Top EU court ruling backs gay African asylum bids.

 

The EU's top court has ruled that homosexuals from Sierra Leone, Uganda and Senegal who fear imprisonment in their home country have grounds for asylum in EU member states.

Government of Ghana is to introduce a Programme Based Budget.

 

The Government of Ghana is to introduce a Programme Based Budget (PBB) next year to replace the current Activity Based Budget (ABB).

Pope Francis halted his weekly general audience to kiss and hold a disfigured man.

Pope Francis concluded Wednesday's general audience in St Peter's Square in Rome by kissing a man covered in growths and joining him in prayer.

IMANI-Ghana 'suspicious' over govt's 5,000 housing project.

President of IMANI-Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe, is asking government to publish details of the contract for the 5,000 affordable unit housing project that is being sponsored by the Brazilian government under the Construtora OAS, a Brazilian construction firm.

You are a schoolboy; you don't know anything - KT Hammond tells Kwakye Ofosu.

 

A former Minister for Energy, KT Hammond, has launched a blistering attack on  Deputy Minister for Information, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, describing him as a schoolboy who doesn't know anything.

NGOs Call for Punishment of Journalist Murderers.

 

Nine Non Governmental organizations defending human rights of FIDH Sahel have called for Punishment of the perpetrators of the murder of Ghislaine Dupont and Claude. The NGOs call for the strict respect for the integrity of journalists, humanitarian and human rights operating theaters of conflict and remember that at least 60 journalists have died in the line of duty in 2013 worldwide.

Shell Accused of Misreporting Oil Spills As Pipeline Thefts.

 

Shell has manipulated oil spill investigations in Nigeria, with the company’s claims on oil pollution in the region deeply suspect and often untrue, said Amnesty International and the Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD).

Four Terror Suspects Charged Over Westgate Attack.

 

Four suspects have been charged in court over the September 21 terrorist attack at the Westgate shopping mall.