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Africa World 

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) condition in women

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– – Health experts describe Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a problem with hormones that affects women during their childbearing years, usually between the ages 15 to 44. As high as 26.7 percent of women in this age group experience PCOS, according Health Line. Not many women know they have PCOS with majority of women with the condition not even… Read More
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Germany considers returning Nigeria’s stolen artefacts

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– – Germany has said that it is considering returning some artefacts stolen from Nigeria during the colonial era. The particular artefacts in question are the Benin bronzes looted from the Kingdom of Benin, in present day southern Nigeria. The artefacts are being held at Ethnological Museum in the German capital, Berlin. The Ethnological Museum has 530 historical objects from… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Yoruba Worst Enemies: Akeredolu, Fayemi, Makinde, Sanwo-Olu, Abiodun, Oyetola, By Bayo Oluwasanmi

Elwin Mandowa,
In Yoruba land today, death is busy and loss is common. Hunger, unemployment, and hopelessness ravage the land. Yoruba’s young men have turned armed robbers and young women  turned prostitutes. Yorubas have become endangered species in Nigeria. The agitation for Oduduwa Nation couldn’t have been instigated at a better time. We’re running from pillar to post. We’re like ping pong… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Jakande: Ilesa Grammar School, And The Immortality Of His Legend, By Shola Oshunkeye

Elwin Mandowa,
The celebration, on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, by Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, caught me napping.  I stumbled on it when Channels Television abruptly broke KICC’s daily telecast and took viewers to Onikan Sports Stadium, Lagos, where Lagosians, led by Sanwo-Olu, their servant-leader, had gathered to celebrate the legend: Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, the state’s first civilian governor. Since Jakande’s… Read More
Africa Investments 

Life after debt: VP Arezki reflects on governance and growth in Africa

Elwin Mandowa,
In 2021, Africa is forecast to rebound from its worst economic recession in half a century. Which indicators underpin the likelihood of such a recovery? After contracting by 2.1 % in 2020, Africa’s real GDP is expected to grow by 3.4 % in 2021. This anticipated recovery from the worst recession in more than half a century would be underpinned by… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Urgent Appeal To Politicians In The NINAS Territory of Nigeria To Prevent Their People Finally Rejecting Them By Ndidi Uwechue

Elwin Mandowa,
This appeal has come about because the older generation should speak out when their ancestral land is being taken over, and young people and children being slaughtered. Some background information is necessary, in order to put things in their proper context, and to appreciate the severity of the situation that necessitates this urgent appeal. It starts with 16th December 2020… Read More
Africa Central Africa World 

Congo’s Nguesso to rule beyond 40 years after re-election victory

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– – President Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo-Brazzaville is set to rule his country beyond four decades after securing a fourth term in office in this year’s presidential election. He won re-election by a landslide, with 89% of the vote, according to the country’s interior minister. The main opposition candidate Guy-Brice Parfait Kolélas – who died on Sunday after catching Covid-19… Read More
Africa East Africa World 

Kenya government orders the closure of refugee camps

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– – The Kenyan government has ordered for the closure of refugee camps in the country. The authorities have given the UN refugee agency a 14-day ultimatum to close the camps including Dadaab camp, one of the world’s largest refugee camp. The Kakuma camp in the north-west is also among those the government wants the UNHCR to close within the… Read More
Africa West Africa World 

GIZ Ghana holds dialogue workshop for migration stakeholders

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– – The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Ghana, through its Programme Migration & Diaspora, has held a week’s multi-stakeholders dialogue workshop to validate the action plans of its partners on the implementation of the National Labour Migration Policy. The workshop was also used to validate a joint Ministry of the Interior – International Organisation for Migration (IOM)… Read More
Africa Investments 

Morocco and the African Development Bank on the frontline in the fight against COVID-19

Elwin Mandowa,
It was around midnight in Rabat in December 2020. The neighbourhoods are empty; time seems suspended in the kingdom’s capital. The only people seen are the occasional police patrol officer or street sweeper. An ambulance siren pierces the air of a city deep in sleep. Inside the vehicle, emergency medics clad in hazmat suits administer oxygen to a man in… Read More
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