sub-Saharan Africa
Study Highlights High Death Risk For Africa Twins
One in five children born with a twin sibling in sub-Saharan Africa dies before the age of five -- three times the rate...
Humans Pose Ever-Bigger Extinction Risk To Animals, Experts Warn
An ever-expanding human population and exploding demand for food, water and living space, will place animals at...
Humans Pose Ever-Bigger Extinction Risk To Animals
An ever-expanding human population and exploding demand for food, water and living space, will place animals at...
Dentsu Aegis Network Ghana Launches Consumer Connection System
Dentsu Aegis Network, an Advertising and Communications firm, has launched the Consumer Connection System (CCS), to...
BoG Action Needed To Quell Cedi Speculations – RMB Research
Analysts want the Central Bank to aggressively intervene in the currency market to quell increased demand and...
Galamsey Cited As Reason For Komenda Sugar Factory Shutdown
One of the panellists on the extended New Day programme on 3FM on Saturday, May 27 has advocated a total ban on all...
Fifty Years of Lagos. But What About the Next 50?
The Nigerian megacity of Lagos, with its 20 million inhabitants, is the biggest in sub-Saharan Africa and is...
Nigerian Wins UK Engineering Award
A tutoring app developed by a 27-year-old Nigerian has won an engineering award given by the UK’s Royal Academy of...
Italy Inks Deal With Libya Neighbours To Block Migrants
Italy has signed a deal with Libya, Chad and Niger to try to stem the flow of migrants across the Mediterranean by...
Quality of Life On Rise For Many Africans, Report Says
Africans are seeing a steady improvement in the quality of their lives, with some countries even nearing world...
China, DR Congo Most Affected By Displacements In 2016
More than 31 million people were displaced in their own countries by conflict, violence and disasters in 2016, with...
US and UK Far From Top 10 In Global Health Rankings
The US and UK lagged far behind other leading nations in a new global healthcare report. Although both nations are seen...
Which Countries Have the Best Healthcare?
Neither Canada nor Japan cracked the top 10, and the United States finished a dismal 35th, according to a much...
Meningitis Caused Almost 180 Deaths In Niger Since January
At least 179 people, almost half of them children, have died of meningitis since January in Niger, where some 3,000...
Ghana, Senegal To Share Oil Experiences
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has indicated his preparedness to share the experiences Ghana has gained in the...
Italy Rescues 484 People From the Mediterranean
Seven bodies were recovered and 484 people were rescued from boats in the Mediterranean Sea while attempting to cross...
Sweet Potato Remains An Important Food Crop
Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has noted that even though sweet potato is not list listed...
Nigeria Meningitis Death Toll Tops 1,000
More than 1,000 people have died in an outbreak of meningitis in Nigeria, the Centre for Disease Control said Thursday,...
Libya Intercepts 350 Migrants After Duel At Sea
Libya's coastguard on Wednesday intercepted a wooden boat packed with more than 350 migrants after duelling with a...