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KAIPTC and AU hold workshop to promote women peace agenda

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– – The Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) and the African Union Commission have organized a training of trainers workshop to promote the Women Peace and Security(WPS) agenda in Africa. The workshop focused on the need to use the Continental Results Framework (CRF) to monitor and report on the WPS agenda. It brought together actors from some member… Read More
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Zambian activists lament surge in Alcohol and Substance Abuse

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– – Mental health activists in Zambia, have lamented the extent to which young people’s mental health is affected by alcohol and substance abuse. According to research, mental health disorders are a leading cause of health disability in 10-to-24-year-olds in Zambia and a recent report released in Lusaka, reveals that the country has experienced increased numbers of children committing suicide,… Read More
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Women occupy top four positions at Ghana’s premier University

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– – History has been made at the University of Ghana, the country’s first public university where its top four management positions have been occupied by women. The top positions currently being occupied by women are the Chancellor, chairperson of the University Council, vice-chancellor and the Registrar. The university had its first female vice chancellor getting inducted officially into office… Read More
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The agonies of Ghanaian twins born with two sex organs

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– – There is confusion over the gender of some twins born with both the female and male reproductive organs in Ghana. The twins have been using feminine names, earrings and clothes of females since they were born in 1993 based on the advice of a medical doctor. However, as they grow up with their hormones and biological make-up developing,… Read More
Africa World 

Ghanaian-British invents multi-language translator earbuds

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– – Ghanaian-British, Danny Manu has invented language translator ear buds that are able to translate various languages in real-time to languages preferred by users. The CLIK+ and CLIK S ear buds have reportedly been accepted in the US and European markets. Danny Manu’s company, Mymanu has said hundreds of thousands of the CLIK + and CLIK S ear buds… Read More
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Covid-19 aid falling short in Africa

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– – The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for African governments to strengthen social protection systems and fulfill people’s rights to social security and an adequate standard of living, Human Rights Watch said today. Many African governments introduced measures like cash transfers and food assistance in response to the rising poverty and hunger occasioned by the pandemic, but most households received… Read More
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Meet Ghana’s first female General of the Armed Forces

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– – Constance Ama Emefa Edjeani-Afenu has been appointed a General in Ghana’s Armed Forces (GAF). That makes her the first female to occupy that position after recently also becoming the first female to be appointed Brigadier General. Edjeani-Afenu first joined the Armed Forces in 1978 at the age of 18 years. But she was commissioned into the Ghana Armed… Read More
Africa East Africa World 

Innovation in the remote learning methods of Kenyan schools

Elwin Mandowa, , , , , ,
– – During March last year, schools across Kenya had to close due to COVID-19. Because of this, roughly 10 million primary school children have had to rely on alternative learning methods to continue their education. While other countries quickly transitioned to online learning methods, adjusting to remote learning proved trickier in Kenya where Internet penetration is just 40%, according… Read More
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The ‘miracle baby’ living without a nose in Ghana

Elwin Mandowa, , , , , , , , ,
– – A baby –born without a nose who has lived for a year and eight months has shocked many in Ghana. Ramatu Musa’s condition called Congenital Arhinia is a rare condition and just one of some hundred cases recorded in the world. Doctors at the Mother and Baby Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Ghana where the… Read More
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Colonel Mamady Doumbouya is Guinea’s coup leader

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– – It has now emerged that Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, commander of the country’s special forces led Sunday’s military takeover in Guinea. He has since appeared in a video circulated to local media and across social media confirming the arrest of President Alpha Conde. Doumbouya said the President is unharmed and announced that the government has been dissolved and the… Read More
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