Why Nigeria's 'baby factories' continue to thrive
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Child traffickers always abduct girls and young women, take them to isolated locations and impregnate them. Read More
How will Nigeria implement its plastic ban?
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Nigeria’s government has banned single-use plastics. Local traders need low-cost alternative. Read More
Nearly 130,000 children exposed to lead-tainted drinking water in Chicago
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Reading Time: < 1 minute About 129,000 Chicago children under the age of six are exposed to poisonous lead in their household drinking water because of lead…
Casualties feared as Israel launches overnight raid on Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Israeli forces launched an overnight raid at Gaza’s largest medical facility, the Al-Shifa Hospital, and detained 80 people amid fears that many others…
The hidden plastics in our clothes – and how to avoid them
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Reading Time: < 1 minute There is a lot of plastic hidden in our clothes. Sometimes it’s in plain sight, like a pair of pleather trousers that…
Gambia could become the first country to reverse a ban on female genital cutting
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Lawmakers in Gambia will vote Monday on legislation that seeks to repeal a ban on female genital cutting, which would make the…
Scientists developing device that could fit inside bra and monitor breast cancer
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Scientists are developing a device which could fit inside a bra and monitor whether a breast cancer tumour is growing. Read More
Protest erupts in eastern Cuba amid blackouts, food shortages
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Hundreds in Cuba’s second-largest city, Santiago, engaged in a rare public protest on Sunday, according to social media and official reports, prompting…
UK researchers find way of diagnosing bowel cancer without biopsies
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Researchers in Glasgow have identified a new means of diagnosing and treating bowel cancer with imaging technology, avoiding the need for biopsies. …
Nigeria: Despite Severity, 90% of People With Glaucoma Undiagnosed - Official
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) has said 90 per cent of people living with glaucoma are undiagnosed, despite its severity. Read More