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A man sold his kidney for £ 12,300 and spent the cash on an engagement ring for his lover only for her to dump him in the Ukraine. Organ sales have become lucrative business in certain parts of the world since the global economic recession. For instance, in Britain it is no longer surprising to find kidneys being advertised for ...

Players in the aviation industry in Africa and India have gathered in Accra, Ghana to strategize and promote safety in the airspace. The 19th satellite network management committee meeting, which started yesterday and ends on 18th November, 2011, is being attended by 21 African countries as well as representatives from India, among others. At the end of the four-day meeting, ...

The Nigerian Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke has won the 2011 International Law Commission (ILC) reelection. He defeated 12 other African nominees for the 9 seats given to the African Continent on the Board of the International Law Commission. He won by 135 votes, against nominees from Côte d’Ivoire, Mozambique, Libya, Mali, Egypt, Cameroon, Algeria, Malawi, Tanzania, ...

The Kenyan, Somali and Ugandan presidents on Wednesday held a closed-door meeting in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi aimed at emphasizing the need for joint cooperation in order to successfully defeat the Islamic militant group, Al Shabaab, and others that continue to threaten peace and stability in the Horn of Africa and internationally. President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya, Yoweri Museveni of ...

Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba has warned that excluding women from leadership roles in the public sector will continue to perpetuate poverty and detract countries from development. Mrs Masire-Mwamba made these comments at the opening of a senior leaders’ forum on ‘Women Leaders for Development’ held at the Commonwealth Secretariat’s headquarters in Marlborough House, London, on 14 November 2011. Women ...