Former British police officer jailed for abusing over 200 girls on Snapchat

A former British police officer was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with a minimum term of 12 years after he pleaded guilty to over 100 child sex offences, including threatening and blackmailing more than 200 young girls into sending…

UN chief calls for reopening of girls’ schools in Afghanistan

Marking the second anniversary of the ban on girls’ education in Afghanistan, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called on the ruling Taliban militants to reopen schools for girls. “Girls belong in school,” Guterres wrote on X, the social…

Sugar tax helps prevent obesity in older girls, Cambridge study suggests

The tax on sugary drinks may have prevented more than 5,000 cases of obesity every year among girls in their final year of primary school, research suggests. Experts led by the University of Cambridge analysed the impact of the sugar…

From Lagos to Kampala with Runtown – Dami Ajayi

Lagos, Nigeria’s claim to a mega city, and Kampala, Uganda’s capital, have little in common except, perhaps, for Runtown. You can’t even get a straight flight from Lagos to Kampala for two reasons. 1. There is no commercial airport in…

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