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WHO declares Kenya free of deadly sleeping sickness after decades
Modern Ghana
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Kenya's success in the fight against deadly sleeping sickness marks a milestone in the African continent's battle to eradicate neglected tropical diseases. Kenya has been officially recognised as having eliminated sleeping sickness as a public...
Kenya declared free of sleeping sickness: A major milestone in public health
Daily Star
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August 16, 2025
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has validated Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness, as a public health problem—making it the tenth country to achieve this milestone. HAT is the second...
Blocked By Trump’s Travel Ban, One Iranian Student Wonders If She Will Ever Make It to Harvard
The Harvard Crimson - Massachusetts
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Rozhan Rasti speaks five languages, plays the violin and the santoor, and fills her free time with painting and photography. Like those of the 1,653 other students who chose to join Harvard College’s Class of 2029, her resumé shines — she ranked...
Kenya Achieves Elimination of Human African Trypanosomiasis as A Public Health Problem
MedEdge MEA
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August 9, 2025
The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness as a public health problem, making it the tenth country to reach this important milestone. HAT is the second...
Kenya declared free of sleeping sickness as public health problem
The Standard
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Public Health PS Mary Muthoni during the celebration on the elimination of the Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) commonly known as sleeping sickness. [Collins Oduor, Standard] Kenya has been officially validated by the World Health Organisation...
Upgraded stadiums spark vision for sports tourism
Star
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CHAN match in Kasarani / bird story agency The 2024 Chan, a tournament exclusively for home-based players, has given Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania a shared and immovable deadline to meet international hosting standards. For Kenya, the deadline has...
Kenya achieves elimination of human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness as a public health problem
The National Tribune
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August 8, 2025
The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness as a public health problem, making it the tenth country to reach this important milestone. HAT is the second...
The kingdom where kings never die, By Osmund Agbo
Premium Times
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August 23, 2025
Three pairs of human hands tied up together with rope Power ultimately resides in the people. But when the people grow timid in wielding it, tyrants flourish and endurance is mistaken for virtue. Until that changes, the myth will persist, and the...
Get Ahead of Property Tax and Business License Compliance
CFO Dive
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Injury to Al Ain striker Asamoah Gyan forces Ghana to cancel friendly
The National News
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Experienced striker Asamoah Gyan has emerged as an injury worry ahead of Ghana’s opening African Nations Cup ficture against Senegal on Monday. - This time for Africa: Premier League players prepare for Cup of Nations Gyan picked up an injury in...
2025 Year to Date in Review: United States Immigration Changes and Updates
JD Supra - California
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August 21, 2025
Overview So far, 2025 has brought a flurry of immigration changes that have impacted thousands of individuals residing in the United States. To ensure you have not missed anything, we have summarized and detailed each of them below (from most to...
OPEC Partners with African Energy Week 2025
Business Ghana
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OPEC's participation comes at a pivotal moment for African energy. Countries such as Nigeria, Algeria, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Libya – as well as emerging producers like Senegal and Namibia – already play central...
Staten Island relief organization: Gaza travel ban threatens care for war-injured children
SI Live - New York
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August 20, 2025
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- At just 4 years old, Omar Abukwaik lost his arm and suffered severe injuries when a bombing destroyed his home and killed his entire family in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas war. The boy also suffered severe burns to his body,...
Trump, send your deportees to Europe not Africa
Al Jazeera
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August 20, 2025
On August 5, Rwanda announced it had agreed to accept 250 migrants under the Trump administration’s expanding third-country deportation programme. Speaking from Kigali, government spokesperson Yolande Makolo said Rwanda would retain the right to...
Biomanufacturing: Scale-up vs Scale-out Economics
BioPharma Dive
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4 major trends shaping today’s oncology market
BioPharma Dive
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Five new ambassadors take posts in Washington
The Washington Diplomat
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August 19, 2025
Five newly appointed ambassadors have recently joined Washington’s diplomatic scene, representing Benin, Burkina Faso, Germany, Liberia and Malaysia. The longest vacant position was that of Burkina Faso, whose new ambassador Kassoum Coulibaly...
'I was married at 12, a mother by 14 and a widow before I was 19'
Irish Mirror
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August 18, 2025
Mina Khanoom, a woman who grew up in one of the most rural and conservative communities in Iran, has a heart-wrenching tale of child marriage that sheds light on the ongoing atrocities in the country. Tara Kangarlou, an award-winning journalist,...
'I was 12-year-old bride, a mother at 14 and a widow before I was 19'
The Mirror
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August 18, 2025
Mina Khanoom is a woman who was raised in one of Iran's most remote and traditional communities, and her devastating experience of child marriage highlights some of the atrocities still occurring in the nation today. Acclaimed journalist Tara...
'I was married at 12, a mum by 14 and widow with two small children at 19'
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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August 18, 2025
Mina Khanoom is a woman who was raised in the most remote and traditional communities in Iran and her heartbreaking tale of child marriage illuminates some of the atrocities occurring in the nation today. Acclaimed journalist Tara Kangarlou's book...