Berlin – The UN’s top human rights official says he’s alarmed by what appears to be a “widespread pattern” of rallies in Burundi in which members of a pro-government youth militia sing about impregnating opponents. An online video emerged this month of an incident involving the Imbonerakure militia. Burundi’s ruling party criticized the song. The UN human rights office on ...

The President of Glolamp Soccer Academy, Odartey Lamptey has suggested that the bonuses of Ghana’s National Team, the Black Stars should be discussed behind closed doors.’ ‘This is key for me and I think the bonuses of the stars should be discussed behind closed doors. Even if the stars are paid 2 cedis, it should not be made public.’ ‘He ...

Some 1,800 police officers will be deployed to the streets of the Spanish capital for Real Madrid’s Champions League match against Bayern Munich on Tuesday night, city hall said. The quarter-final second leg, which was declared “high risk” as is common for high profile Champions League games, comes after several European ties have been marred by violence. “Nearly 1,800 officers ...

BARCELONA (Reuters) – Barcelona striker Neymar is confident the Catalans can launch another remarkable Champions League comeback as they look to overturn a 3-0 quarter-final deficit against Juventus on Wednesday. Just as they had done in the previous round, when Barcelona overcame a 4-0 first-leg deficit to eliminate Paris St Germain, the Spanish giants will be relying on Neymar to ...

Ebusua Dwarfs forward Nicholas Gyan is delighted with his red hot form in the Ghana premier league so far. With twelve games played, the forward is leading the goal king race with eight goals, one more than he managed the whole of last season. The striker scored the only goal of the game in his side’s 1-0 home win over ...

Abuja – Nigeria’s government says the international airport in its capital is reopening after six weeks of repairs to the runway, which experts had said was in shocking disrepair. Nigeria says the Abuja airport is opening on Tuesday, a day ahead of schedule. The closure of one of West Africa’s busiest airports had been another blow to Nigeria’s already suffering ...

The Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) community is mourning the loss of a 20-year-old student from Alexandria, Virginia, who was shot and killed in the Carver neighbourhood. Samuel Kwarteng was close to graduating with an engineering degree, according to friends. Police say Emmanuel Jordan, who is not a VCU student, shot and allegedly killed Kwarteng following an argument overnight on Wednesday ...

Three persons have been electrocuted at Jema in the Kintampo South district of the Brong Ahafo region. The three; Sumaila Iliasu 25, Kwadwo Kusi 21 and Kwaku Adjei 29, were among nine people contracted by one Kofi Emmanuel, a driver to dig holes for him to fix some electric poles around his house. The deceased however got electrocuted when a ...

For a while now, many Ghanaians have held divided opinions on whether or not Asamoah Gyan, captain of the country’s national football team, has a wife and if so who she might be. This controversy gained momentum in recent times when a couple of online sites went agog with stories that Asamoah Gyan was dating a lady by name Nina. ...

The Deputy Lands and Natural Resources Minister says government’s campaign to end the activities of illegal miners is yielding results. Benito Owusu-Bio said the ministry had received reports that some of the miners had surrendered equipment such as excavators to the security agencies in their communities. Speaking to Araba Koomson on Joy FM’s Midday News Tuesday, the Minister said officials of the ...