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Twitter chooses Ghana over Nigeria for first Africa HQ CNN 1 hr ago By Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, CNN © David Becker/Getty Images Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has announced a new base for the social media platform in Ghana, West Africa. Twitter's announcement Monday that it will set up its first Africa base in Ghana, West Africa, has generated fierce debate among Nigerian users of the social media app, and reignited the never-ending rivalry between the two countries, known colloquially as the 'jollof wars.' Many Nigerians believe that Twitter's decision is a snub to...

URL copied to clipboard Matthew Blaise has first-hand experience of the notorious police unit that in October sparked the powerful #EndSARS protest in Nigeria. On 10 July, as he made his way to Victoria Island beach, he was arrested by men from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) unit.  “They pushed me into their van and drove me away,” Blaise says. At the police station, officers badgered him with questions, trying to get him to change his legal statement. They wanted him to declare that he was homosexual and say that he had just had sex. The 21-year-old gay rights activist says h...