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Far more needed to ‘confront the world’s climate emergency’, UN chief tells ASEAN Summit 

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“I count on your leadership to undertake the concrete actions necessary to confront the world’s climate emergency”, Mr. Guterres underscored.  No region immune Noting a global phenomenon of rising trade and technology tensions, and unease and uncertainty amidst revised downward growth forecasts, Mr. Guterres spelled out: “No region is immune”.   And  he drew attention to rising US-China tensions as “another… Read More
Africa Business West Africa World 

Nigeria’s Buhari extends border closure to 2020

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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the current closure of Nigeria’s border with neighbouring countries to January 31, 2020. Since August 20, 2019, Nigeria has closed its borders with some of its neighbouring West African countries. Borders in four geopolitical zones across the country, including South-South, South-West, North-Central and North-West have been closed. The government took the decision in an attempt to… Read More
Africa Ghana West Africa World 

Ghana: Pastor’s comment on honouring God sparks outrage

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A popular Ghanaian preacher, Bishop Dag Heward-Mills has left many fuming after he claimed Christians in recent times are honouring their families than God. He wrote on Twitter on Friday that “Today, Christians are honouring family more than they honour God. They do things to please wives and children more than to please God. Because of this, the mission field… Read More
Africa East Africa World 

Uganda launches self-injectable birth control method

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Uganda has launched a new birth control method which requires people to inject themselves with a device at any time of their convenience. Called Sayana Press the method requires patrons to inject with one dose of the widely used contraceptive depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA-SC). Before use, one has to shake the drug to ensure it is mixed properly and understands the… Read More
Africa Ghana West Africa World 

Ghana: Resorting to handshake for Child Online Safety

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Every year, 1 billion children continue to be exposed to violence and more than 200 million of these children are sexually abused and exploited. This means that close to 50% of all children are victims of violence, yet unfortunately this issue remains a hidden global epidemic. Increasingly much of this sexual abuse takes place online or is captured and digitally… Read More
Africa Boxing Sports World 

Alvarez beats Kovalev for WBO light-heavyweight title

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Mexican great Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez further added to his legacy by taking the WBO light-heavyweight crown from Sergey Kovalev with a devastating 11th-round knockout in Las Vegas. Middleweight king Canelo, 29, had stepped up two weight divisions to face the 36-year-old Russian. It proved a close fight which failed to ignite before an explosive combination from Canelo ended Kovalev’s night.… Read More
Africa West Africa World 

BBNaija ex-contestant Khafi reinstated by London Police

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Khafi Kareem, a Nigerian-London based police officer who participated in this year’s Big Brother Nigeria TV reality show has gotten her job back. Kareem while in the house faced a probe from her employers, the Metropolitan Police in London for appearing on the show without permission. Scotland Yard said the 30-year-old was granted unpaid leave for an “unrelated reason”. Her… Read More
Africa World 

Why lack of integrity is bane of Africa’s underdevelopment

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African scholars have made a strong case for African leaders to develop a high sense of integrity if the continent is to experience significant growth. Africa has for years struggled to achieve desired development across all sectors in order to improve the livelihood of citizens. It has worsened after the era of colonization with many nations crippled by high levels of… Read More
Africa Featured Malawi Southern Africa World 

Malawi’s top court suspends wearing of wigs and gowns

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Soaring temperature levels in Malawi has forced the country’s constitutional court to suspend the wearing of traditional white wigs and black robes in the courtroom. Malawi is among several African countries that continue to hold on to a practice of lawyers and judges wearing white wigs and black robes in the courtroom. But heatwave has been sweeping through Malawi, according to… Read More
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