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Extreme Poverty ‘To Fall Below 10%’: World Bank

Extreme Poverty ‘To Fall Below 10%’: World Bank

The World Bank has said that for the first time less than 10% of the world’s population will be living in extreme poverty by the end of 2015. The bank said it was using a new income figure of $1.90 per day to define extreme poverty, up from $1.25. It forecasts the proportion of the […]

Malawi Police In Fear Of ‘Evil Spirits’

Malawi Police In Fear Of ‘Evil Spirits’

Malawi police in Mzimba district have admitted that evil spirits that are currently suspected to be reproducing in the district are heavily affecting their operations. Police publicist in the district constable Gabriel Chiona told the press that the said spirits are behind the increase in cases of suicide which are characterizing the district at the […]

Thousands Of Religious Prisoners In China Had Their Livers And Kidneys Ripped Out While They Were ALIVE To Sell To ‘Transplant Tourists’

Thousands Of Religious Prisoners In China Had Their Livers And Kidneys Ripped Out While They Were ALIVE To Sell To ‘Transplant Tourists’

China harvested livers, kidneys, corneas and even hearts from tens of thousands religious prisoners while they were still alive and the world is paying no attention, according to a new documentary. Rumours of the live organ trade in China first surfaced in 2006, and have been supported by human rights lawyers, witnesses and even surgeons […]

Kenyan ‘Fake Gynaecologist’ Charged With Raping Patients

Kenyan ‘Fake Gynaecologist’ Charged With Raping Patients

A Kenyan man has been charged with 12 offences including rape, impersonating a gynaecologist and operating a clinic without a licence in Nairobi. Mugo wa Wairimu pleaded not guilty and has previously denied that he raped his patients after sedating them. The charges stem from a Kenyan TV report which had footage showing an unidentified […]

Malawi Women Die Of Cancer Because Of Lack Of Knowledge

Malawi Women Die Of Cancer Because Of Lack Of Knowledge

At first she thought it was menstruation. She later wondered what abnormal periods they had become. She was bleeding frequently. “I called my sister in-law in Mzuzu and explained to her my condition. She advised me to immediately go to hospital and get screened for cancer. I went to Nkhata Bay District Hospital. The doctors […]

American Doctor, Rick Sacra Cured Of Ebola Continues Work In Liberia

American Doctor, Rick Sacra Cured Of Ebola Continues Work In Liberia

This time last year, Dr. Rick Sacra was given a second chance at life.On Sept. 25, 2014, the 52-year-old Massachusetts physician had just been discharged from an Omaha, Nebraska, hospital after being treated and cured of Ebola. Sacra had contracted the deadly virus while delivering babies in a Christian mission hospital in Liberia. Rushed back […]

China Wants To Clear The Air With A Market-Based Approach To Pollution

China Wants To Clear The Air With A Market-Based Approach To Pollution

“DEVELOPMENT is good only when it is green.” You might expect that homily from Greenpeace or another charity more concerned about the climate than growth. In fact it comes from the self-described “integrated reform plan” of a country that has long put growth first, the environment a distant second: China. China is the world’s biggest […]

Scientists Announce Groundbreaking Discovery at Maropeng

Scientists Announce Groundbreaking Discovery at Maropeng

A small cave nestled in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site has become the backdrop for one of the most compelling stories in the world – the discovery of a new ancient human relative, Homo naledi. The stunning discovery was made in September 2013 by research teams from the University of the Witwatersrand and […]

President Ameena Gurib-Fakim says traditional science can save Africa

President Ameena Gurib-Fakim says traditional science can save Africa

Award-winning biologist and current President of the island of Mauritius, Dr Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, urged Africa to pursue scientific independence so as to produce an Africa-centric science that will address the continent’s environmental problems. Speaking to the BBC in London, President Gurib-Fakim encouraged African education institutions to promote intra-African science, similar to intra-African trade, so as […]

Egyptian researchers developed a cost-effective method for cleaning saltwater in just minutes

Egyptian researchers developed a cost-effective method for cleaning saltwater in just minutes

Finding ways to create clean drinking water where there is none is a field of constant innovation. Desalination, the process of filtering seawater to make it fit for human use, is perhaps the most common and researchers around the globe are on a quest to bring cost-effective and portable desalination technology to rural areas where […]

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