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The US has pulled out of the United Nations Human Rights Council, calling it a “cesspool of political bias”. The “hypocritical and self-serving” body “makes a mockery of human rights”, said US envoy to the UN Nikki Haley. Formed in 2006,

UK’s High Commissioner to Ghana, Iain Walker, says he is more comfortable wearing African print than suits here in Ghana. According to the diplomat in an interview with Ghanaweb, Ghana’s weather isn’t conducive for suits and ties. The statement is likely

Drug baron Nayele Ametefe has been released from jail and is back in Austria, Starrfmonline.com can confirm. The Ghanaian who has Austrian citizenship was convicted January 6, 2015, for transporting cocaine to the UK and was sentenced to eight years and eight months

The prime suspect in the trial for the murder of the Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, J.B Danquah-Adu, Daniel Asiedu has told an Accra District Court Wednesday they were contracted by New Patriotic Party (NPP) to kill the lawmaker. Nicknamed

Seven out of 10 Ghanaians believe the government is losing the fight against corruption, findings of a study have revealed. Over 95 percent of the respondents in the study affirmed that corruption is high in Ghana and is highly pervasive in

The chief executive of German carmaker Audi, Rupert Stadler, has been arrested in connection with an investigation into the diesel emissions scandal. A spokesman for Volkswagen, which owns Audi, confirmed he had been arrested on Monday. A judge has remanded him

The former US First Lady Laura Bush has condemned a controversial policy that splits up families who illegally enter the country. Writing in the Washington Post, she describes the separation of children from their parents as cruel, immoral and heart-breaking. Her

Two suicide bombers have attacked a town in north-eastern Nigeria only hours after the country’s army chief urged displaced residents to return home because it was safe. The blasts hit the town of Damboa in Borno state on Saturday evening and