Archive for: March, 2021

U.S. Supreme Court Makes It Harder for Undocumented Immigrants to Fight Deportation

NINA TOTENBERG The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday March 4, 2021 made it more difficult for undocumented immigrants who have lived in the U.S. for a long time to fight deportation. The court’s 5-to-3 ruling came in the case of a man who had lived in the U.S. for 25 years but who had used […]

‘Coming 2 America’ mildly offensive to Africa – Ghanaian filmmaker Leila Djansi slams Hollywood

MILDRED EUROPA TAYLOR Ghanaian filmmaker Leila Djansi is not impressed with the sequel to the 1988 classic ‘Coming to America’, describing it as mildly offensive. In a Facebook post, the American-based filmmaker said she was disappointed in some of the scenes from the Hollywood movie, saying they were discriminatory and disrespectful to Africa and its […]

Nigeria receives nearly 4 million vaccines from COVAX

CARLEY PETESCH Nearly 4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, the third and largest delivery so far to an African country by the global COVAX initiative, which was created to ensure that low- and middle-income countries have fair access to vaccines. The COVAX program shipped 3.94 million doses of […]

Ghana’s Election 2020 Petition – Mahama accepts verdict with a pinch of salt

On March 4, 2021, the Supreme Court of Ghana threw out a petition filed by former President John Dramani Mahama challenging the validity of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as President-elect of the Republic of Ghana following the presidential and parliamentary elections held on December 7, 2020. The Electoral Commission (E.C.) on December 9, 2020 […]

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