West Africa

Playing video games is a phenomenon that is fast catching up with many young people and in Africa the craze is significant but the health implication for those addicted is emerging.
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Popular Nigerian female author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has disclosed in a speech in Stockholm, Sweden that she suffered sexual assault at the age of 17.
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Ghana has rejected an assessment made by the UN about its poverty reduction programs describing it as “uninformed” while highlighting its commitment to uplifting the living conditions of its people.
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The Nigerian state of Kaduna has sacked over 4,500 teachers who it has said are unable to write simple and acceptable sentences.
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Police in Nigeria have recovered the official staff of authority of the Senate which was stolen on Wednesday from the Senate chamber of the national assembly.
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Some hooligans on Wednesday invaded Nigeria’s national assembly in the capital, Abuja, and made away with the official mace, a ceremonial staff that represents the authority of the legislature.
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The United Nations has cast doubt over many of Ghana’s social intervention programs aimed at eradicating extreme poverty in the West African nation.
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Some former Ministers and Members of Parliament in Ghana are facing a probe for reportedly receiving double salaries while serving under the previous government.
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Ghana’s government has announced it would be investing some $75 million (GHC 335 million) yearly in various projects aimed at curbing the rising road crashes in the West African nation.
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