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Guinea-Bissau Parents Coax Truant Teachers Back To School
The school year is ending in the west African nation of Guinea-Bissau, but some pupils will hardly notice the...
West Mosul Residents Start Mammoth Task of Rebuilding
Near Mosul's war-ravaged historic heart, Maher Al-Nejmawi watches a worker repainting his long-abandoned stall....
Iraqi Forces Push To Clear Last Pockets of IS In Mosul
Iraqi forces fought to eliminate the last pockets of Islamic State group resistance in Mosul on Monday after the...
Civilians Trapped As Iraq Forces Battle IS In Mosul
Iraqi forces on Thursday battled the last remaining Islamic State group fighters in Mosul's Old City, where the UN said...
Egypt Delivers Fuel To Ease Gaza Electricity Crisis
Egypt began on Wednesday to deliver a million litres of fuel to Gaza, a Palestinian official said, in an attempt to...
UN Says Gazans Being Held Hostage To Palestinian Feud
The United Nations said Wednesday that Gazans were being held hostage to Palestinian political infighting, warning that...
UN Says Gazans Being Held Hostage To Palestinian Feud
The United Nations said Wednesday that Gazans were being held hostage to Palestinian political infighting, warning that...
Israeli and International Groups Warn of Looming Gaza Disaster
Israeli and international NGOS joined the UN on Wednesday in warning of a "total collapse" in Gaza if Israel goes ahead...
Israeli and International Groups Warn of Looming Gaza Disaster
Israeli and international NGOS joined the UN on Wednesday in warning of a "total collapse" in Gaza if Israel goes ahead...
Talking of the African Heirloom [Article]
Often than not, we tend to be oblivious of certain realities around us till self-reflection and assessment set in then...
S.Africa Struggles As Protests Rage Over Post-Apartheid Failures
The piles of stinking rubbish are growing, running water and electricity are scarce. In Ennerdale, public anger over...
Half-A-Century of Urban Chaos
It's only when the thick smog of humidity and pollution lifts that the size of Lagos becomes clear: from above, the...
Insecurity, Underfunding Hamper Nigeria Hunger Relief
Aid agencies warn that humanitarian efforts against hunger in northeastern Nigeria are dangerously underfunded and some...
Angolan Apartheid Troops Battle To Survive In S.Africa
Angolan soldiers recruited by South Africa's apartheid government to fight against their homeland now live in squalor,...
Nepal Votes In First Local Election In 20 Years
Voting began in Nepal on Sunday in its first local elections in two decades, a landmark moment in the country's fraught...
Nepal’s High Hopes For First Local Polls In 20 Years
Nepal holds its first local elections in two decades on Sunday hoping to cement a fraught transition to democracy and...
Akufo-Addo’s Cousin, A Potential Economist of Deception (Part 2)
“If those journalists who pride themselves on reporting corruption in others, then ask for unofficial payment for...
Modernizing Ghana’s Business Laws
The President believes that private sector led growth is the surest way for Ghana to sustain economic growth. Hence,...
Rights Group Fears Gaza Fuel ‘catastrophe’
An Israeli rights group warned Thursday that cutting power to the Gaza Strip would have "catastrophic consequences"...