana Football Association is a constant supply of cigarretes, and booze. That’s according to recently dismissed Vice President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), George Afriyie. He claims the political longevity of GFA capo Kwesi Nyantakyi has been by plying power-hungry officials with these, in additions to juicy positions. Speaking to Asempa FM on ...

Logan Paul – one of YouTube’s most popular and controversial video-makers – has announced he will no longer release material on a “daily” basis. The 23-year-old began his Daily Vlogs series in September 2016, and has since built up an audience of 17 million subscribers. He said that his channel would survive, but that he wanted “to exercise [my] creativity ...

Former UNSecretary-Generall and Graduate Institute alumnus, Kofi Annan, was recently interviewed by Zeinab Badawi on BBC’s HARDtalk programme. Mr Annan opened up on the escalating tensions between the United States and Russia and the UN’s role in preventing conflict. Watch the interview below: Source:Myjoyonline Share on: WhatsApp

Facebook is now testing its “downvote” button in New Zealand, following a similar trial which took place in the US in February. The tool, which appears on some public posts, will let people hide comments and provide feedback about them. The BBC understands that there are no immediate plans to roll it out across the social network. Discussion site Reddit ...

The Civil and Local Government staff Association has said it will soon embark on a campaign to rid the ministries of the sprawling influence of government’s special assistants. “We are going to clear them from the ministry”, the Executive Secretary of Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana, (CLOGSAG) Isaac Bampoe-Addo told Joy News. He said a strike is ...

The French government is being sued over the way it has sought to take over the France.com web domain. In 2015, France started legal action against Frenchman Jean-Noel Frydman, who had registered France.com in 1994. Two years later, a French court ruled in France’s favour and the government began to lobby domain host web.com to take control away from Mr ...

ZINEDINE ZIDANE insists his future at Real Madrid does not depend on winning the Champions League. Zidane has won the Champions League in each of the last two years and is on course for an incredible third in a row. Real Madrid lead Bayern Munich 2-1 after the first leg of the semi-final. But Zidane’s future remains in question after ...