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Sickle Cell Disease (SCD), is the most common inherited serious blood disorders. It is characterised by chronic anaemia, recurrent attacks of severe pain and complications leading to the blockage of blood flow. The mortality rate tend to be…

This article was published elsewhere more than 11 years ago. We are republishing it just in case you find it useful. Introduction The shea tree has many uses, both economic and environmental to the people of the Northern and Upper…

Ghana has signed double taxation agreements (DTAs) with more than 10 countries. In February it added Ireland to the list of countries it has DTAs with. While DTAs have some tax benefits for companies and citizens living and working between…

"When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not…

Tiffanie DeBartolo in How to Kill a Rock Star had this to say. “Did you really want to die? No one commits suicide because they want to die. Then why do they do it? Because they want to stop the pain.” Sometime in 1994, whilst in my…

If there is one continent where poverty shouldn’t be experienced or even tolerated at the current levels, it is Africa. The continent has enough wealth to go around, but several factors, among them poor and weak leadership, broken systems…

She wanted to study architecture. But when she got admission into Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria, she was offered fine art at the Faculty of Environmental Design. She didn’t even draw while she was growing up, but just one year…

“Perhaps this is what the stories meant when they called somebody heartsick. Your heart and your stomach and your whole insides felt empty and hollow and aching.” Gabriel García Márquez Bereavement is not a pleasant experience. Anyone who…

Christophe Galfard in his book The Universe in Your Hand argues that “a clock that is moving through space at a very fast speed does not tick at the same rate as a slow-moving watch gently attached to your wrist as you stroll on a tropical…

“Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.” Steve Jobs This week, the Deputy Minister of Health…