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Friday, 7th March 2014
“I’ll do anything to further the vision. It’s about making people wake up to the idea that they can do something for others. There are a lot of people that could ...
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Tuesday, 18th March 2014
„Mommy, mommy, it smells great! Is it ready? When is it ready? Hurry up, mom! C’mon!” These were exactly the words said by my little cousin who was anxiously ...
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Friday, 7th March 2014
We all have bad days. Life spares none of us the experiencing of hard times. The kind of day when even breathing feels like torture. While walking with your head bowed down, you ...
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Friday, 14th February 2014
Do you know the feeling of discovering old things within dusty crates in the attic of your grandparents? The kind of things whose existence has been wiped out from your memory? Is ...
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Monday, 17th February 2014
I was in a pirouette, a double one. As always, I had some trouble with my head scarf. It hurts when you tight it and somehow, it never stays in place. This time, in that ...
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Thursday, 30th January 2014
“God, if You truly exists, please, please make them stop !”
There he was: with a shaky and timorous figure, with head bowed down like a praying priest, he was ...
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Tuesday, 11th February 2014
It has been a few days since I arrived in Egypt; a country that made me go back centuries in the history of the world. Today our guide, Abdou, brings us to a felucca, a typical ...
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Thursday, 30th January 2014
If Cinderella wasn’t a gorgeous slender girl with fair skin, luscious hair and twinkling blue eyes would you still regard her as worthy of finding happiness in the arms of ...
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Wednesday, 13th November 2013
When you are passionate about something, you are strongly willing to give up on everything you possess, to walk on rain and wind in order to follow your lifetime dream. ...
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Wednesday, 13th November 2013
University. Perhaps this word doesn`t say too much to you, but for the majority of youngsters, it is a need-to-turn-the-page factor. Like in a catching leading of a story, going ...
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Tuesday, 1st October 2013
A moment of awkwardness set in as my friend and I were drinking our beers. It had been a long day and our drinks felt endless. At one point he stands tall and says “I know, ...
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Thursday, 19th September 2013
Wolves are best known for moving and hunting in packs. We just look at their ferocity but very rarely admire their grandeur and majestic outlook. If real wolves were that ...
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Tuesday, 1st October 2013
What starts as a tingling sensation in the back of your head and ends with you fearing and questioning everything around you may be considered by many as paranoia. What is ...
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Tuesday, 10th September 2013
The city of Bethlehem is known throughout the world as the place where Jesus was born, somewhere in or around the ChurchofNativity. However,Bethlehemcan also be remembered for a ...
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Thursday, 12th September 2013
Ever since man grabbed the nearest stick that was at his disposal and hit the rock next to him, his destiny would be stitched tightly to what will be later known as music. Since ...
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Tuesday, 10th September 2013
Discovering the Armenian Quarter
One afternoon, I decided to go to the Old City of Jerusalem to take some pictures in the Church of the Holy Sepulture, as I have been ...
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Thursday, 12th September 2013
There is a saying that got passed around a lot along the years regarding variety it being the spice of life. That is what I thought and still consider being a valuable idea to ...
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Tuesday, 20th August 2013
Sorcery, supernatural or extraordinary evil – does this come to mind when you think of dark magic? Or could the term ‘dark magic’ be a misinterpretation of a ...
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Tuesday, 10th September 2013
Since the fall of the authoritarian Communist regime of Nicolae Ceausescu,Romania has found itself on the rise in the political spectrum. But in reality how much has truly ...
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Friday, 23rd August 2013
Recently, I was given the opportunity to see for myself some of the richest cultural heritage Romania has to offer, in the form of four different fortified structures; Parohia ...
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Wednesday, 14th August 2013
Suburbs in Stockholm, Sweden seem to be the latest spot for riots similar those that took place in Paris and London. The violence started in Husby, when a 69-year-old man was shot ...
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Monday, 29th July 2013
Many years ago, there were no proper roads in ...
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Monday, 22nd July 2013
My seven-year-old cousin was diagnosed with leukemia two years ago. That was my first experience ...
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Monday, 22nd July 2013
“Beauty is the wonder of wonders”, said Oscar Wilde. He also was a passionate sustainer of appearance and its worth. We like to think that we don`t judge a book by its ...
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Monday, 22nd July 2013
For two weeks, I have travelled through Budapest, Vienna and Prague, with my journey ending in the Slovak village of ...
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Monday, 15th July 2013
Your mindset plays an important role in achieving your success, whether it’s for minor or major goals. With minor, day-to-day goals, you know what you ...
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Wednesday, 10th July 2013
Within the next few minutes, you are going to spend a few precious strokes of theclock reading a happiness mantra, which I wish to share with those longing to rid themselves of ...
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Friday, 5th July 2013
After living her whole life in the exotic Far East, in a country that provides, literally, everything, she suddenly chose to change things a little by joining in a bold and an ...
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Friday, 5th July 2013
How do they manage to have such a huge success? Is it hard-work, intelligence, honesty, or all these together? Such questions you might ask yourself when you hear about ...
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Friday, 5th July 2013
I didn’t even properly feel I was finally in Romania, as I arrived in Bucharest at midnight and couldn’t see anything on my trip from Bucharest to Brasov. In brief, my ...
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Wednesday, 3rd July 2013
Japan and Romania: an Asian civilization and a European one. It seems unlikely that the difference gap between these countries can be bridged. But a volunteering experience has ...
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Wednesday, 3rd July 2013
Friendly and puffy, pillows succeed daily in making our lives more beautiful. Everyday after finishing work or school, millions of people around the world throw themselves in ...
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Tuesday, 25th June 2013
If someone is over 60 years old and has no friends, no lover, no children and no one to share his home with, that person is probably not very happy…
Ta Songa was my ...
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Tuesday, 11th June 2013
An alarming number of children are over-weight. In South Africa it is estimated that nearly 1 in 5 children is obese or over-weight. Whether due to poor diet or lack of exercise, ...
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Friday, 23rd August 2013
I received my first real hit of typical tourist culture shock in a plane hundreds of miles above Bucharest city, nose pressed up against the window like a toddler, eyes focused on ...
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Wednesday, 5th June 2013
It was in the May of 2008 in Gir Wildlife Sanctuary, the only place in the world where you can still see Asiatic lions in the wild, the sun was on its way to light up the other ...
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Wednesday, 5th June 2013
Social media is shorthand for the multitude of ways in which people can interact and exchange data in virtual environments. Many technology experts claim that social media ...
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Friday, 23rd August 2013
I arrived in Bucharest at nine in the evening, leaving the airport just in time to catch a glimpse of the setting sun. As a luminous glow descended through the wispy, feathery ...
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Monday, 3rd June 2013
Everything in our world today is accessible with a click of a mouse or a push of a button. Nothing is off limits it seems. Thus teaching our children about social issues and ...
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Tuesday, 28th May 2013
Talented Kids is a television show in Ghana for children aged 7 to 12. It is for children ...
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Friday, 23rd August 2013
Before boarding the plane to Brasov, I had no idea what to expect as Romania is portrayed as a land of mystery and magic in Australia. Most exposure to Romania comes from movies ...
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Friday, 24th May 2013
Imagine experiencing a sparkle of the historical past in recent times. This is exactly ...
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Tuesday, 21st May 2013
For a lot of people volunteering is an important and much appreciated task where individuals often selflessly dedicate their time to support disadvantaged organisations. ...
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Friday, 24th May 2013
When I first started telling my family and friends that my next travels would take me to Romania, many did not understand. To them Romania was just another country in Eastern ...
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Tuesday, 21st May 2013
It's not easy to speak about Italian music and it's so only because of its unbelievable variety of facets and nuances. But there's something that is typical of Italian music and ...
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Tuesday, 21st May 2013
Italian cuisine has developed through centuries of social and political changes, with roots that date as far back as 4BC. Italian cuisine has been influenced by other cuisines ...
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Wednesday, 8th May 2013
After being sexually and physically abused by her own father, 17-year-old *Anni Samson turned to drugs and alcohol. She tells us the story of how her own mother refused to believe ...
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Friday, 17th May 2013
Colors, parades, music, men on horses, beautiful costumes and a week full of fun, dance, ...
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Thursday, 18th April 2013
Independence Day is a special day in Ghana. It is the day Ghana was freed from British rule. We celebrate it to remember Dr Kwame Nkrumah who fought for our independence. It is ...
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Friday, 26th April 2013
With the emergence of modern technology our life has completely changed; we have become attached to a virtual world and cabled to our digital devices. Familial warmth is no longer ...
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Monday, 8th April 2013
Venezuelan presidential elections will take place on April 14, the first in almost 20 years not to feature Hugo Chávez. Such is what the Economist calls Latin ...
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Wednesday, 10th April 2013
“Life is too short to be sitting around feeling miserable! Get a drink, down it and turn it round with another drink. Whether you are doing bad or good, put your glass ...
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Monday, 8th April 2013
Even with the rise of feminism and women worldwide vindicating their rights, demanding equal pay ...
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Monday, 8th April 2013
Canada, once the symbol of environmental innovation, country of vast plains and untouched forests, a pacifying power and human rights defender, cannot fulfill the stereotype any ...
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Tuesday, 9th April 2013
“You don`t need school in order to get a future.”…some say.
After centuries of struggles and efforts made by so many academics and educated men to lead humanity ...
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Wednesday, 3rd April 2013
Since five years old, I’ve heard Chavez’s name almost non-stop and with his recent ...
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Tuesday, 2nd April 2013
Mole national park is in the Northern Region of Ghana and is the largest nature reservation in the country. It was founded in 1970 and covers an area of 4.840 km² of savannah ...
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Wednesday, 27th March 2013
Cape Coast is one of the most popular touristic cities in Ghana. Travelers enjoy lying at the beach, eating local seafood and buying colourful souvenirs. The adventurous go ...
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Wednesday, 6th March 2013
Imprisoned for 27 years, Nelson Mandela fought to change South Africa and do away with the apartheid system. He didn’t want to achieve wealth or authority, but freedom.
His story
In 1918, Mandela was ...
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Wednesday, 27th February 2013
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a genital operation performed on females at a very young age or before they reach adolescent. It involves the cutting of the ...
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Friday, 22nd February 2013
Sally Ngissah is a journalist. She works as a reporter for a radio station in Cape Coast, Ghana. Sally did not plan to become a reporter. She always wanted to be a photo ...
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Monday, 18th February 2013
Sanitation is very important in our environment and community. Sanitation is the act of keeping our schools, churches, homes, compounds and our living environments clean and tidy. ...
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Friday, 15th February 2013
One of the greatest, if not the greatest gift life can offer a person is the gift of love. Firstly, what is love? What can make you know whether you love, or that you are ...
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Tuesday, 12th February 2013
Malaria is a disease in tropical Africa. It is mainly caused by a parasite which is normally carried and injected into our bodies by a mosquito. The malaria ...
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Friday, 8th February 2013
Freedom and Justice. Ghana’s motto is written boldly on the Independence Arch in the country’s capital.
Accra is a bustling and chaotic ...
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Monday, 4th February 2013
Child Trafficking is a serious problem facing children in Ghana. Ghana is not the only country involved in child trafficking. It also happens in Togo, Benin ...
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Wednesday, 30th January 2013
Probably the more precise term is to say: When in Accra, do as Accra’s population do! “Never shake somebody’s hand with your left hand, ...
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Tuesday, 29th January 2013
Gloria Sackey
When we were in the classroom yesterday our English master, Mr Marty, came in and started to write the lesson the chalkboard. His back was too ...
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Friday, 28th December 2012
I want to tell a story. It isn’t really my story, but instead the story of a man who inspired me. There are two places in the world where you can see Orang-utans in the ...
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Thursday, 20th December 2012
If you knew this was your last day on Earth, how would you want to spend it? In recent months, we have heard a great deal about the day of 21 December 2012. According to some ...
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Wednesday, 19th December 2012
Health can be referred to as the condition of the body, especially concerning illness and disease. Therefore health problems in Sub-Saharan Africa relate to physical, mental and ...
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Monday, 17th December 2012
Maternal mortality refers to the death of a woman during childbirth. It is sadly a common problem concerning the women of Ghana and especially teenagers. In Ghana, one woman in 66 ...
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Monday, 17th December 2012
Immigration has become useful for ...
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Wednesday, 12th December 2012
A road accident is an accident that occurs by the road side. ...
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Wednesday, 12th December 2012
Music is literally accepted as a universal ...
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Monday, 17th December 2012
Marriage is the lawful relationship between a man and a woman to live together as husband and wife. It is an important stage in the life of Ghanaians.
Christians believe that ...
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Friday, 30th November 2012
Dance is an important part of Ghanaian culture and a way of expressing one’s self. For instance, people ...
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Wednesday, 28th November 2012
It was the beautiful tennis player Maria Sharapova who said, ‘When you look good, you feel good. Confidence with what you’re wearing is very important. If you feel ...
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Monday, 26th November 2012
Did you know that there are more cell phones in South Africa than users? According to statistics there are more than 59 million cell phones in this country, while there are only ...
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Wednesday, 21st November 2012
Earth Day has become an international symbol of unity and respect for the environment and this year has been no exception. Under the slogan ‘Mobilise the Earth’, 192 ...
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Tuesday, 20th November 2012
Students at Mother Teresa School, Senya Beraku, write about what it’s like being a girl in ...
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Monday, 12th November 2012
It has been on the news since the middle of this year – South African miners on strike for higher wages. And after a strike got out of control at the Marikana mine on ...
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Wednesday, 14th November 2012
New Life Orphanage, Nungua, Accra, Ghana. Is there anything on earth more rewarding than ...
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Thursday, 1st November 2012
Drug abuse can be said to be the excessive or improper use of drugs. In Ghana teenagers are the most dominant group of drug abusers. Why do people abuse drugs at all? Is it for ...
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Wednesday, 31st October 2012
Electricity is one of the major important facilities in the modern world and something that is relied on a daily basis. Senya Beraku is a bustling town along the coast of the ...
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Monday, 29th October 2012
Alcohol results in almost 2.5 million deaths each year. If that doesn’t scare you, 320 thousand young people between the age of 15 and 29 die from alcohol-related causes. ...
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Friday, 19th October 2012
I can’t tell if Die Antwoord are a poor parody of a rap group, or an intangible art exhibition, representing the post-apartheid slum culture of South Africa, with one ...
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Monday, 15th October 2012
Why does bullfighting remain in Spain, and why it's important for the 'traditional art' to stop, as a first step against factory farming.
Two years after the historic decision ...
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Monday, 15th October 2012
Along with a rich history observable in Machu Picchu and other archeological ruins, Peruvian food has become one of the strongest symbols of the growing nation and a way to ...
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Friday, 5th October 2012
Venezuela is the third world’s oil exporter and has been since 1998 governed by the same man, Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias. This military that perpetrated a failed coup ...
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Monday, 6th August 2012
Any Brit will tell you that the country has been bombarded with Olympic related everything for the last 7 years. After a few hiccups and doubts, the games are well on their ...
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Thursday, 16th August 2012
The room was filled with an excited atmosphere: chatter and singing filled the air. For all the girls present in the room, the previous two months had been leading up to the ...
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Tuesday, 12th June 2012
"The international community needs to take immediate action after the massacre in Houla and take all necessary measures in order to protect the Syrian civilians." The Arab League ...
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Monday, 13th May 2013
The concept incubator ...
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Friday, 20th July 2012
Time is 10 pm. The traffic gridlock on major Lagos roads has reduced. The streets were getting deserted as workers stood at various bus stops to return home. The street lights ...
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Monday, 18th June 2012
Unlike many other volunteers, I was thoroughly prepared for my first visit to Romania. As a ...
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Tuesday, 12th June 2012
Binge drinking is a term used to describe the overconsumption of alcohol (generally five drinks ...
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Monday, 28th May 2012
According to the U.S. Department of State, "Ghana is a country of origin, transit and destination for women and children subjected to forced labour and sex trafficking". Most of ...
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Tuesday, 12th June 2012
“God made Adam and Eve and not Adam and Steve”. How many have you heard that saying?
Realistically though, how many gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people ...
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Monday, 28th May 2012
We live in a society where people use proverbs, tales, and folk songs to justify the discrimination that African women are subjected to. It is true that in the traditional ...
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Monday, 28th May 2012
I have always lived in the midst of the country, surrounded by flora and fauna with which i was taught to live in symbiosis. Shared between a dense forest and the Atlantic sea, ...
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Monday, 28th May 2012
Many people living in South Africa don't know much about diabetes. "Diabetes is when your blood has too much sugar due to eating a lot of sweets," said Mary, a Sea Point High ...
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Friday, 25th May 2012
Kenyan state schooling has a real challenge to face: a lack of resources, an outdated curriculum, and archaic teaching practices (including illegal caning). However, the children ...
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Thursday, 24th May 2012
Senegal is a country where umemployment rate is very high. This is one of the main reasons why some people take advantage of this situation and indulge in begging.
Many of the ...
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Thursday, 24th May 2012
I've always wanted to stop the time because...every year, at my birthday, I start thinking about the past year. And I realize that I'm getting lonely, I'm getting older. I'm ...
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Friday, 25th May 2012
If you had the curiosity to leaf through the calendar of a Romanian, the 1st of March would surely come into your notice. The date would be marked by "Martisor", which is an old ...
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Thursday, 24th May 2012
India produces much of the needed commercial power, almost 55% from coal. As per the Government's estimate, the coal shortage in India is likely to touch 15 per cent to 81 million ...
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Friday, 25th May 2012
Teenage pregnancy is a topic often discussed and seldom looked upon with fondness or respect. When we hear about a teenage girl becoming pregnant we often associate it with ...
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Friday, 25th May 2012
The prospect of helping the needy or volunteering is scarce in teenagers these days. Their hours are spent 'hanging out' with friends, socialising on Facebook or just chatting on ...
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Monday, 28th May 2012
With many international organizations fighting against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), why is it still being practiced? Numerous women are dying every year according to an ...
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Monday, 11th June 2012
The human spirit can be a powerful thing, especially when motivated and spurred on by the drive to pay tribute to fallen heroes.
The memory of 18 players killed in an air crash ...
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Tuesday, 18th September 2012
Ghana is a country that takes religion and religious duties very seriously. With sixty three per cent of the population Christian, one only needs to pass a shop called ...
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Wednesday, 3rd July 2013
There is a fine jewel, dwarfed by high mountains; with a heart so big I feel it rise above the Carpathian Mountains. This jewel is called Brasov. This city has the air of a ...
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Wednesday, 2nd October 2013
When did our hearts become so immune to all the injustices happening in the world we live in? Was it when they started becoming so common that we began to view it as normal ...