The European Commission has revealed it is considering a ban on the use of facial recognition in public areas for up to five years. Regulators want time to work out how to prevent the technology from being abused. The technology allows faces captured on CCTV to be checked in real-time against watch lists, often compiled […] The post EU considers banning facial recognition
Police in Kenya say they have arrested a member of parliament, Babu Owino, in connection with the shooting of a DJ at a nightclub in the capital, Nairobi. Footage appearing to show the incident has been widely shared on social media. In a statement on his Facebook page, Mr Owino said there was an exchange […] The post Kenyan MP arrested after nightclub shooting appeared first
The world’s shortest man who could walk, as verified by Guinness World Records (GWR), has died at a hospital in Nepal at the age of 27. Khagendra Thapa Magar, from Nepal’s Baglung district, measured 67.08cm (2ft 2.41in). His brother told AFP news agency he died on Friday following a battle with pneumonia. GWR paid tribute […] The post World’s shortest mobile man dies aged
The Cape Coast teaching hospital says 29 of the 35 remains of persons who perished in the Dompoase road crash last Tuesday have been identified by families. “Out of the 35 bodies, 29 have gone through the process of identification and a good number of them have been released to their families,” the Chief Executive […] The post Dompoase road crash: 29 bodies identified
As the debate for and against the compilation of a new electoral register intensifies, the Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority, Professor Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah, says the NIA has all the data the Electoral Commission might need for a credible register. Professor Attafuah said the NIA has so far registered 7.2 million people which […] The post NIA
Ahead of the Afro Nation Ghana festival, SMADE, Co-Founder of Afro Nation said “Our only interest is to provide quality entertainment experience to our customers.” If experiences shared by festival-goers and industry players both on social media and in mainstream media is anything to go by, then, organisers of the four-day beach festival delivered on […] The post Afro
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