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OXfam: World’s richest one percent richer than 99% next year
Wealth accumulated by the richest one percent will exceed that of the other 99 percent in 2016, the Oxfam charity…
Nigeria 8th worst place to be a mother on Earth, says report
Nigeria, considered a fragile state, has been ranked the eighth worst place on Earth to be a mother, according to…
$162 bn cost of corruption in EU nations
Corruption across the EU’s 28 countries costs some 120 billion euros ($162 billion) per year, the European Commission said Monday,…
Tuberculosis, second global killer after AIDS
Tuberculosis claimed 1.3 million lives last year with drug-resistant forms of the infectious disease — the deadliest after AIDS —…
Report: 1000 detainees die in Nigeria, AI claims
Nearly 1,000 people, mostly suspected Boko Haram militants, died in Nigerian jails in the first half of this year, Amnesty…
Thousands abandon schools in Boko Haram states, says AI
In its latest report on the insurgency in north east Nigeria, Amnesty International the frequent deadly attacks on schools by…
HIV infections plummet since 2001 says UNAIDS
New HIV infections have plummeted by a third overall since 2001 and more than halved among children, the United Nations…
Report: West Africa now world’s piracy capital
West Africa has overtaken Somalia as the world’s piracy hot-spot with 966 sailors attacked last year, a report by the…
Climate agency warns on dangers of burning coal
With rainfall patterns changing and food growing region getting drier, an Australia climate agency warned today that most fossil fuels…
Killings: HRW Slams Nigeria’s security agencies, Boko Haram
Eromosele Ebhomele The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has blamed the Nigerian security agencies and the Boko Haram sect for the…