Ghana passes bill making identifying as LGBTQ+ illegal Barbados Today28/02/20240430 views Ghana’s parliament has passed a tough new bill that imposes a prison sentence of up to three years for anyone convicted of identifying as LGBTQ+. It also imposes a maximum… Read more
Seventy-year-old Ugandan woman gives birth to twins Barbados Today01/12/20230179 views BBC – A 70-year-old woman has given birth to twins following IVF treatment, a hospital in Uganda has said. Safina Namukwaya delivered a boy and a girl via caesarean at… Read more
Fifty die in Ethiopia amid drought and aid freeze Barbados Today23/11/20230169 views BBC – More than 50 people have died in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray and Amhara regions amid drought and an aid freeze, local officials have told the BBC. The Horn of… Read more
Sugar prices are rising worldwide after bad weather tied to El Nino damaged crops in Asia Barbados Today20/11/20230248 views AP – Skyrocketing sugar prices left Ishaq Abdulraheem with few choices. Increasing the cost of bread would mean declining sales, so the Nigerian baker decided to cut his production by… Read more
#BTEditorial – African leadership in Haiti peace plan Barbados Today29/09/20230138 views An increasing number of African nations are coming into their own and commanding their place on the world stage where their contribution to human and social development is being recognised.… Read more
Niger’s coup leaders say they will prosecute deposed President Mohamed Bazoum for ‘high treason’ Barbados Today14/08/20230130 views NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s mutinous soldiers said they will prosecute deposed President Mohamed Bazoum for “high treason” and undermining state security, in an announcement hours after the junta said they were… Read more
US facilitating land evacuation of private citizens in Sudan Barbados Today24/04/20230135 views (AP) — The United States has begun facilitating the departure of private U.S. citizens who want to leave Sudan, according to White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan. Sullivan said… Read more
Death toll in Kenyan starvation cult rises to 58 – police Barbados Today24/04/20230130 views (Reuters) – Kenyan police have recovered 58 bodies, mostly from mass graves in a forest in eastern Kenya, thought to be followers of a Christian cult who believed they would… Read more
O’Kola stars in Africa Barbados Today13/04/20230185 views Barbadian junior golfer Ashton O’Kola has taken his golfing talents to Africa. The six-year-old golf prodigy recently competed in two events winning both of them in decisive fashion. O’Kola first… Read more
Harris visits Ghana’s president, promises aid, investments Barbados Today27/03/20230141 views SOURCE: (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday praised Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo for his “democratic principles” during a visit with the West African leader, who’s facing rising… Read more