The first Kenyan film set to air at the prestigious Cannes festival in France will not be seen by audiences in Kenya because it has been banned. Rafiki, which means “friend” in Kiswahili, tells the story of two young women who fall in love. Its director Wanuri Kahiu says it is inspired by the 2007 […] The post Cannes-bound film about lesbians banned in Kenya

Political adverts on Facebook will have to be labelled as such and display who paid for them, a senior company official has said. Chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer faced questions from the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Thursday, with chief executive Mark Zuckerberg having turned down requests to appear. Mr Schroepfer told MPs […] The post Facebook

A “ground-breaking” international operation has crippled the propaganda machine of Islamic State. European policing agency Europol said the two-day “takedown” action had “punched a big hole in the capability of IS to spread propaganda online and radicalise young people in Europe”. A particular target was the group’s Amaq news agency, which has been used by […] The post IS

Hundreds of textile workers are expected to demonstrate in Accra today, April 27, 2018 to protest the failure of the government’s taskforce to stop smuggling and sale of pirated wax prints. The anti-pirated textile taskforce was reconstituted in October last year with a mandate of checking smuggling of fake wax prints into the county. But […] The post Textile Workers Protest

Kumawood actor, Kwaku Manu, has been arrested by the Ejisu-Juaben Police in the Ashanti Region. He was apprehended on Thursday, 26 April 2018, at the Ejisu market while promoting a new product called Drop Fruit drink in the market in the company of some actors. The actor, according to reports, was approached and questioned by […] The post Kumawood Actor Kwaku Manu Arrested appeared

A mother and her son have been arrested for allegedly inflicting razor wounds on a set of twins, who are also children to the woman, at Wa in the Upper West region. The two Biiana Dabuo and John Dabuo who played various roles in the attack on Vivian and Victoria Dabuo both 16, were arrested […] The post Mother And Son Arrested For Inflicting Razor Wounds