After years of agitation by Black activists and their German supporters, a Berlin underground train station will be renamed. According to the management of the Berlin public transport authorities (BVG), the “U-Bahnhof Mohrenstrasse”, the station on Line U2 of the city’s metro network, will be changed to “U-Bahnhof Glinkastraße”. The decision, announced on Friday, came as Black Lives Matter protests …
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European court condemns France over asylum-seekers sleeping rough in the streets
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday condemned France for the “inhuman and degrading living conditions” of three asylum-seekers who were “living in the street without any resources”. The Strasbourg-based court ruled that authorities “had failed in their duties” with regard to the three asylum-seekers, finding France responsible for the conditions in which the three men – an …
Read More »Satellite TV Gains Popularity in Ghana and Nigeria – new study
Other TV reception modes in Nigeria and Ghana currently include terrestrial, cable and IPTV A new study has shown that Satellite TV reception increased by 23% in Nigeria and 19% in Ghana in 2019, two years after the last study was conducted. On 25 June, SES, the leader in global content connectivity solutions, unveiled the results of its annual …
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