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South Sudan’s fraught peace agreement and transition have been blamed for fuelling a series of conflicts that have divided communities and contributed to humanitarian indicators reaching levels unseen even during the 2013-2018 civil war. Yet efforts by local and international organisations to reduce such conflicts are often falling short, over...

Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers, including Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna, lobbied Twitter and other social media platforms to set moderation rules that would flag purported Covid-19-related “misinformation,” according to Lee Fang, who reported on the latest “Twitter Files.” Published January 16 on Twitter and in The Intercept by investigative journalist Lee Fang,...

At the end of October 2022, the Somali capital Mogadishu suffered another suicide bomb attack, which killed 121 people and injured more than 300. According to United Nations sources, in 2022 alone, 613 civilians died and 948 were wounded in attacks by the Islamist al-Shabaab terrorist group. Last year’s death...

On July 5, Ghanaian fisherman Essien went missing from the Meng Xin 15 trawler off Accra coast. Is brother James says that Essien had dinner with the rest of the crew of the Chinese vessel before they headed back to their cubicle to sleep. The next morning, he was nowhere...

When it comes to abuse and corruption on Chinese fishing vessels in Ghana, Bright Tsai Kweku has seen it all. He has seen Chinese crew treating local fishermen like “slaves”, he says. “They beat them, they spit on them, they kick them,” Kweku says. “I have been through that before.”...

China’s massive Covid-19 outbreak probably peaked in late December, according to a preliminary analysis on the number of infections late last year and data on travel between cities. But public-health experts are frustrated by a lack of official data on the magnitude and severity of the outbreak. For close to...

Male pattern hair loss (MPHL) is on the rise and scientists are linking it to increased consumption of sugary liquids. According to research findings, the phenomenon is the most common form of hair loss in men, affecting around 30-50 per cent of men by age 50. According to Medical News...

In 2012, Pfizer paid $1.2 billion to settle claims by nearly 10,000 women that its hormone replacement therapy drug, Prempro, caused breast cancer. The Prempro settlements came after six years of trials. Several plaintiffs were awarded tens of millions of dollars, including punitive damages for the drug maker’s actions in...

There could be an even more effective drug in town for weight management – namely tirzepatide. As the world struggles with obesity ‘epidemic’ tirzepatide has emerged has emerged as one of the newest antidotes to a problem that is ravaging the younger population as a result of rapidly changing lifestyles....

The hotel ballroom was packed to near capacity with scientists when Susan Yanovski arrived. Despite being 10 minutes early, she had to manoeuvre her way to one of the few empty seats near the back. The audience at the Obesity Week conference in San Diego, California, in November 2022, was...