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Development Health Advice 

DR Congo: Insecurity and attacks mean Ebola will keep spreading, warns world health agency

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In Geneva, spokesperson Christian Lindmeier condemned the “deplorable” targeting of two Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) facilities earlier this week in Katwa and Butembo. WHO was “doing everything and talking with everyone” to ensure that the operation to overcome the current Ebola outbreak continues, he insisted. To date, the agency and its partners have relied on armed protection from UN peacekeepers… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Easing fears and promoting gender equality in Chad’s girls-only classrooms

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“We spoke about puberty and periods and looked at a story of a young girl who experienced her period for the first time,” Fatime Ali Abakar told UN News in her classroom at the single-sex Lycée de Bol school. Some 50 girls are present. Many like Fatime Ali Abakar, have already started menstruating, but the lesson is still relevant, according… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Pregnant, nursing women can now be given Ebola vaccine, UN health agency announces

Global Author
The announcement was issued on Wednesday from Beijing after a consultation meeting by the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization, which the WHO Director-General established in 1999 to provide guidance on the UN health agency’s work. Last August, the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) Ministry of Health declared a fresh outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Spending on health increase faster than rest of global economy, UN health agency says

Global Author
According to the UN health agency, “countries are spending more on health, but people are still paying too much out of their own pockets”. The agency’s new report on global health expenditure launched on Wednesday reveals that “spending on health is outpacing the rest of the global economy, accounting for 10 per cent of global gross domestic product (GDP). The… Read More
Rock Climbing Business Other Sports 

City Rock Johannesburg hosts the South African Sports Climbing Nationals

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The South African Sports Climbing Nationals (SANCF) we here held from 29 June to 11 July. The adrenaline packed sport was hosted at Fontainebleau. The sport saw 95 climbers compete in speed, boulder and lead categories. The climbers did their best to reach the finals. This was the first time ever for South Africa to hold the nationals. The climbers… Read More
Energy in africa Business Development 

Orange aims to become a key player in energy transition in Africa and extends its services to five new countries

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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, March 27, 2018/ — At the Africa CEO Forum, which is currently being held in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire), Orange (www.Orange.com) confirms its desire to become a key player in the energy transition sector in Africa, by providing services directly to the general public or as a wholesaler to public operators. Orange already provides a service offering rural… Read More
Development OP-ED 

How Can Africa Develop a Culture of Sceptical Inquiry?

Leo Igwe,
While there is a critical need for sceptical rationality in Africa, it has not been such a potent force in the region. Sceptical viewpoints are seldom visible in everyday talks and discussions, in public and national debates, in the mainstream media, in scholarly and popular literature. The mistaken belief that sceptical rationality is a Western idea persists. The dearth of… Read More
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Gods original plan over our lives is to be the best version of ourselves

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Written By Peter Chonga Many of our lives today are stuck and stagnant, even those of us that appear to have abundant material possessions, numerous academic accolades, and perhaps plenty of friends, subliminally aren’t fulfilled, we are hollow and empty. We stagger through days with life styles that exemplify defeat. Our life styles are punctuated by vain aspirations and ambitions.… Read More
Suicide Health Advice Science 

The next suicide threat you come across isn’t a joke!

Nimi Princewill, , ,
Suicide is fast becoming a quick fix to intolerable depression. While we try to preserve the only life we have; every one hour, some other people are trying to lose theirs—intentionally. Stories of suicide could seem a bit like fiction. Can people hurt so bad that they resort to killing themselves? Well, you never know if you don’t feel the… Read More
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Madagascar dockworkers protest at Parliament as global union warns Africa against partnering with ICTSI

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The plight of the Malagasy 43 – dockworkers sacked in Madagascar for standing up for their rights – has reached the highest levels of the Madgascan Government today with protests at Parliament and meetings scheduled with Government to try and resolve the dispute. The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and local Madagascan union SYGMMA will be meeting with Minister of… Read More
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