This is part of efforts to mitigate the mass exodus of health workers to developed countries, which has led to an acute shortage of health professionals in the nation’s health sector. NIKE ADEBOWALE-TAMBE The Nigerian government has approved the appointment of doctors, nurses, and other clinical healthcare workers as contract staff after attaining their compulsory […]
Oct 13 2023 | Posted in
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JON HAMILTON A global effort to make genetic studies more diverse has led to a discovery about Parkinson’s disease, a common brain disorder that can impair a person’s ability to move and speak. A team that included scientists from Lagos, London and the U.S. found a previously unknown gene variant that can nearly quadruple the […]
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The alternatives will undoubtedly be worse Something has gone badly wrong in Africa. Sudan has collapsed into carnage, as two grasping warlords battle for control. Genocide has returned to Darfur: fighters loyal to one of those warlords are murdering every male they can find from one ethnic group, even shooting baby boys strapped to their […]
Oct 13 2023 | Posted in
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More than 11,600 unaccompanied children have crossed the Central Mediterranean to Italy so far this year the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday, September 29, an increase of 60 per cent compared with last year. The number of arrivals peaked in September on the small island of Lampedusa off Italy’s southern coast, with 4,800 […]
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KARLA ADAM Thumbing through the tanned pages of centuries-old records in the basement of the British Library, Nicholas Radburn came across an illustration that took him aback. A crown resembling the iconic St. Edward’s headpiece from British coronations sat atop the letters S and C, apparently a stylized reference to the slave-trading South Sea Company. […]
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RENEE HANLON Anyone who has ever been a fan of The Boxcar Children book series may have found the thought of living in a railroad car intriguing. In fact, that is probably more likely the case now than ever before. In the past several years, traditional housing costs have soared—it’s to a point where many, […]
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In fifteen months, Ghana will be heading for general elections and the climate is lively with political activity. The government is under the weight of assessment and examination by both the opposition and supporters at the same time. Also in the works are the selective processes of choosing flag bearers and prospective members of parliament, […]
Sep 28 2023 | Posted in
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KOFI AYIM Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, a New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer aspirant, has declared that the sociopolitical and economic vehicle of Ghana is heading into a ditch and he’s seeking to take over the driver’s seat to steer the country out of its predicament. “I am no longer sitting at the back seat of the […]
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MARGARET RENKL In “Let Us Now Praise Famous Men,” the poet and novelist James Agee praises the camera as “the central instrument” of his age. He believed that photography was capable of transmitting, as no other art could, “the peculiar kinds of poetic vitality which blaze in every real thing.” Only photographers like his collaborator […]
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EMMANUEL AKINWOTU Police in Ghana arrested protesters on Thursday September 21, during demonstrations against the cost of living and the economic crisis gripping the country. Some journalists who were covering the protests, which took place outside the main government building, were among those arrested. Activists in the West African country accused police of arresting and […]
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