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Ukrainian orphans heading to Scotland after delay

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The group of children will finally arrive in Scotland on Wednesday A group of 52 children from orphanages in Dnipro, Ukraine can travel to Scotland later after their paperwork was completed. The children and their guardians were supposed to leave Poland on Monday, but a vital document from the Ukrainian government was not sent in time. A Virgin plane has landed in Warsaw and is expected to return to London later. A stay in London has been cancelled and the group will instead go directly to their temporary home in Callander. The charity Dnipro Kids, which was set up by Hibs FC fans, enabled many of the children to flee Ukraine for Poland. A second group of children were accompanied by Sally Becker, founder of Save a Child.The Edinburgh-based charity has made arrangements for the children, who range from infants to older teenagers, and their seven legal guardians to stay in a hostel while they acclimatise to life in Scotland. Mr Blackford said it had taken time to get the paperwork
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Afghanistan girls' tears over chaotic Taliban schools U-turn

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Marzia had been happy and hopeful when she heard schools were reopening Early this morning, at her home on a hilltop in the west of Kabul, 15-year-old Marzia packed her bag for school, for the first time since the Taliban took power last August. "I became so, so happy when I heard school was restarting," she told the BBC. "It makes me hopeful about the future again." Around 200 other girls had also made their way to the Sayed ul Shuhada school, far fewer than usual, as pupils and their families debated whether or not lessons would actually start and whether it would be safe for them to attend. Since August, in most of Afghanistan, only girls' primary schools have remained open, along with all boys' schools.Today as a new academic year began, girls' secondary schools were finally expected to re-open along with other institutes."The first suicide bombing happened very close to me," says Sakina, as her eyes fill up with tears. "There were
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Russian veteran reformer Chubais quits job as Putin envoy

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Mr Chubais was made a special representative to Mr Putin in December 2020 Anatoly Chubais has stepped down from his role as an international envoy for President Vladimir Putin, the most senior official to resign since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Russian reports said he was currently in Turkey with his wife. Mr Chubais was given the job of coordinating Russia's sustainable development goals internationally. After the war began he posted a picture of a murdered opposition figure, in what was seen as a critical gesture. There was no comment to accompany his Facebook photo of Boris Nemtsov, on the anniversary of his killing in view of the Kremlin. He has also made no comment yet on his resignation.A source told the Tass news agency that he had left Russia as well as resigning as a special representative to President Putin. "Yes, Chubais has resigned of his own will. But whether he has left [Russia] or stayed, that's his personal affair," said Kremlin spokesman
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Ukraine war: Ukrainian fightback gains ground west of Kyiv

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Ukrainian troops are counter-attacking Russian forces in some areas of the country, with reports that they have gained ground near the capital, Kyiv. Local authorities in the town of Makariv, west of Kyiv, said Ukrainian flags were flying there once more. A US defence spokesman said Ukrainians were also reversing momentum in some parts of the south. In the small southern town of Voznesensk, Russian forces were pushed back and an armoured convoy destroyed. And in Kherson, close to the Crimean peninsula and the first city to fall to Russia, Ukrainian forces are also trying to recapture territory.A UK defence analyst told the BBC the fightback could force Moscow to change its tactics.However, the latest assessment from the UK Ministry of Defence says Russian troops in Ukraine are moving in from the north and south to "envelop Ukrainian forces in the east of the country". The note says "Russian forces are likely reorganising before resuming large-scale offensive operati
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Family of murdered immigration officer at Wa demand justice

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A Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) officer stationed at the Hamile Border post in the Upper West Region has been shot dead by unidentified persons. Assistant Immigration Control Officer 1 (AICO I) Michael Ekow Otoo who was with the Hamile detachment of Operation Conquest Fist was shot at about 5AM on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 in Kokoligu-Bekyiiteng, a community in the Nandom Municipality. He met his untimely death while on night duty patrolling the border with Burkina Faso. Preliminary investigations revealed that the officer had six gunshots from the rear by his attackers largely suspected to be smugglers. His family which got the news of his death on social media is demanding justice for Assistant Immigration Control Officer 1 Otoo. The family is in a dilemma about breaking the news to Assistant Immigration Control Officer 1 Otoo’s wife, Abigail who was hospitalised two days before the sad incident and is yet to be informed.Assistant Immigration Control Officer 1 Otoo and the wife h
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Prof. Agyemang-Duah calls for scrapping of teachers', nurse’s trainee allowance amid economic hardships

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Formal Senior Governance Advisor at the United Nations (UN), Prof. Baffour Agyeman-Duah has suggested to government to scrap teachers' and nurse’s trainee allowance. Speaking in an interview with Starr FM, Mr. Agyeman-Duah indicated that amid the current economic challenges facing the country, government must consider reviewing several of its policies. According to him, if there is no money to cater for teachers' and nurse’s trainee allowance, then the government must take a bold step to scrap it although it was a campaign promise. “It was scrapped and introduced again so I think now it has to be scrapped. Yes, it was a political promise and now we can’t sustain it financially. As we are spanning nurses' education it means the financial support will have to be widened,” Prof. Baffour Agyeman-Duah shared. The formal Senior Governance Advise further charged the media to hold politicians accountable for promises made to Ghanaians when seeking power. Looking at the current
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Stop playing with Ghana’s future; we didn’t elect you for narrow partisan interests – MFWA boss blasts MPs

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The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah has lambasted Members of Parliament, particularly those who continually absent themselves from sitting. Last Friday, the house could not approve a €20 million agreement between the government of Ghana and the German Development Bank Group, Frankfurt, due to the lack of quorum. During proceedings, talks on the agreement were concluded for a motion to be filed for its approval. With more than 120 MPs reportedly absent that day, the motion for the approval of the agreement had to be dropped. Taking to his social media page today, Sulemana Braimah has lashed out at MPs insisting that they must stop playing with the future of this country. According to him, MPs must know that they were not elected to go to parliament to serve their partisan interests. "Our MPs must stop playing with Ghana's future. We didn't elect them for narrow partisan interests. How can a House of 275 MPs not have
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