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Breathe in, breathe out: the respiration process revealed
What could be more natural than breathing? Yet this apparently simple mechanism conceals an entire process on which life depends. With each breath we...
Advantages of exercise over smoking enormous
When you give up smoking, seize the opportunity to take up some form of exercise. This is an excellent idea for a number of...
Wash and disinfect baby bottles: a priority for infant health
Milk is a very rich environment, one that favors the growth of microorganisms. It is therefore very important to take great care when looking...
Turn it down! Advice about noise pollution
Noise is carried by waves that spread out in all directions. Everyone is affected, although to different degrees. However, there are a certain number...
Breastfeeding: great for baby’s teeth
Breastfeeding has proven advantages for the teeth of feeding babies.
Babies’ teeth are formed during pregnancy. This is why it is so important to eat...
Basil is good for much more than salads
Basil is good for a lot more than just accenting tomato salads. Apart from its obvious taste qualities, basil contains pharmacological properties that make...
Eating healthy for two during pregnancy
If you are pregnant, it’s important to be careful about what you eat. And it’s especially important to avoid any foods that are likely...
Infant mortality declines, but still a grave concern
In 2007, across the world, almost nine million children under the age of 5 died. This is, of course, a very high figure but...
Photosensitivity – what is it and what are the risks?
Photosensitivity is an abnormal skin reaction to sunlight which often takes the form of red, eczema-like patches or urticaria (hives). This skin sensitivity can...
Safety measures for hedge-trimmer and chainsaw use
The use of hedge trimmers has been proven to cause serious injuries. Always utilise them in dry weather, because using electrical equipment on wet...
What is the circadian rhythm?
The circadian rhythm refers to a series of biological events that occur in a cyclical fashion over a 24-hour period: changes in body temperature,...
Morocco: Heavy rains disrupt transport, leave many dead
At least 34 people have been killed and many left wounded and homeless in Morocco after the Northern African country was hit by heavy...
United States: Black-White educational divide no longer down to poverty?
The explanation that African-American males perform poorly in school as a result of poverty and marginalization has been thwarted by a recent research study...
Ethiopia, Ghana and ten African countries get medical education grants
The United States will invest $130 million over the next five years to transform African medical education and increase the number of health care...
Why Good Governance Matters More in Africa Than Aid
Heads of state from across the developing world arrived in New York last week for the annual United Nations meetings. Heading up the agenda...
The bright spots of Millenium Development Goals in Africa
Various reports by the United Nations and other international organizations have shown that Africa is facing enormous challenges in achieving the world's anti-poverty Millennium...
Africa: Behind the race for Education for all by 2015
African countries have the unhealthiest environment for school-age children a new report has claimed. Children in Somalia, Eritrea, Comoros, Ethiopia, Chad, Burkina Faso, Central...
Zimbabwe government accused of promoting teen sex
Zimbabwe government has defended its controversial decision to grant
parental leave to schoolgirls who fall pregnant as parents accused it of promoting teen sex.
In August,...
Germany: A new African library for Berlin
Berlin, the German capital, has opened its first African library. Since mid-August, 2010, books, magazines, CDs, DVDs, etc, dedicated to the African continent have...
Schooling: Trapped in a web of special interests
Governments world-wide are struggling to solve the problem of deficiencies in their schooling systems. Politicians, teachers, educationists, administrators, employers, parents, politicians, policy analysts...
The Folly of African Entrepreneurship
Zimbabwe, like most developing African countries burdened with the yoke of authoritarian oppression, force-feeds citizens with policy prescriptions only meant to satisfy political egos...
East Africa getting ready for internet revolution
The recent deployment of the SEACOM broadband cable off the coast of east Africa has sparked “the dawn of a new era” in Internet...
Texas Education Board Makes Stupid Move
Racism continues to roil through the sinews of American society from conservative political candidates and TV news personalities openly calling for the repeal of...
US government pushes for African awareness in America
While news accounts often portray Africa in negative terms, “there is in fact another Africa, an Africa that is an integral part of the...
In Liberia women follow in president’s footsteps
Four years after voters in Liberia, battered by decades of dictatorship, economic ruin and civil war, elected a no-nonsense former banker and UN official,...
US government contributes to primary education in northern Uganda
The United States Government, through the USAID/UNITY project, has
provided 115 motorcycles to Uganda.
The motorcycles are meant to benefit the Centre Coordinating Tutors in...
Zimbabwe: Chinamasa under fire for “ridiculous” comments
The legal fraternity in Zimbabwe has condemned Justice and Legal Affairs Minister Patrick Chinamasa who claimed that “dismal and half baked’ lawyers are churned...
Uganda: Landslide hit schools relocated to market-place
Over 1000 students who had stopped going to school, due to deadly landslides
that hit three eastern Uganda villages, have today resumed classes in
a market...
Oprah Winfrey: What changed the trajectory of her life
When Oprah Winfrey was 3 years old, her grandmother taught her to read. When Winfrey walked into a radio station at age 16, she...
The Fate of the Watchman in Ghana
The watchman’s job may be among the hardest hit in this era of technology, but for one 32 year old father of five, going...