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Sickle-cell disease is incurable and affects 15,000 people in the UK. And the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence said the hope of reducing health inequalities for black people, who are predominantly affected and often have poorer health to start with, made the drug worth recommending. It called it “an innovative treatment”. Painful episodes

Kenya,Nairobi:   The senior advocate breathed his last on the evening of Monday, October 4, while undergoing treatment at the Nairobi Hospital. According to the family spokesperson Ken Monari, the lawyer succumbed after a long battle with multiple internal organs complications. He had been admitted to the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for four weeks.

British swimmer Ellie Robinson – a Paralympic gold and bronze medallist in Rio, aged 15 – has announced her retirement from the sport. The 20-year-old celebrated her fifth-place finish at the Tokyo Paralympics as a “story of triumph not defeat” in a powerful post-race interview. She revealed the struggle she had gone through just to get to

Watford have appointed Claudio Ranieri as their new head coach on a two-year contract after sacking Xisco Munoz. The Italian, who guided Leicester City to the Premier League title in 2016, left his role as Sampdoria manager at the end of last season. Watford, who are 15th in the Premier League with seven points from

Zimbabwe: A man of God believing to be in his 50s identified as Timothy Ngwu has been exposed for impregnating twenty of his church members. One might quiz how the women in the church who have fallen victims to this preacher man who has impregnated them. A lot of Christians are of the view or

Nigeria:Sunday Aborisade, Raphael Ede, Chidiebube Okeoma, Tony Okafor and Gibson Achonu 5 October 2021 The military on Monday began an operation in the South-East as part of efforts to address rising insecurity in the region. The Army indicated this at a press conference in Awka, the Anambra State capital as soldiers and policemen  paraded the

Democratic Republic Of Congo: By African News Schools have reopened in the Democratic Republic of Congo but the threat of a teachers strike looms large on the horizon. If it goes ahead, the strike will seriously compromise the provision of free primary education, a project launched by President Félix Tshisekedi in September 2019. Despite the

By African News Libya:The Norwegian Refugee Council claims thousands of migrants have been detained in Libya The NGO says it’s the fireced crackdown launched so far by the Libyan authorities targeting migrants. A human rights worker for the Norwegian Refugee Council claims that up to 5,000 refugees may have been detained in Lybia since Friday. The allegations