Monday, May 20, 2013

Police confirm five officers, 20 Boko Haram killed in Gashua, Yobe

April 26, 2013

A total of 25 people, including police and assailants, were killed on Thursday in a crossfire between military operatives and gunmen in Gashua Town of... read more

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Africa: Malaria Care Improves With Cash

April 26, 2013

A question had been nagging at Ghanaian researcher Alexander Nartey. Since Ghana’s government had made health insurance available to the country’s poor to ease the... read more

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Africa: Malaria – Keeping a Crafty Killer On the Run

April 26, 2013

Imagine that snake attacks were killing a person a minute. Or that it was dogs, or foxes or chickens that were killing three-quarters of a... read more

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Sudanese President announces release of all political prisoners

April 1, 2013

Photo: voanews.com Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has said that he will release all political detainees in the country, AFP reported on Monday. The move comes... read more

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Senegal Koranic school fire leaves nine children dead

March 5, 2013

At least nine children burned to death after a room they were sleeping in caught fire near the centre of Dakar, Senegal, according to the... read more

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Women-led farm initiative aims for peace, prosperity in Kenya

March 1, 2013

Fear of violence surrounding the upcoming general elections next week has raised anxiety among many Kenyans, but less so for Nyokabi Wamuyu. She is counting... read more

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