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WHO Names Uganda Most Active Nation
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A report into the levels of physical inactivity across the globe has found that Uganda is the world’s most active nation. The study, published in the medical journal The Lancet, is a compilation of surveys done in 168 countries. It highlights the
Lack of exercise puts one in four people at risk – WHO
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Very little progress has been made in reducing levels of inactivity worldwide, experts have warned. A WHO report estimates that more than a quarter of people worldwide – 1.4 billion – are not doing enough physical exercise, a figure that has
Egypt renews detention for Al Jazeera’s Mahmoud Hussein
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Egyptian authorities have renewed the detention of Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein for the 16th consecutive time by a further 45 days. Hussein has now spent more than 620 days in detention, which exceeds the legal period of pre-trial detention allowed
VW to establish assembling plant in Ghana – Angela Merkel reveals
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has revealed that popular German car maker VW is set to establish an assembling plant in Ghana. Addressing a joint press conference with President Akufo-Addo, at the foyer of the Jubilee House, Chancellor Angela Merkel, said her
Angela Merkel arrives in Ghana for State visit
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President Akufo-Addo will today, Thursday, August 30, receive German Chancellor Angela Merkel for bilateral discussions as part of her three-nation West African tour. The German Chancellor will on her arrival hold bilateral discussions at the Jubilee House which will focus on
Morocco arrests 12 suspects over teen’s 2-month torture
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Moroccan authorities arrested 12 suspects and were hunting three others after a 17-year-old girl told police she was gang-raped, tortured, and held against her will for two months. Anger erupted in Morocco after news reports last week that the teenager was abducted, brutalised, and forcibly tattooed. The case sparked
Kenya’s deputy chief justice arrested
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Kenya’s Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu has been arrested at her offices in the Supreme Court in the capital, Nairobi over alleged corruption. She has been taken to the police’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations for questioning. Kenya’s national prosecutor has confirmed
Nigeria police arrest 57 men at ‘gay party’
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Police in Nigeria say they arrested 57 men over the weekend on suspicion of being gay as displays of same-sex affection are banned in the West African country. The police raided a hotel in the main commercial city of Lagos where