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A 17-year-old African footballer is taking FIFA to court, arguing football's world governing body is denying him the chance to further his career.
The legal move comes a month after FIFA hit Spain's football federation with a $216,000 fine for allowing two of its most famous clubs -- Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid -- to sign underage players. FIFA's laws regarding minors are intended to protect youngsters -- it toughened up regulations last year for instance by changing the age required for an International Transfer Certificate from 12 to 10 -- most of whom won't ever play professionally due to the immense competition. But "he and his family miss the probably unique chance of a professional and social advancement," a press release from the Swiss-based lawyers representing the player and his parents stated.  When contacted by CNN, the firm representing the lawyers working with the parents and the 17-year-old, who has played for "the national y…

The Ignite Series produced by education not for profit, Aim Higher Africa is an edutainment program with a focus on sharing tips to success by young entrepreneurs from across Africa. Aim Higher Africa aims to inspire a new generation of young entrepreneurs to create businesses that enrich their local communities by providing a medium where peer-to-peer learning takes place. This episode features Gozie Coker, founder Coker Creative.
The world of the creative is not a simple one. The battle between your ideas and the ideas of your clients can go on for a while and with each experience being different and unique, you need to stay on top of your game to make sure you deliver on every single project. For Gozie Coker, this is the world she lives in. 
Coker Creative is a Boutique Experience company, specializing in designing experiences for its clients handling everything from concept to reality and delivering a fully customized, stress-free and personalized service.

Watch now as she …

Ghanaian screen diva Nana Ama McBrown has finally started a charity project which is very dear to her heart. After researching and leaning more about the deadly Cholera disease which is claiming the lives of millions of Africans, McBrown has hit the road with the McBrown Against Cholera Campaign first public interaction and education on the disease.
Her First stop was at the Madina Central Market in Accra, where she gathered thousands of people including market women, hawkers, head potters, and people in the street to entertain them and speak to them about the causes of Cholera and how it can be prevented.

The "I Do" actress used entertainment to send her message across to sink easily into the minds of the thousands gathered there. She appeared in a mobile toilet box in a dramatic way to attract the attention of everybody around and also advertise an affordable movable toilet box for deprived communities to use instead waiting for the government to provide toilet …

Selena Gomez looked better than ever as she made her grand return to the spotlight during Sunday's American Music Awards, but it turns out her new and improved look is no coincidence. The 24-year-old singer revealed that she's made a few changes to her health routine, including sitting in a "sweat bed" for 45 minutes to stay focused.
"I'm horrible at discipline when it comes to working out," Gomez confessed in a new interview with Elle.com, "So I've been working with my trainer Amy Rosoff Davis for a year now, and when we started the tour, I really wanted to keep it up. I wanted to be healthy; I wanted to feel good. I just wanted to make sure I was the best I could be for the show and for my fans."

"We'll do hikes. We have a Pilates machine," she continued. "I have a sweat bed, which looks like a burrito that I wrap myself up in, and I sweat for about 45 minutes. Just little things to kind of keep me healthy and…

Residents of Githurai 44 area in Nairobi, Kenya are still reeling from shock after a couple committed suicide on Tuesday morning, November 22. The couple left a suicide note requesting that they be buried together.
According to reports, Esther Muthoni took her life first and few hours later, her husband Simon Maina Kiarie, killed himself. Simon had called his brother to inform him that his wife had committed suicide and that he needed to rush to the house immediately. "After calling his brother he committed suicide, by the time his brother arrived at the house, he found his body hanging next to that of the wife,"  Kiambu OCPD Duncan Ngutu said.  According to neighbours, the couple had always engaged in domestic quarrels and police suspect that the man may have killed his wife before committing suicide. Source: Standard Kenya

Trade Minister Dr. Ekow Spio-Garbrah says the Komenda Sugar factory will reopen for operations next week after it closed down in July.
The Minister said the factory, a signature economic achievement for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government, closed down after the sugar cane season petered off.
The factory was built in the 1960s under the first post-independence government of the Convention Peoples Party but depressing economic fortunes forced the closure of the sugar-producing plant in the 1980s.
Government, with the help of a $35-million Indian Exim Bank facility, revived the factory on May 30, 2016.
The plant with an annual production capacity of at least 225,000 metric tons of sugar cane however shut down a few weeks after it was commissioned.

The shut down fuelled criticism from the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) that the commissioning of the project was for propaganda value rather than sound economic judgement.
The PRO of Trade Ministry Akrasi Sarpong, however,…

A Zimbabwean man identified as Trinity Gonongono will spend the next 30 months in jail after he was given a prison sentence for refusing to give way to President Robert Mugabe's convoy.
The 33-year-old, who was driving a Toyota Lite Ace pickup was arrested by Mugabe’s guards when he failed to pull off the road for the President, who was on his way to commission the Victoria Falls International Airport last week.

Appearing before Victoria Falls magistrate, Ms. Lindiwe Maphosa on Monday, she convicted Gonongono for failing to comply with a lawful instruction given by the police. He pleaded guilty to the offense and was sentenced to an effective 30 months in jail.

Spanish prosecutors are seeking a prison term of more than 10 years for former Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o for alleged tax crimes committed when he played for the Catalan club. 
In addition to a sentence of 10 years and six months, prosecutors are also demanding a fine of $15.1 million for the four counts of tax fraud for supposedly defrauding Spain's tax authority of almost $4 million from 2006-09, according to court documents released Thursday.

Prosecutors are seeking the same punishment for the player's representative at the time, Jose Maria Mesalles Mata.

The administrator of a company that facilitated the deals, Manuel de Jesus Lastre Abreu, is facing more than six years in prison and a fine of $2.3 million.
Prosecutors also want Eto'o to relinquish any possible fiscal incentives for a long period.
Eto'o and his lawyers could not be immediately contacted for comment, but in the past the player denied wrongdoing, saying he was not directly involved i…

Wilbur Ross, the billionaire investor considered the "king of bankruptcy" for buying beaten-down companies with the potential to deliver profits, is President-elect Donald Trump's choice for commerce secretary, a senior transition official said.
The official isn't authorized to publicly discuss the matter and requested anonymity.

Reputed by Forbes to be worth nearly $3 billion, Ross would represent the interests of U.S. businesses domestically and abroad as the head at Commerce. His department would be among those tasked with carrying out the Trump administration's stated goal of protecting U.S. workers and challenging decades of globalization that largely benefited multinational corporations.

With a Florida home down the road from Trump's Mar-a-Lago retreat, the 78-year-old Ross played a role in crafting and selling the president-elect's tax-cut and infrastructure plans. Ross has suggested that much of America is disgruntled because the economy h…

Togbe Afede XIV, Paramount Chief of Asogli Traditional area in Ho, Volta region has been elected the new President of the National House of Chiefs.

Togbe Afede, who is a business mogul, was also the immediate past president of the Volta region House of Chiefs.
He replaces the Wulugu Naba Pugansoa, Naa Professor John S. Nabila, who has ended his term of office.

Togbe Afede who is also the Board Chairman of Accra Hearts of Oak polled 25 votes in the election held in Kumasi on Thursday.

He beat the current Vice-President of the house, Awulae Attibrukusu III, the Omanhen of the Lower Axim Traditional Area who polled 11 votes, Osagyefuo Amotia Ofori Panin, the Okyenhene from the Eastern Region had 10 votes while Nana Kobina Nketsia V, the Omanhen of the Essikado Traditional Area managed only 3 votes.

Awulae Attibrukusu was tipped to assume the high office of President of the National House of Chiefs, having worked at the secretariat for four years.

Others also tipped the Okyenhene to c…

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie won’t be playing happy family for the holiday.
Pitt will not be spending Thanksgiving with his estranged wife or their six children, a source tells PEOPLE.
The Allied star was cleared by the FBI of charges that he got physical with 15-year-old Maddox on the family’s private jet in September and the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) also concluded its investigation into the incident earlier this month with no findings of abuse.

However, Pitt and Jolie remain in the midst of a complicated legal battle for custody of their six children. Pitt filed a response to Jolie’s divorce petition on Nov. 4 and asked to share joint physical and legal custody of Maddox, Pax, 12, Zahara, 11, Shiloh, 10, and 8-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne. Jolie has requested sole physical custody, with visitation for Pitt.

Per a temporary recommendation by DCFS, for the past several weeks the children have been living with Jolie, with supervised visi…

Bruno Mars sold more than 1 million tickets for his 24K Magic World Tour in a single day, according to Live Nation. 
Tickets for Mars' Europe and North America tour dates went on sale Monday, following an epic night of television for the pop star that included a performance at the American Music Awards and a 60 Minutes profile that marked his first on-camera interview in four years.

Now the 24K Magic World Tour has added 15 shows for a total of 100, including five shows in the New York City area, four nights at London's O2 Arena and four Los Angeles shows at the Forum in Inglewood, California.

See the full tour dates below. 
Bruno Mars' 24K Magic World Tour dates: 

Europe:
March 28, 2017 - Antwerp, BE Sportpaleis
March 29, 2017 - Antwerp, BE Sportpaleis* 
March 31, 2017 - Lille, FR Stade Pierre Mauroy
April 3, 2017 - Madrid, ES BarclayCard Center
April 4, 2017 - Lisbon, PT MEO Arena
April 7, 2017 - Barcelona, ES Palau Sant Jordi
April 8, 2017 - Montpellier, FR Montpellier Aren…

It took two hours for authorities and friends to persuade Kanye West to go to a hospital after receiving a call that the rapper was acting erratically Monday at the residence of his personal trainer, two sources involved in the case said. 
Police and paramedics were called to the home at around 1:20 p.m. after a report of some kind of disturbance involving West and someone else in the house. The source said it was a physical altercation but did not provide details.

Authorities talked with West for some time, hoping he would voluntarily seek medical attention. He eventually did, and was taken by paramedics to UCLA Medical Center, said the sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

The incident comes at a turbulent period for West, who walked off the stage three songs into his Saturday night concert in Sacramento and canceled Sunday's performance at the Forum three hours before showtime.
On Saturday, West ranted about a few longtime friends and acquaintances, including J…

Of the many, many things that today’s leaders are expected to do, one of the most sought-after abilities in a leader is someone who can motivate and support his/her direct reports; it helps bring out the best in them and also help achieve maximum results.
Potentials and synergy is brought to bear when people are empowered especially with the right. There might be mistakes initially which is part of the learning process but once they pick up; they are good to go without any support.

The ability to tap into the collective insights, experiences, and talents of your direct reports have become a those you lead has become an instrumental force in ascertaining the company’s capacity on adjusting and respond to the changing needs of today’s global market as well as preparing the younger generation for leadership roles moving into the future.

The only challenge is where the focus should be - employee engagement activities, productivity, communication, team building, technology, inter…

Madonna says she is supporting son Rocco Ritchie after reports surfaced Wednesday that the 16-year-old was arrested for possession of marijuana in London.
Madonna released a statement to The Associated Press Wednesday calling the September arrest "a family matter."

She said: "I love my son very much. I will do whatever I can to give him the support that he needs, and I ask that you respect our privacy at this time."
Rocco was the subject of a months-long custody dispute between Madonna and ex-husband Guy Ritchie. The couple divorced in 2008. They finally agreed in September to allow Rocco to continue living with his father in London.
According to a report in The Sun newspaper, Rocco was arrested on Sept. 28.

A group of Facebook users have received payouts from the social media giant, Facebook, for a class action lawsuit between Fraley vs Facebook on an account of the company using images belonging to people in ‘Sponsored Story ads’ without getting their permission first.
According to MailOnline, five plaintiffs claimed that the site used their image for 'Sponsored Story ads', which are created when members 'like' company pages or websites. 
The suit also claimed that consent was not received by the parents of people under the age of 18, whose images were used by the giant company, for ads.

Facebook was then ordered to pay $20 million to all those who joined the suit as at May 2, 2013, when the case was been tried in court as part of settlement from the case which was filed in April 2011.

However, Facebook is said to have broken a Californian law which states that companies are forbidden from using the likeness of people in ads, without their consent. This was after …

US President-elect Donald Trump has called for national unity in an address to mark the Thanksgiving holiday. 
In the wake of what he called a "long and bruising" election campaign he said emotions in the country were raw.
The time had come, he said, "to begin to heal our divisions" but added that "tensions just don't heal overnight".
Earlier he announced the appointment of two women to his cabinet, both of whom had been fiercely critical of him during the presidential campaign.
In his Thanksgiving address, Mr Trump acknowledged the bitterness still remaining after the bruising election campaign: "It doesn't go quickly, unfortunately, but we have before us the chance now to make history together to bring real change to Washington, real safety to our cities, and real prosperity to our communities, including our inner cities."
On Wednesday, Mr Trump announced that South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley was his pick for US ambassador to the…

MultiChoice Ghana and SuperSport have confirmed that SuperSport will not be renewing its rights to air the Ghana Premier League in the next season (2016/17).

This announcement brings to a close what has been a successful 3-year partnership in building, investing in and growing the sport of football in Ghana.

"Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end at some point. SuperSport will continue to support the development of other sports disciplines in Ghana and wishes the Ghana Football Association (GFA) the best in their future endeavours," says Cecil Sunkwa-Mills, the General Manager of Multichoice Ghana.

Having sponsored the Ghana Premier League over the last three years, SuperSport has worked very closely with the GFA, various football clubs, coaches, administrators and media in building and promoting the Ghanaian football league and industry across Ghana, Africa and the world.

We're proud and honoured to have been able to expose our local football t…

Formerly conjoined twins Anias and Jadon McDonald began new lives last month when they were separated in a 27-hour surgery.
The boys lived for 13 months conjoined by the tops of their heads, with shared brain tissues and entwined blood vessels.

Now, six weeks after a marathon surgery at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx in New York City, the brothers are set to begin rehab sessions, CNN reports. The pair has made a record recovery and will soon learn to crawl, walk and lift their heads — all things they couldn’t previously do.

In a photo from the recovery room, the boys can be seen looking one another in the eyes for the first time. They both stare with mouths agape, looking stunned.

While they’ve made a speedy recovery, the past month has not been without its challenges: Both boys have had at least one seizure and have required skin grafts following infections in their scalps.

With twins conjoined at the head, there’s always a dominant child whose heart and lungs work overt…

Peter Sumner, an Australian actor, director and writer best known stateside for his appearance as Lt. Pol Treidum, a security officer on the Death Star in Star Wars: A New Hope, died this month following a long illness. He was 74.
Although, as he reportedly joked in 2015, he fully expected to be remembered solely for the line “TK-421, do you copy” in the original Star Wars, Sumner had a varied career that included numerous stage performances of Shakespeare and several TV series and films.

Among his other film credits were the films Color Me Dead (1969), the Mick Jagger-starring Ned Kelly (1970), The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978), The Survivor (1981) and Bush Christmas (1983). He appeared on the Australian thriller series Spyforce from 1971-73; the 1983 miniseries The Dismissal, about Australia’s 1975 constitutional crisis; the 1978-81 series Tickled Pink; and the 1988 series All the Way. Other Australian series include Homicide, Division 4, Matlock Police, Boney, The Su…

A Mexican cement maker is ready to lend its services to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to build the wall he wants to erect on the southern border of the United States to curb immigration.
"We can't be choosy," Enrique Escalante, Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC) said in an interview. "We're an important producer in that area and we have to respect our clients on both sides of the border."

Republican Trump campaigned vowing to build a "big, beautiful, powerful" wall across the 2,000 mile (3,200 km) frontier in order to stop illegal immigrants from Mexico, which he accused of sending rapists and drug traffickers north.

The campaign of the New York businessman who has never previously held public office was widely reviled in Mexico.

Parts of the border are already divided by high fences, and a huge part of the boundary runs along the Rio Grande river.

Based in Chihuahua, a large northern state bordering Texas and New…