Witchcraft accusations in Ghana could be banned by new law
Accra, Ghana Reuters Ghana’s parliament on Friday passed a bill to protect people accused of witchcraft, making it a crime to abuse them or send them away from communities. Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo delivers his annual state of the nation address to the parliament in Accra, Ghana, on 30th March, 2022. PICTURE: Reuters/Francis Kokoroko/File photo […]
Ukraine vows it won’t use cluster bombs in Russia
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine’s Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov welcomed a US decision to send cluster bombs to Kyiv, saying it would help to liberate Ukrainian territory but promised the munitions would not be used in Russia. The US announced on Friday it would supply Ukraine with widely banned cluster munitions for its counter-offensive against occupying Russian […]
UN flags Taliban order to bar women workers, tells Afghan staff to stay home
United Nations/Kabul, Afghanistan Reuters The United Nations told some 3,300 Afghan staff not to come to work in Afghanistan for the next two days after the Taliban authorities signaled on Tuesday that they would enforce a ban on Afghan women working for the world body. UN officials in Afghanistan “received word of an order by […]
Art or torture? France debates banning bullfighting
Arles, France Reuters Sixteen-year old Baptiste is training to be a bullfighter in the southern French city of Arles and says lawmakers who want to ban it across the country simply do not comprehend what he calls an art. “Corrida is a tradition, an art, a dance with the bull,” said Baptiste, one of about […]
Essay: Nigeria’s Twitter ban could backfire, hurting the economy and democracy
In an article first published on The Conversation, JEFF CONROY KRUTZ, associate professor of political science at Michigan State University, looks at Nigeria’s decision to ban Twitter…
Swiss to vote on whether to become first European nation to ban synthetic pesticides
Zurich, SwitzerlandReuters Switzerland could become the first European country to ban artificial pesticides in a 13th June referendum which backers of the initiative hope will trigger similar prohibitions elsewhere. Globally, only Bhutan has a complete ban on synthetic pesticides, according to supporters aiming to outlaw the use of products made by agro-chemical giants such as […]
Nigeria says it suspends Twitter days after President’s post removed
Abuja, NigeriaReuters Nigeria said on Friday it had indefinitely suspended Twitter’s activities, two days after the social media giant removed a post from President Muhammadu Buhari that threatened to punish regional secessionists. Information Minister Lai Mohammed said the government had acted because of “the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of […]
UK bans sex between government aid workers and recipients to rein in abuse
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Britain has banned sexual relations between government staff giving aid and people receiving it, as lawmakers seek to stamp out abuse in the aid sector following a string of sex scandals. Britain’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has also banned staff exchanging money or jobs for sex, sexual relationships based on […]
Netflix appeals after a Brazilian judge orders Netflix to stop showing gay Jesus movie
Netflix has appealed to Brazil’s Supreme Court after a judge ordered the streaming entertainment service Netflix to stop showing a controversial movie depicting Jesus as a gay man. In the ruling against Netflix made on Tuesday, the state court judge said: “The right to freedom of expression…is not absolute.” The statue of Christ the Redeemer […]
Converts, pastors threatened with death as Gospel meetings banned in Uganda town
Morning Star News Police have banned evangelistic events in a town in western Uganda following open-air preaching in which many Muslims put their faith in Christ, sources have told Morning Star News. Churches in Bwera, on Uganda’s western border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, held a joint evangelistic event amid the large Muslim population […]