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Hemgenix, a single-dose cure for a form of the blood-clotting disorder hemophilia, recently set a new world record for the most expensive drug ever at a whopping $3.5 million per dose.

A six-member delegation from the National Assembly of Namibia on the Select Committee of Budget is in Ghana for a three-day benchmarking visit to Ghana’s Parliament. The delegation would engage the House through interaction and also liaise with Members of Parliament (MPs) to exchange ideas, and learn practices of Ghana’s Parliament as well as how Parliament works in Ghana. “The delegation is here, among other things, to create a platform of networks to deepen bilateral relations between Ghana’s Parliament and Namibia’s Legislature,” Mr Alban Bagbin, Speaker of Parliament, said on Tuesday in his formal communication on the floor of the…

For the first time in the history of the United Kingdom census, less than half of the population of England and Wales describe themselves as “Christian.” The new data, released Tuesday by the Office of National Statistics, shows that 46.2 percent of the population in England and Wales calls themselves “Christian,” a major decline from the 59.3 percent who answered that way in 2011. “Despite this decrease, ‘Christian’ remained the most common response to the religion question,” the Office of National Statistics said. There are 27.5 million Christians in England and Wales, a decrease from 2011 when there were 33.3 million…

What are five relationship-killing habits that we need to know about in order to stop doing them? Taking One Another for Granted I cannot go a day without telling my beloved wife “I love you,” but also “thank you” for all that she does for me and for our daughter. My senior-high girl is the last one in our nest, and after so many years, my wife has done so much for both of us. I left her a note of appreciation the other day saying just that: “Thank you for being such a great wife and a great mother.…

Are you wondering how to let go of a married man — someone you’re madly in love with but who’s hurting you, over and over and over? If you’ve been looking around online, you’ve probably discovered that there are millions of chat boards devoted to just this topic… and they don’t make you hopeful. The question at hand is this: Will your guy ever leave his wife? And, if he doesn’t, what to do about it and how to let go if you decide to leave? Knowing ahead of time how to let him go will help you take that big step to…

Here are four ways that God can even use evil for good Serving and Suffering Of course, there is no better example of evil men being used for, not only good, but much good…and much glory too, than on the cross! The cross is the absolute most vivid display of God’s “agape” love that has ever been or ever will be displayed. This was not done in a corner (Acts 26:26), and as the Apostle Paul said, “the prophets and Moses said would come to pass: that the Christ must suffer and that, by being the first to rise from the…

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as a universal call to action or global projection to end all forms of poverty and discrimination to protect the planet by 2030. The 17 SDGs are integrated, and recognise that action in one area would affect outcomes in others, with the guiding principle that development must go hand in hand with social, economic and environmental sustainability. The goals are, end to poverty, zero hunger, good health and well-being, quality education and gender equality, clean water and sanitation, affordable and clean energy, decent work and economic growth,…

The struggle for fish to escape poverty and improve lives has over the years birthed ‘’ sex for fish’’, a practice widely seen as the major cause of sexual exploitation under Gender Based Violence (GBV) in fishing communities. In a quest to sustain or improve livelihoods, women against their desires, morals, and conscience trade their bodies to get fish to sell, while men rely on this as a caveat to give out fish. Is this practice a myth or reality? Most rural fishing communities are poor because of improper education and income.Transactional sex involves exchanging sex for material support or…

The family of a Nigerian university student who has been allegedly detained by security services based at the presidency and held without trial, have appealed to First Lady Aisha Buhari to forgive their son. Aminu Adamu Mohammed’s parents said they believe that their son was arrested because of comments that he allegedly made in June about Mrs Buhari’s appearance. According to reports, the student commented on a picture of the president’s wife accusing her of getting fat on public funds. The Nigerian branch of Amnesty International has called for the immediate and unconditional release of the 23-year-old, who it says…

Ethiopia’s government has dashed any hopes of peace talks with rebels in the restive Oromia region. Expectations had been raised after federal negotiators sat down and made a deal with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) to end the two-year-long civil war in the north. The Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), which has also been fighting the federal government, at one time formed an alliance with the TPLF. But an Oromia regional government spokesman, Hailu Adugna, has since told local media that the government has no plans to sit with a group “which has no chain of command or political agenda”.…