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Place your cell phone next to a full bottle of water and something interesting happens

Place your cell phone next to a full bottle of water and something interesting happens

Do you struggle to receive the proper amount of signal when you are using your cell phone? If so, this story can provide you with a much needed hack, so that you can steer clear of this problem once and for all. This is the type of story that proves just how important the concept […]

Refugees Free UN Staff Held Hostage in DR Congo Camp

Refugees Free UN Staff Held Hostage in DR Congo Camp

The United Nations says 16 staff members held hostage at a UN camp in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been released unharmed. The UN peacekeeping department said in a statement late on Tuesday that “the camp is quiet and under full control” of its peacekeepers. Unarmed South Sudanese refugees took the […]

Gunman films himself on Facebook shooting dead an elderly man in the street and boasting about killing 15 people: Evil Cleveland

Gunman films himself on Facebook shooting dead an elderly man in the street and boasting about killing 15 people: Evil Cleveland

Police are hunting a killer who shared a video of the moment he shot dead an innocent man in Cleveland and claims to have slaughtered 14 more. Steve Stephens, 37, is on the loose in the Ohio city after he filmed the murder and posted it on social media at around 2pm Eastern Time on […]

Cristiano Ronaldo Pays £300,000 to a Girl who accused him of rape

Cristiano Ronaldo Pays £300,000 to a Girl who accused him of rape

German magazine Der Spiegel has claimed Real Madrid football star Cristiano Ronaldo agreed to pay £300,000 to a woman who accused him of rape. In documents, reportedly sent to Der Spiegel by Football Leaks, it is claimed the woman agreed to keep silent about the alleged incident. The magazine alleges that the Portuguese international, 32, […]

Security Alone Won’t Save Burkina Faso From Extremism

Security Alone Won’t Save Burkina Faso From Extremism

Since 4 April 2015, the day a Romanian citizen was abducted in Tambao on Burkina Faso’s north-east border with Mali and Niger, about 20 terror attacks killing 70 people have been recorded in the country, according to the Minister for Security, Simon Compaoré. Most of the attacks occurred in the administrative Sahel region. They have […]

UN insists on 4,000-strong protection force for South Sudan and meets resistance from President Salva Kiir

UN insists on 4,000-strong protection force for South Sudan and meets resistance from President Salva Kiir

The government of South Sudan is set for a fresh round of diplomatic standoff with the United Nations after the latter ordered the deployment of a 4,000-strong protection force that has been resisted by Juba for the past six months, since authorisation by the Security Council last August. After visiting Juba and meeting with President […]

Technology, design thinking powers life-saving innovation in cancer screening for developing countries

Technology, design thinking powers life-saving innovation in cancer screening for developing countries

In no other sector does technology hold such potential to save and improve the lives of African citizens than healthcare. And when world-leading medical research combined with expert local insights meet the latest in cloud-based technology, an opportunity beckons to solve one of the leading killers of African women. “We have all the tools available […]

Japan Gives U.S.$ 33.3 Million Grant to End Polio in Nigeria

Japan Gives U.S.$ 33.3 Million Grant to End Polio in Nigeria

In an effort to protect millions of children from polio in Nigeria, the Japanese government yesterday announced a grant of $33.3 million in humanitarian emergency funding to the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). The grant came as a result of new cases popped up in areas affected by conflicts in the Borno State […]

The ICC Can’t Live With Africa, but It Can’t Live Without It Either

The ICC Can’t Live With Africa, but It Can’t Live Without It Either

On the first of February, 2017, the African Union issued a resolution encouraging member states to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC). Whatever comes of it, the reported plan is the culmination of a highly publicised pushback by African states, which have accused the court of political bias, interference in African affairs and even […]

Men and Women Farmers in Benin Are Responding Differently to Climate Change

Men and Women Farmers in Benin Are Responding Differently to Climate Change

As climate change brings with it increased extreme weather events, one of the pressing issues for Africa’s farmers will be how to address these challenges. One dimension to be factored in is that men and women farmers are responding to the pressures differently. The Conversation Africa’s Samantha Spooner asked Grace Villamor about her research on […]

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