October 2018

We are so obsessed with the idea because it’s almost magical to watch. To not only know someone inside and out and accept their flaws, accept your differences and love them unconditionally – but to do all of this BEFORE you’re in a…
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Negative thoughts will erode you in more ways than anybody will. The way we talk to ourselves via shaming, overly critical, judgmental, or punishing can diminish our self-confidence and our self-worth in more ways than we imagine. Note…
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At some point in your life you have probably encountered some sort of allergic reaction to either extreme change of weather be it hot or cold. A common condition that millions of people across the world battle when these changes occur is…
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Women undergo normal menstruation and it is almost a part of their lives. This would have been okay if this bleeding did not bring with it period pain, commonly referred to as cramps. A good number of women experience period pain as…
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Recently, there has been a lot of talk and polls about how men find it irritating when women apply makeup on public transport. I don’t really know why, perhaps the poor delicate little princes will go into prophylactic shock if they inhale…
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Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has appointed the country's first female defence minister in a new cabinet in which half the posts are taken up by women. Aisha Mohammed, from the country's Afar region in the north-east, had served as…
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At least four people died and dozens more were injured when a train derailed near Morocco's capital Rabat, reports say. Reuters news agency quotes an official who says up to eight people may have died, with 80 more injured. The incident…
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An aid worker with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been killed in Nigeria by Islamist militants who kidnapped her last March. Hauwa Liman, a midwife, was killed days after kidnappers set a deadline. The ICRC said…
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In our series of letters from African journalists, Kenyan Joseph Warungu looks at the new strategy by the country's anti-corruption body to use the Bible to deter theft of public funds. You know you are in deep trouble when nothing else…
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Another shakeup has hit the police service as the Inspector General of Police, David Asante Apeatu, has re-assigned some 32 officers. An internal memo dated October 15, 2018, said the reassignments take immediate effect. Former Public…
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