Population Council Wants Sex Education For Adolescents Intensified
Dr Leticia Adelaide Appiah, the Executive Director of the National Population Council has called for intensified sex education for teenagers ...
Tag: Demography
How Can Serena Williams Win A Grand Slam While Pregnant?
With or without the benefit of hindsight, Serena Williams' victory at the Australian Open in January was sublime. The 'greatest ...
Cameroon Denies Forcibly Repatriating Nigerian Refugees
A two-day-old baby boy cries as his parents take seats in a Cameroonian military truck in the border town of ...
Fresh Surge of Refugees Return To Afghanistan From Pakistan
A fresh surge of undocumented refugees have returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan this month, a humanitarian group said Thursday, saying ...
South Sudan War Strains Uganda’s Generous Refugee Policy
Ugandan motorbike taxi driver Sadiq Agotre grumbles as he waits for a rare client among thousands of South Sudanese refugees ...
Migrant Rescuers, Island Mayor Win UNESCO Peace Prize
UNESCO awarded its prestigious peace prize on Wednesday to migrant rescue association SOS Mediterranee and the mayor of Lampedusa, the ...
‘Australia First’ Foreign Visa Changes Spark Cheers, Fears
Australia's controversial decision to scrap a visa programme for temporary foreign workers got a mixed response Wednesday, with critics slamming ...
Migration and Development. The Challenge of Our Time?
Migration and Development. The challenge of our time? Migration, as always, is of major concern to countries poor and rich ...
Trump To Overhaul Visa Program For High-Skilled Workers
President Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday that aims to overhaul the H1-B visa program used by tech ...
Thousands Saved Off Libyan Coast Over Easter
Thousands of migrants have been saved from the sea near Libya during one of the busiest weekends of the year ...
World’s Oldest Person Dies At 117
The world’s oldest person has died in Italy at the age of 117, reports say. Emma Morano was born on ...
PNG To Investigate ‘drunk Rampage’ At Australia Refugee Camp
Drunk soldiers "went on a rampage" and fired shots in the air at an Australian asylum-seeker camp in Papua New ...
Diarrhoea Kills More Than 500 In Somalia Since January
Cholera and acute diarrhoea have killed more than 500 people and left tens of thousands of others sick in drought-hit ...
South Africa Mourns the Death of Ontlametse Phalatse
A woman who captured the hearts of many South Africans for her brave battle against premature aging disorder progeria has ...
Growing Risk of ‘mass’ Starvation Deaths In Africa
The United Nations warned Tuesday that "the risk of mass deaths from starvation ... is growing" among people in conflict ...
Visa For Egyptians Aimed At Preventing ‘terrorists’
Sudan said on Monday that its decision to make Egyptian men aged from 18 to 50 obtain entry visas was ...
Lessons of War
By Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings This week marks the 23rd anniversary of the Rwanda genocide and our prayers are with the ...
Refugees To Remain In PNG If No US Resettlement
Asylum-seekers sent by Australia to a Papua New Guinea camp will be resettled there if they are not offered a ...
Ghana International Women’s Club Donates To HelpAge
The Ghana International Women’s Club (GIWC) has donated items including pharmaceuticals, cloths, food, and clothing, to HelpAge Ghana, an organization ...
Spreading Violence In South Sudan Forcing Thousands To Flee To Uganda
A woman and her children displaced by fighting in South Sudan sit outside her tent at the Kule camp The ...