Every year an unknown number of mostly disabled children are murdered in northern Ghana because of the belief that they are in some way possessed by evil spirits set on…
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Ralph Uwazuruike, the founder of the Biafra Independence Movement, declared May twenty-second Biafra Day. Demonstrations were quickly met with repression, however, as police cracked down on a parade in Enugu…
The majority of women in Zimbabwe lie about the paternity of their children if DNA results are anything to go by. As many as 70 percent of men in the…
Congo’s health minister says Ebola has spread to more cities including the capital of Equateur province. Health Minister Oly Ilunga said two suspected cases of the hemorrhagic fever were reported…
Sierra Leone’s new President Julius Maada Bio on Thursday announced the introduction of free education for both primary and secondary school age children, in line with a major campaign pledge.…
Two cases of the Ebola virus disease have been confirmed by a lab report in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a source from the Ministry of Health on…