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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
Africa Nigeria News and Headlines West Africa World 

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
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
Pacific 

‘Seize the moment’ to recover and rebuild better, UN deputy chief urges Asia-Pacific nations

Village Reporter
Addressing the eighth Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development, convened by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Amina Mohammed, highlighted the importance of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  “ show the way to inclusive, resilient and sustainable economies and societies that respect people and planet”, she said.  Ms.… Read More
Africa Business Ghana West Africa World 

Trisolace: Creating agribusiness opportunities for young Ghanaians

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– – For years, young people especially in Africa did not have the interest in creating business opportunities in Agriculture as they consider the sector unattractive and not worth the needed investment. That is however changing in countries like Ghana where a company called Trisolace Farms is helping to young people fall in love with snail and mushroom farming. Trisolace… Read More
Europe 

Turkey’s withdrawal from women’s protection treaty, ‘worrying step backwards’

Village Reporter
“This decision…sends a dangerous message that violence against women is not important, with the risk of encouraging perpetrators and weakening measures to prevent it”, said Dubravka Šimonović, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women.  She noted that it will only weaken laws which provide women protection and helps keep them safe, “and leaves them at further risk at a… Read More
Pacific 

Amidst ‘heightened intensity’ actions toward peace must be ‘in the best interests’ of Afghans

Village Reporter
More than six months after formal Afghan peace negotiations between the Government and Taliban representatives were launched in September, Deborah Lyons, who also heads the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), said via video conference that now was “a timely moment to take stock” and assess what must be done to support the path towards peace.  She told ambassadors that… Read More
Pacific 

Human Rights Council strengthens rights office probe into Sri Lanka’s long civil war

Village Reporter
The 47-member council on Tuesday adopted a resolution on Tuesday, brought by Britain on behalf of a group of countries, boosting UN rights chief, Michelle Bachelet’s staff and powers, with a view to future prosecutions. 22 countries voted in favour of the text, 11 opposed and 14 abstained, including Sri Lanka’s neighbours, India and Nepal and most Muslim majority countries, except… Read More
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