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Opinion: We need to challenge climate change doubters

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Imagine a London where the entire subterranean region is engulfed with dirty water. Crammed train carriages that once barrelled along 249 miles of track transporting busy office workers, builders, teachers, civil servants, cleaners and students now rest in the murky debris-filled gut of a dying city – flooded iron ghosts. Last year’s chilling headlines warning that London is under threat… Read More
Africa Featured Ghana West Africa World 

Ghana declares “health emergency” after polio outbreak

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Ghana has declared “Public Health Emergency of National Concern” after news of latest polio outbreak in northern Ghana. The latest case which is the first in over a decade was recorded in a town called Chereponi in the Northern region. The Ghana Health Service said in a statement, a sample of the highly infectious disease was taken from a girl… Read More
Africa World 

780,000 Africans killed by air pollution yearly

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Air pollution accounts for about 780,000 deaths in Africa every year, according to a modelling study by researchers at NASA. The research has been hailed as a major breakthrough given the struggle over the years to determine extent of air pollution on the continent and its effects of health of people. In the new study, researchers used satellite data and… Read More
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Kenya to close entertainment venues for census exercise

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Kenyan officials have announced that all entertainment venues including bars will be closed nationwide for a census exercise scheduled for August 24-25. The decision was announced by the country’s interior ministry as it hopes it will help get the participation of many Kenyans. Originally the plan was to shut such entertainment venues in just one county, Machakos but now it… Read More
Africa Nigeria News and Headlines West Africa World 

Nigerians react to arrest of 80 nationals by FBI for internet fraud

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Nigerians have been reacting with mixed feelings after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the United States announced the arrest of some 80 Nigerians over internet fraud. The FBI revealed the names and aliases of the Nigerian-born fraudsters who were arrested during a bust of an 80-man Internet crime syndicate across the United States. According to American officials two… Read More
Africa Business East Africa Sudan World 

South Sudan makes minor oil discovery

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South Sudan said announced that it has made a small oil discovery in Northern Upper Nile State. This is the first time the country is making any form of oil discovery since independence in 2011. War and instability has largely affected exploration activities in the small country. The country’s oil minister, Awow Daniel Chuang said on Thursday that the new… Read More
Africa Featured World 

Wife files for divorce because her husband’s ‘extreme love’

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A woman in the United Arab Emirates has reportedly filed for divorce because her husband is too loving and caring. The woman is overwhelmed by her husband’s “extreme love” of helping with the housework and shower her with gifts. Khaleej Times, an English language UAE newspaper reported that the woman told a Sharia court in Fujairah that her spouse never… Read More
Pacific 

Myanmar military committed ‘routine, systematic’ sexual violence against ethnic minorities, UN experts find

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“Extreme physical violence, the openness in which it is conducted … reflects a widespread culture of tolerance towards humiliation and the deliberate infliction of severe physical and mental pain or suffering on civilians,” the report said. The Mission painted a picture of the brutal tactic being employed in Kachin and Shan states. It underscored that during the 2017 “clearance operations”,… Read More
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Rwanda, Uganda end hostilities after leaders signed a pact

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Rwanda’s Kagame said “The MoU addresses all these matters very clearly and I don’t think we should be picking and choosing what we implement and what we don’t. We are going to address all these problems. By doing that indiscriminately, we will get where we want to be.” “We have agreed on issues that will be implemented between our two… Read More
Africa Nigeria News and Headlines West Africa World 

Two Nigerians arrested in U.S. over $40mln internet fraud

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American officials have arrested two Nigerian men over multi-million dollar internet fraud. They were alleged to have attempted to swindle unsuspecting victims of $40m. According to American officials the two Nigerians run a money-laundering network used for the transfer of stolen funds. They run a group of fraudsters, numbering 80 who undertake several internet frauds. Valentine Iro, 33, and Chukwudi… Read More
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