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Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart Named in BBC’s 100 Stories that Shaped the World
Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart has been named in BBC’s 100 stories that shaped the world, making it into the top 5. BBC Culture asked writers around the globe to pick stories that have endured across generations and continents...
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Kenya Launches Africa’s Second breastmilk Bank after South Africa
Kenya has taken the leap to open the continent’s second breastmilk bank in Nairobi to help lactating mothers get the nutritional product and also to donate for babies who have been born underweight, severely malnourished, or orphaned..
Breastmilk is...
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Report: Ethiopia is the Fastest Growing Travel Destination in the World
According to the 2019 annual report from the World Travel and Tourism Council, Ethiopia is the fastest growing travel destination in the world with Rwanda in sixth place and Uganda at 12th.
Ethiopia’s tourism sector grew by a staggering 48.6...
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Nigeria Set To Overtake India In Open Defecation Ranking
Access to sanitation has been on the decline from 30 per cent in 2010 to 28 per cent in 2015. Open defecation has been on the increase and there was not a single LGA in Nigeria that is open...
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Police, Power Sector Ranked Most Corrupt Institutions in Nigeria – Survey
A new public survey released Tuesday by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) reports high levels of corruption in public institutions in Nigeria for the past 5 years. Of the five major public institutions surveyed, the police emerged...
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Young, Educated Africans Most Likely to Consider Emigrating To Another Country, Study Reveals
Data released by Pan-African research network Afrobarometer. – where over individuals in over 30 countries were surveyed – has revealed that More than one in three Africans (37%) have considered emigrating to a different country.
Respondents were asked: How...
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Talcum Powder May Cause Cancer, Experts Warn
Researchers are unanimous that talc or talcum powder can cause lung, ovarian, stomach and endometrial (uterine) cancers. They said talc consisting of asbestos is generally accepted as being able to cause cancer if it is inhaled or/and used regularly...
Africa Ranking
Nigeria Ranked 3rd Most Unsafe Country for Mobile Users
A report by Kaspersky Lab has placed Nigeria third among countries where the highest number of mobile malware threats were detected in 2018.
Kaspersky Lab’s mobile malware evolution 2018 report ranked Nigeria 3rd on its top 10 list of most...
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South Africa Named Most Unhealthy Country in the world
A new global health ranking has identified the world's healthiest - and most unhealthy - countries in 2019.
The Indigo Wellness Index, compiled and led by Richard Davies at economics consultancy Bloomsbury Economics and published by investment business LetterOne in...
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The World’s Smallest Church is in Uganda and it Only Accommodates Three
The chapel has no known or given name yet but it’s popularly known as the Chapel on Biku Hill. Established in 1996, it was founded by now-retired Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, His Lordship Henry Luke Orombi in...
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Ota Benga: The Tragic Story of the African Man Who Was Exhibited in a New York Zoo in 1906
Ota Benga was a Congolese member of the Mbuti pygmy tribe whose tragic story got international attention when he...
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