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Court Battle Over UK Baby Raises Ethical Conundrum

A five-month legal battle over the fate of a terminally-ill British baby that drew the attention of Pope Francis and US...

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Indian Man Arrested For Selling Lizard Penises As Tantric Root Plants

An Indian man has been arrested for selling dried monitor lizard penises online as a rare root plant believed to bring...

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Saudi-Qatar Crisis Puts Syria Rebels In Tricky Position

A diplomatic crisis pitting Saudi Arabia against Qatar has put Syrian rebels in a difficult position, analysts say,...

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Amazon River Under Threat of Environmental Damage

New research had indicated that The Amazon basin will suffer significant and irreversible environmental damage if...

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Kofi Annan, Patrick Awuah Among 100 Most Reputable People

Ghana’s Kofi Annan (a former UN Secretary General) and founder of the Ashesi University, Patrick Awuah, have been...

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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...

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Yasmin Kumi Wins First Edition of the Authenticity Project

Ms Yasmin Kumi, founder of Africa Foresight Group, an organisation aimed at building local companies into global...

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Proposed Cuts In US Climate Science Reverberate Worldwide

The gutting of US-funded climate science would cripple research agendas worldwide and hamper the global fight against...

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Match-Fixing Investigator Hill Welcomes Lamptey Ban After Bafana Vs. Senegal Match

Hill was a Chevening Scholar at Green College, University of Oxford and has a doctorate in the study of organized crime...

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Chinese University Buys Campus Space Near Oxford

China's Peking University is buying a 19th-century manor house near Oxford in southern England to use as a campus in a...

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Akufo-Addo Picks Deputy Ministers

With the swearing-in of the last batch of ministerial nominees on Friday, President Akufo-Addo is set to announce the...

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Africa Initiative For Governance Appoints New CEO

The Africa Initiative for Governance (AIG) has announced the appointment of Chienye Ogwo as Chief Executive Officer....

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Can A Fertility App Stop Pregnancy?

Sexual health experts say more research is needed into the effectiveness of fertility tracking apps in preventing...

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Britain’s Police Treat Amber Rudd’s Foreign Workers Speech As ‘hate Incident’

Home Secretary Amber Rudd's party conference speech about foreign workers is being treated as a "hate incident" by...

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Moderate Screen Use ‘aids Teen Wellbeing’

A study of screen time and mental wellbeing among teenagers has suggested moderate use of devices may be beneficial in...

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Some Legacies of the Fourth Republic

When Ghana returned to constitutional rule and adopted multi-party democracy as a preferred system of governance in...

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Soyinka Changes Tune Says He Won’t Destroy U.S. Permit Yet After Trump Win

Soyinka changes tune says he won’t destroy U. S. permit yet after Trump win Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka,...

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I Will Not Destroy My U.S. Residency Permit Just Yet – Soyinka

I will not destroy my U. S. residency permit just yet – Soyinka Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, Wednesday,...

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Study Reveals How It Leaves Us Wanting To Eat More Throughout the Day

People who do not get enough sleep at night are more likely to overeat during the day, scientists have found. British...