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Okofo Sobin Kan II, Dompoasehene– Adansi has been destooled on Thursdayby Otumfoɔ Osɛi Tutu II, Asantehene. The charges brought against Nana Dompoasehene were numerous, and damaging. They included charges of financial impropriety….. embezzlement of Stool Revenue. Misuse of Funds raised through special fundraising efforts such as community ‘harvests,’ which were then deposited in a Bank under agreed upon Dompoase account, intended for specific community projects. However, the Chief is said to have surreptitiously removed the money into his own personal bank account, without the knowledge or approval of the people. He was charged with misrule, and tyranny—– he did not…

Shahindokht Molaverdi, Iran’s former vice president for women’s affairs, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison after being accused of leaking classified information to foreign parties. Former Iranian Vice President Shahindokht Molaverdi has been sentenced to 30 months in jail, local media reported on Saturday. Molaverdi, who served as the vice president for women’s affairs for four years, was accused of leaking classified information to foreign countries and of carrying out political propaganda against the Islamic regime. She denied both charges and said she will appeal the sentence. “I got the verdict today and will protest within the next 20…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen have spoken by phone in an attempt to bridge key differences, but both sides were unable to agree on three key issues. Talks will resume on Sunday. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen held last-ditch Brexit talks on Saturday, as pressure intensifies to finalize trade negotiations before the end of the transition period on December 31. While welcoming the progress made during the hourlong phone call, a joint statement acknowledged that “significant differences” remained with regards to the questions of achieving a level playing field, governance and…

Bangladeshi MD Rayhan, who worked in Singapore for seven years, has been stuck in his village in Bhola district since March. He went back to see his family after leaving his previous job and was due to return to Singapore on Mar 21 to start work with a new employer. But on Mar 18, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) announced that both existing and new work pass holders had to first get its approval before travelling to Singapore. This was implemented in line with additional border restrictions put in place as Singapore battled a rise in imported COVID-19 cases. Mr Rayhan said…

The scale of the November 26 protest march by 20-odd farmers’ groups of Punjab to New Delhi has perhaps taken both central agencies as well as the Punjab leadership of the BJP by surprise. Members of the farmers’ organizations were headed for Delhi to stage a dharna in the national capital and build pressure on the BJP-led Union government against what they consider as contentious provisions in the new central farm laws. The agitation has seen an estimated 200,000-300,000 farmers converging at various entry points to Delhi. Protests against the central farm laws began in Punjab soon after they…

Senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya on Saturday said that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is likely to be implemented from January 2021, adding that the Centre and the BJP are keen to grant citizenship to the large refugee population in West Bengal. BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya accused the Trinamool Congress (TMC)-led West Bengal government of not being sympathetic to the cause of the refugees, news agency PTI reported. “We are hopeful that the process of granting citizenship to refugees under the CAA will begin from January next year,” Vijayvargiya told reporters on the sidelines of the party’s ‘Aar Noy Anyay’…

Jim Hemenway: Trump policies: Media is still liberal I remember the debate decades ago over whether the media was liberal. By describing Trump’s immigration policies as “divisive” in the first paragraph of your front page census story (Daily Camera, Nov. 28), it’s clear that the answer is still a resounding “yes.” The administration is challenging the practice of allocating congressional seats according to the raw census count, which includes illegal aliens. Their position, and mine, is that it’s harmful to our political process to award congressional representation by including people who can’t participate in that process and are here in…

Italian police on Saturday announced the arrest of 19 suspects who were part of a criminal network abetting illegal immigration. Authorities described the ring as a criminal organization which illegally moved migrants from Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and Pakistan into Italy and then helped them reach northern Europe by taking them across the border with France. The arrested, who organized sea crossings, fabricated documents such as housing and work contracts, and arranged night-time transport, were accused of “facilitating the entrance, stay and transit toward northern Europe of migrants,” the police said. The migrants each paid around 6,000 euros (7,274 U.S.…

The Ethiopian government has offered to the Sudanese authorities its plans to begin repatriating citizens who fled the conflict from the northern region of Tigray following weeks of clashes in the area. According to the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Ambassador Dina Mufti, the two countries have agreed for “immediate repatriation of the refugees.” back to Ethiopia. Mufti confirmed that the two countries are working on the final details of the repatriation program and that will kick off very soon. Speaking to the media following a public briefing on Monday, the Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali said the Tigray forces, who…

Singer/songwriter, SSUE’s ‘Bome Nkomode’ track featuring Pat Thomas, won the Collaboration of the Year trophy at a virtual edition of the Emerging Music Awards held last Saturday, November 28. It was the second time in a fortnight that SSUE won a nation-wide award after clinching the Ghanaian Artiste of the Year honor at the Ghana Arts & Culture Awards 2020 held on November 14 at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel in Accra. The Emerging Music Awards was launched in April 2019 to recognize and support up-and-coming artists. The initial awards night was held in September 2019. Acts in the…