Blue Story director Rapman questions ‘hidden reasons’ for film ban
The director of a film at the centre of a storm over violence in cinemas has said he feels “bullied”
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Pope to seek nuclear weapons abolition
Pope Francis will call on the world to abolish nuclear weapons when he makes speeches in Hiroshima and Nagasaki next
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Chad – where social media has been cut for a year
Activists in Chad are demanding that the government restore access to social media after it was cut off a year
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church groups want ‘lords of chaos’ movie to be banned
Lords of Chaos hasn’t even been released in the UK yet, but there are already calls for the film to be
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Knife crime: Suspects could be banned from social media
New powers to control suspects thought to be carrying knives are being introduced by the government in a bid to
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Matatu ban ‘is to keep Kenyans fit’
The governor of Nairobi has claimed that a ban on public minibuses in the city centre is intended to keep
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The village that’s eradicated FGM
It started when one family decided not to circumcise its women 30 years ago. That idea spread and now an
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Lagos lifts school hijab ban
Girls in the Nigerian state of Lagos are now allowed to wear a hijab to school, the authorities have said.
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Tanzania authorities ban ‘immoral’ songs
Tanzania’s arts regulatory council, Basata, has banned a brand new hit song – Mwanza – by household musicians Raymond Shabaan
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Trump: US to begin cutting foreign aid over migrant caravan
President Donald Trump has said the US will “begin cutting off” foreign aid to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador over
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