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Ministry of Health Sets Up C’ttee To Implement Quality Healthcare

The Ministry of Health has constituted a National Quality Technical Committee to ensure the implementation of the...

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1.4 Million Children Acutely Malnourished In Somalia This Year

Somalia, hit by drought and on the verge of famine, will count 1.4 million acutely malnourished children by the end of...

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Female Islamic Clerics In Indonesia Issue Rare Child Marriage Fatwa

Female Islamic clerics in Indonesia have issued an unprecedented fatwa against child marriage. The fatwa, which is not...

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Female Muslim Clerics In Indonesia Issue Rare Fatwas

Female Islamic clerics in Indonesia declared a series of fatwas Thursday, including one to tackle child marriage, a...

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Four Suicide Bombers Target Nigerian City of Maiduguri

Maiduguri has in the past been the scene of many attacks North-east Nigeria has been hit by its third suicide attack in...

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Court Prosecutes Landlords Without Toilet Facilities

The Bolgatanga Magistrate Court presided by Mr Osman Abdul-Hakeem, has begun an exercise to prosecute landlords who do...

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Government Forces Advance Against Rebels North of Hama

The Syrian army and allied forces have advanced against rebels in western Syria near Hama city, building on recent...

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Tackling the Negative Cultural Practices In Upper East Region

Paramount Chief of Katiu, Pe Ayikode Zangbeo Atoge IV, one of the chiefs addressing the durbar Many Anthropologists who...

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Join Fight Against Child Marriage – First Lady Urges Women

Issues of the child marriage and teenage pregnancy have become foremost in the fight for equality for women in society....

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Depoliticize LEAP – Prof. Debrah

Political Science Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Prof. Emmanuel Debrah has warned politicians to desist from...

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Victoria Beckham Declares She’s ‘proud To Be British’ As She Receives An OBE From Prince William

Victoria Beckham arrived with her family at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday, where she was made an OBE by the Duke of...

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Government Extends LEAP To Cover 350,000 Beneficiaries – Bawumia Reveals

The Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) program has been extended to benefit 350,000 households captured...

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Nigeria Marks Third Anniversary of Schoolgirl Kidnap

Nigerians rallied Friday to mark the third anniversary of the mass abduction of 276 schoolgirls by Boko Haram, as their...

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African Migrants Sold In Libya ‘slave Markets’

Africans trying to reach Europe are being sold by their captors in “slave markets” in Libya, the International...

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Rise In Boko Haram Child Suicide Bombers ‘alarming’

An "alarming" number of children, most of them girls, have been used by Boko Haram as suicide bombers in the first...

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More Than 100 Million People To Face Severe Food Insecurity

Despite international efforts to address food insecurity, around 108 million people in the world were severely food...

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UN Pushes Myanmar To Release Detained Rohingya Children

The UN children's agency UNICEF has called on Myanmar's government to release Rohingya children detained as part of a...

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Damascus Attaches Conditions To UN Inquiry

The Syrian foreign minister has set out conditions for any UN investigation into the deaths of dozens of people from a...

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Drought Shatters Turkana’s Dreams of A Better Future

In just a few years water, oil and money would flow. Roads, schools and hospitals would follow. Turkana's generations...