Guantanamo: While Trump vowed ‘we gonna load it up with some bad dudes’ there’s slim hope Biden will close it
All told, although President Barack Obama’s administration poured far more energy into the effort to close Gitmo than his predecessor George W. Bush’s administration had, Obama failed during his terms in office to do so. In his last year, Obama continued to push hard with the rallying cry, “Let’s go...
Fear, corruption and neglect push Ghanaians to bury evidence of illegal fishing, abuse on Chinese vessels
On July 5, Ghanaian fisherman Essien went missing from the Meng Xin 15 trawler off Accra coast. Is brother James says that Essien had dinner with the rest of the crew of the Chinese vessel before they headed back to their cubicle to sleep. The next morning, he was nowhere...
How Chinese terror and unbridled greed decimating Ghanaian fish resources, locals reduced to slaves
When it comes to abuse and corruption on Chinese fishing vessels in Ghana, Bright Tsai Kweku has seen it all. He has seen Chinese crew treating local fishermen like “slaves”, he says. “They beat them, they spit on them, they kick them,” Kweku says. “I have been through that before.”...
Guantanamo Bay: Will America’s forever prison finally close on President Joe Biden’s watch?
As of December 8, 2022, Guantánamo Bay detention facility – a prison offshore of American justice and built for those detained in this country’s never-ending Global War on Terror – has been open for nearly 21 years (or, to be precise, 7,627 days). Thirteen years ago, I published a book,...
Glimmer of hope in DRC as M23 rebels agree to orderly withdrawal, respect ‘strict ceasefire’ in North Kivu
Democratic Republic of Congo rebel group M23 has, according to the East African Community (EAC), agreed to an orderly withdrawal and respect “a strict ceasefire” in North Kivu province in the east of the central African nation. A statement by EAC released on Monday says M23 leaders further agreed to...
Scramble for minerals, markets by foreign firms is forcing US to recalibrate security strategy in Africa
“The US has recalibrated its approach. We will not only seek to empower the African continent in the field of security, development and governance, but we will also strive to help them address the drivers of instability and conflict to meet the ambition and promise of Africa.” This is according...
Preliminary data for Omicron infection, deaths in China show Covid outbreak peaked in December
China’s massive Covid-19 outbreak probably peaked in late December, according to a preliminary analysis on the number of infections late last year and data on travel between cities. But public-health experts are frustrated by a lack of official data on the magnitude and severity of the outbreak. For close to...
India’s caste barrier: Some premier institutions are admitting more students from marginalised groups
Some premier institutes in India are doing a little better when it comes to access to education for all castes. At the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, a group of 38 labs, 18 per cent of researchers (combining senior staff grades) were Dalits and 4 per cent Adivasis, according...
Ethiopia’s Oromo insurgency fuelled by under-representation at highest levels of government
Complicating matters in Ethiopia’s multiple conflicts is the involvement of the Fano, an Amhara militia, in the south, where Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) is on the offensive. Fano claims to be defending Amhara civilians and interests and has launched several attacks into Oromia. “In my village alone, 37 civilians were...
New report links baldness and excessive male hair loss to high consumption of sugary liquids
Male pattern hair loss (MPHL) is on the rise and scientists are linking it to increased consumption of sugary liquids. According to research findings, the phenomenon is the most common form of hair loss in men, affecting around 30-50 per cent of men by age 50. According to Medical News...
