Yearly Archives: 2017
Ethiopia releases 120 Somali detainees
The Somali Prime Minister, Hassan Ali Khaire, confirmed on Monday that the Ethiopian government had handed over some 120 Somalis held in its detention...
700 Boko Haram surrenders to NA
In what has been a celebrated advantage by the Nigerian army in its war against the Boko Haram, it appears that the sustained military...
BORDER FORCE OPERATION TO RAISE AWARENESS OF FGM
Border Force officers have raised awareness amongst airline passengers about female genital mutilation (FGM) during a two-day operation at the Edinburgh Airport on Wednesday...
Sickle cell patients need urgent blood donors
Matthew Akinmuleya, 10, from London, was diagnosed with sickle cell disease at birth and had his first pain crisis at six months old. Since...
Child marriage is a ‘big deal’
Child marriage will cost developing countries trillions of dollars in the next decade, seriously hampering global efforts to eradicate poverty, the World Bank said...
WHO ratifies antibiotics, others
The World Health Organisation has updated its list of antibiotics, adding 30 drugs for adults and 25 for children.
The WHO also specifies new uses...
BoE decides over banks’ bad loans
The Central Bank of England has forced banks to find a further £11.4bn in the next 18 months to beef up their finances against...
Moeti lauds Rwanda’s recovery
The World Health Organisation Regional Director for Africa Dr. Matshidiso Moeti has described Rwanda’s achievements in the health sector after the 1994 Genocide against...
Military tactics for Unimaid
Authorities in north-eastern Nigeria have begun digging a 27km (17 mile) trench around the University of Maiduguri to prevent attacks by Boko Haram Islamist...
France to invest 1bn euros in Oil & Gas
The French government says it has set aside about one billion euros to invest in Nigeria's oil and gas industry, to strengthen its economic...
