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CNN reports that Jalloh likely died from severe bleeding in the Bondo bush during a secretive weeks-long initiation into womanhood. In Sierra Leone, this initiation begins with Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) or Female Genital Cutting.…
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On opposite sides of the world, Richard Scolyer and Georgina Long each took one look at a scan and their hearts sank. In front of them was, to the untrained eye, an innocuous-looking brain. But these long-time friends - both leading…
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Namibian President Hage Geingob has died at the age of 82 at a hospital in the capital Windhoek, where he was receiving medical treatment, according to a statement from Acting President Nangolo Mbumba. Geingob passed away just after…
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A woman has been charged with wildlife trafficking after Colombian police found 130 poisonous frogs in her luggage at Bogotá airport on Monday. The animals were discovered in small film canisters and were dehydrated and stressed,…
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Police have arrested five people after several bodies were found shot dead in a remote area of southern California's Mojave Desert. Six bodies were found after a gunshot victim called 911, sending a police helicopter to the grisly crime…
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The music industry is still a "boys' club" where sexual harassment and abuse are common, MPs warned in a report. The Women and Equalities Committee said musicians have to sit beside sexual abusers at parties and events, due to a "culture…
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Kabir Abu Bilal is not your regular Nigerian university professor - he has a second job working as a welder in the northern city of Zaria. Welding is widely seen as a menial job across Nigeria and he has shocked many - especially his…
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Robert Corfield, a man who abused a boy in Canada in a secretive Christian Church in the 1980s, has spoken publicly about what happened for the first time. He was confronted by the BBC as part of a wider look into claims of child sexual…
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BBC investigation reveals that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has financially supported politically motivated assassinations in Yemen, adding complexity to the ongoing conflict recently highlighted by Red Sea ship attacks.…
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The world's most popular YouTuber, MrBeast, has revealed he made more than $250,000 (£197,000) from posting a video on X, formerly known as Twitter. He had previously said it was not worth posting on the social media site as creators…
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