Millions Of Caesarean Sections Are Being Performed Without Medical Need, And Experts Are Worried About The Consequences
IFLScience7 days agoSouth Sudan, where 82 percent of residents live in poverty, per The World Bank, showed the lowest rate – only 0.6 percent. An accompanying commentary, written by representatives ...
How Russia moved into Central Africa
Daily Mail2 days agoShabayev, head of a chapter of a paramilitary Cossack organisation who has ties to Russian security contractors, said there could be 1,000 in CAR and 5,000 to 10,000 across Africa, including ...
How the United Nations Is Using AR to Fight World Hunger
Fortune3 days agoVirtual reality, set in a simulated world, and augmented reality, which enhances the real one, are increasingly making strides in cinema (3D movies), video games (Pokémon Go), and social media ...
Archive for October 17th, 2018
KPCC Pasadena2 days ago| Diane Cole | NPR | October 17 2018, 2:20 PM Dr. Evan Atar Adaha has won the U.N.'s Nansen Refugee Award. Of his commitment to work in a conflict zone, he says: "I would feel guilt the rest of my life if I left people
Sauti Gives Voice and Handycams to Refugee Women in Uganda
Denver Westword2 days agoNosal wanted not only to share their nascent stories with the world, without the interjection of her onlooker’s point of view, but she also strove to help them see beyond the barbed-wire fences ...
Monitoring Ebola Virus, 9/24/18
Columbia University News8 hours agoColumbia University is closely monitoring the current outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that was declared on August 1, 2018 by the Ministry of Public ...
Sudan: Peace At Last Perhaps
Strategy Page6 days agoAugust 6, 2018: Yesterday another peace deal was agreed to for South Sudan and the deal was signed in Sudan, where all the principal faction leaders met to agree on the ...
Metz’s Mamadou Fofana opens Mali’s goal account in Burundi stalemate
Sporting News3 days agoThe 20-year-old defender broke his duck for the Eagles and helped them maintain their dominance at the summit of their group
Facebook Investors Want to Boot Zuckerberg After Scandals | Digital Trends
Digital Trends17 hours agoAfter a rocky year of privacy scandals, several major Facebook investors are calling for Facebook creator and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to be removed from his role as chairman on the board. On Wednesday ...
State media: Former Sudanese president al-Dahab dies, 83
Olean Times Herald19 hours agoCAIRO (AP) — Sudan's state news agency is reporting that former field marshal and president of Sudan, Abdelrahman Swar al-Dahab, who seized power in a military coup but passed leadership