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Hundreds of young transgender people are seeking help to return to their original sex, a woman who is setting up a charity has told Sky News. Charlie Evans, 28, was born female but identified as male for nearly 10 years before detransitioning. The number of young people seeking gender transition is at an all-time high but we hear very little, if anything, about those who may come to regret their decision. There is currently no data to reflect the number who may be unhappy in their new gender or who may opt to detransition to their biological sex. Charlie detransitioned…

Forgiveness is a conscious and deliberate decision to pardon someone who has harmed or adversely affected you. It doesn’t mean forgetting, condoning, or excusing offenses. It’s about liberating yourself from anger and negative feelings, and achieving peace of mind. Stress is often caused by the actions of others. A customer demands a full refund for a purchase without a valid explanation. An employee reneges on a commitment to help with a project. Your sales manager tells you at the last minute that he can’t complete a business proposal, forcing you to work all weekend to finish it. Afterward, you feel…

Forgiveness is a conscious and deliberate decision to pardon someone who has harmed or adversely affected you. It doesn’t mean forgetting, condoning, or excusing offenses. It’s about liberating yourself from anger and negative feelings, and achieving peace of mind. Stress is often caused by the actions of others. A customer demands a full refund for a purchase without a valid explanation. An employee reneges on a commitment to help with a project. Your sales manager tells you at the last minute that he can’t complete a business proposal, forcing you to work all weekend to finish it. Afterward, you feel…

Every year, the world celebrates the teaching profession on the 5th of October. Since its inception in 1994, each year’s celebration comes with a theme that seems to bring to the fore the emerging issues in the profession for global discussion. For instance, in 2018, the theme was “the right to education means the right to a qualified teacher”. This theme was to remind the global community that the achievement of the right to education and education for all hinges on the availability and provision of trained and qualified teachers. This year, the global community has been called to reexamine…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Northern Region has claimed that the Electoral Commission (EC) is attempting to aid the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to undertake mass voter transfers from Tamale to the Karaga and Nanton Constituencies. Mr Hardi Pagazaa, Deputy Northern Regional Communications Officer of the NDC, who made the allegation at a News conference in Tamale, claimed the EC was going “To illegally transfer some NPP votes from the Tamale Central and Tamale South constituencies to Karaga and Nanton respectively”. He said “Indeed our intelligence has it that a meeting to that effect was held at the…

The suspect was trapped to death[/caption] A suspected armed robber, believed to be a member of a gang terrorizing residents of Anomangye in the Suame Municipality of the Ashanti Region, has met his untimely death in one of his robbery sprees. Khalipha Frafra, said to be in his mid-twenties, was trapped to death by the metal gate of the shop he attempted to break into to steal. This happened at car washing bay at Anomangye, near Suame at about 0200hour on September 26, this year. Detective Sergeant Emmanuel Boateng Acheampong of the Suame Police Criminal Investigations Department (CID), has confirmed…

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has described the recent outbreak of xenophobic violence in South Africa as an “embarrassment to the continent”. The president, who is on a state visit to South Africa, made the comments during a meeting with Nigerians living there, according to his official Twitter account. The recent acts of xenophobic attacks on our compatriots and other Africans in South Africa are shocking to me, Nigerians and indeed Africa. It was an embarrassment to the continent. — Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident) October 4, 2019 Nigerian-owned businesses, among others, were targeted in a bout of violence last month. The attacks…

A 34-year-old Science and ICT teacher at the Akwatia St Dominic Junior High School in the Easter region, Sabina Koba Dosu, has been adjudged the Most Outstanding Teacher for 2019. She was awarded with a three-bedroom house worth one hundred and eighty thousand Ghana cedis (GHC180,000). Addressing the gathering at the Ghana Teacher Prize 2019 at the Paa Joe stadium in Kumasi, Vice President Dr Mahmoud Bawumia conceded that teachers still have challenges that need to be addressed. He however reaffirmed government’s commitment to empower and enhance the working condition of teachers across the country. “We must and will continue to strive…

The senior military officer, Colonel Samuel Kojo Gameli, who is being held together with others for allegedly plotting to destabilise Ghana, has expressed disgust at the manner he has been handled by the State so far. According the officer, he has since his arrest on September 23 “been treated like a common criminal” and not been given “the dignity of a serving military colonel”. “This, he shall take up seriously with the authorities at the appropriate time,” a statement issued Friday by Elpis Law Partners, lawyers for the military officer said. How was he treated? The lawyers said in the…

The UK Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Development, Baroness Sugg, says her country is seeking to remove every form of trade and investment barrier that exist between the UK and Ghana. She was Speaking at the third UK-Ghana Business Council meeting at the Jubilee House. The UK-Ghana Business Council (UKGBC) is a biannual high-level meeting between top government officials from both countries. The meeting is used as a vehicle to move forward a new strategic economic partnership between the UK and Ghana that focuses on increased trade and investment. Baroness Sugg said the two countries…