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View as a gridProtesters in Nigeria Demand a Proper End to Police Unit That Tortures Detainees
VICE
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President Buhari promised to abolish the controversial police unit SARS on Monday, but activists say they want proof it's actually being done.
There Are 200 Million People in Nigeria. Only 1 Million Have Been Vaccinated
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And disinformation is spreading fast.
Democratizing Women's Health (SSIR)
Stanford Social Innovation Review
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Daleela AI seeks to empower Arabic women with access to information about sexual and reproductive health.
AI Medical Diagnostics (SSIR)
Stanford Social Innovation Review
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minoHealth AI Labs seeks to streamline diagnostic imaging to accelerate health-care treatment and improve health outcomes in Africa.
Can a bra detect breast cancer? This Nigerian entrepreneur thinks so
The Guardian
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An aunt's death led Kemisola Bolarinwa to develop a wearable device that can pick up Nigeria's most common cancer much earlier
Saving African babies' lives by banking mothers' milk
Christian Science Monitor
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Mothers' breast milk can make the difference between life and death for babies around the world. But getting that milk from point A - mothers who have more than they need - to point B - babies whose mothers don't produce enough - can be expensive and complicated. The solution?
TV for Africa's Deaf Community (SSIR)
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Obstetrics by App (SSIR)
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More than email scams: the evolution of Nigeria's cyber-crime threat
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With more than 120 million internet users in Nigeria, the country's anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is faced with an uphill struggle to contain an epidemic of cyber crime. It is a challenge that persists despite the organisation's partnership with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Microsoft and Africa's giant telecoms company, MTN.
Nigerians live in fear as government stumbles on banditry attacks
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On the afternoon of Valentine's Day, gunmen believed to be bandits abducted about 50 bus passengers travelling home from a wedding in Nigeria's Niger State. The kidnapping - less than 60 kilometres from Minna, the state capital - should have made international news.
Nigerian Catholics speak of 'palpable fear' as anti-Christian violence escalates
Global Sisters Report
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Send your thoughts to Letters to the Editor. Learn more St. Louis Sr. Agnes Adeluyi remembered June 5 was a particularly hot afternoon, when she and her team of nurses labored to save the survivors of the church shooting in Owo, a city in the southwestern Nigerian state of Ondo.
Experts Warn of 750,000 More Malaria Deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa
VICE
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The region has made considerable progress in combating the disease, but complications linked to COVID-19 could potentially lead to double the number of deaths this year compared to 2018.
Nigerian nuns whittle away at country's 10.5 million kids out of school
Global Sisters Report
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On a quiet, breezy morning, Sr. Dorothy Okoli stood amid schoolchildren ages 6-12 in a classroom, teaching them English. It is a class she says she enjoys teaching, having studied English and guidance and counseling at the university. "I love to teach, and I see it as another ministry given to me by God," said Okoli, the school's headmistress.
As mental illness rises in Nigeria, nuns offer treatment, shelter to indigent people in Uyo
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Send your thoughts to Letters to the Editor. Learn more On a hot afternoon in September 2014, Imaobong Effiong was picked up from the streets of this southeastern town by a sister of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, who provides mental health support for impoverished and some indigenous men and women in southern Nigeria.
To foster inclusiveness, Nigerian nuns mainstream pupils with disabilities
Global Sisters Report
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On a sunny afternoon, the Rev. Gideon Oyabugbe, a minister at a local Baptist church, walked into St. Vincent's Centre for Inclusive Education to pick up James, his 8-year-old son, who is autistic. Oyabugbe had never heard about autism, which can affect communication and social interaction, until James was diagnosed with it as a baby.
In Nigeria, nun cares for abandoned children labeled as witches
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Three years after taking in 2-year-old Inimffon Uwamobong and her younger brother, Sr. Matylda Iyang finally heard from the mother who had abandoned them. "Their mother came back and told me that she (Inimffon) and her younger sibling are witches, asking me to throw them out of the convent," said Iyang, who oversees the Mother Charles Walker Children Home at the Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus convent.
In southern Nigeria, nuns put TB, leprosy patients on road to recovery
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After three years of visiting clinics and traditional healers across Nonwa Tai, in the southern corner of Nigeria, 55-year-old Benedict Ngbaji was shocked to discover the sores and lesions under his foot and ankle were symptoms of Hansen's disease, or leprosy.
Nuns try to fight lure of Europe by offering programs for young Nigerians
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Fatima Atewe, a single mother, knew it would be hard work, but she was excited to start a new job loading bricks into delivery trucks, earning as much as $27 a day. But after five months, her interest began to wane. She had only one thing on her mind: quit her job and migrate to Europe.
Coronavirus: Nigerian women seek old ways of giving birth amid pandemic
The National
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When Junaid Barakat's waters broke just after midnight, instead of heading to a hospital she sought assistance from a non-medically qualified traditional birthing attendant. She is one of the many Nigerian women turning to the old ways of giving birth during the coronavirus pandemic, driven by fears of contracting the virus in large health centres and a general mistrust of government hospitals.
Cancer rate: Why Nigeria's healthcare remains in ICU despite big policies
TRT World
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78,800 people died of cancer last year in the African nation which has one of the highest global rates of death from the disease
Meet the young man using art to help patients in Nigerian hospitals
TRT World
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In a country with low awareness of mental health issues, one man is using art to help patients recover.
South Africa's Mors Design Leads the Way with Tyre Tube Recycling
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South Africa's Mors Design, a local, sustainable small business in Cape Town, is recycling discarded inner tyre tubes and feeding its recycled products into homes, hotel chains and restaurants beyond Africa. Founded in 2015 by Raihana Govender and her co-founder, the upcycling initiative's products consist of a variety of bags, hand-woven laptop bags, chandeliers, and small furniture.
Q & A with Sr. Assumpta Ndidiamaka Okoli, helping Nigerians get health care
Global Sisters Report
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Send your thoughts to Letters to the Editor. Learn more When Sr. Assumpta Ndidiamaka Okoli was growing up in Amaokpala, a town in Orumba North Local Government Area, Anambra State, southern Nigeria, she had only two things on her mind: to become a medical doctor and a nun.