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B/A Recorded 1,224 Unsafe Abortion Cases In 2016

Brong Ahafo Region recorded 1,224 cases of unsafe abortion among teenagers in 2016, the Ghana Health Service report has...

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Brong-Ahafo Records 1,224 Unsafe Abortion Cases In 2016

Brong Ahafo Region recorded 1,224 cases of unsafe abortion among teenagers in the 2016, the Ghana Health Service report...

International

EU Diplomat Suggests Visa Restrictions For African Leaders Who Reject Deportees

The European Union should consider restricting visas for senior officials from African states The European Union should...

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NPC Solicits Commitment, Support of Partners

The National Population Council (NPC) has held a stakeholders’ forum to solicit commitment from its local and...

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Employment Ministry Launches Unemployment Data Today

The Ministry for Employment and Labor Relations will later today announce figures related to the unemployed population...

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Teenage Girls Reject Abstinence For Family Planning

Teenage girls in basic and junior high schools at Gnani, a community in the Yendi District of the Northern Region, are...

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Pakistan To Kick Off First Census In 19 Years

Fast-growing Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world, with an estimated 200 million people, but has...

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The ‘robot Lawyer’ Giving Free Legal Advice To Refugees

A technology initially used to fight traffic fines is now helping refugees with legal claims. When Joshua Browder...

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Hong Kong ‘Snowden Refugees’ Seek Asylum In Canada

Refugees who sheltered fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong are formally seeking asylum from the Canadian...

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Refugees Make Up Bulk of Crossings From US To Canada

Most of the hundreds of people streaming over the US border into Canada in recent weeks are asylum-seekers, coming from...

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ACEP Pushes For A Transparent Petroleum Sector Under NPP

The African Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), has impressed on the NPP government to pursue processes to enact...

International

Cameroon ‘expels’ Nigerians

Most of the refugees are at the Minawao camp in north-eastern Cameroon Cameroon has expelled 517 Nigerians, including...

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Ai Weiwei Films Global Crisis

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has a message for US President Donald Trump, Europe's populist right and those who...

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Study Shows Many Are Likely To Live Into Their 90s By 2030

Average life expectancy will soar into the 90s in many parts of the world in a decade, a study predicts. Despite...

International

Life Expectancy To Break 90 Barrier By 2030

South Korean women will be the first in the world to have an average life expectancy above 90, a study suggests....

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Women’s Life Expectancy On Track To Hit 90 In Some Nations

By 2030 life expectancy for South Korean women could top nine decades, an average lifespan long thought to be out of...

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Tunisia PM Rejects German Criticism On Migrant Returns

Tunisia's prime minister on Tuesday rejected German claims that his country has been blocking the return of rejected...

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Rights Group Raps Pakistan For ‘forced’ Repatriation of Afghans

Pakistan is conducting the mass repatriation of Afghan refugees through coercion, threats and abuse, Human Rights Watch...

Opinion

Asylum Seekers Fleeing US For Canada Brave Snow, Extreme Cold

Farhan Ahmed hoped to find refuge in the United States after fleeing death threats in Somalia, but fear over a US...