Kathleen Osborne was four months pregnant when she was diagnosed with cancer for the third time, doctors gave her two options – either to abort her baby so she could start chemotherapy, or to have a leg amputation.
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NETHERLANDS: Fee Scrapped For Dutch Slaves Descendants To Change Their Names
Descendants of African slaves in the Dutch city of Utrecht can now drop their muddled surnames of their owners, plantations s change their surnames, after the city decided to make the name change procedure free of charge.
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UK: Ghana In Talks To Host, Process UK Asylum Seekers
As the UK tackles its asylum challenges, government appears to be talking to the government in Ghana with a view to serve as a third country detention and processing base to alleviate the problems, according to a now-deleted tweet issued by the Ghanaian Foreign Ministry.
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NIGERIA: Duchess Of Cornwall Takes On Patronship Of Lagos-based Rape Survivors Charity
Nigeria’s first Centre offering care and support to survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence has named a British royal as a patron.
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PHILIPPINES: President Duterte To Run As VP In Next Election To Evade War Crime Prosecution
To avoid International Criminal Court prosecution for war crime, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted his party’s nomination to run as vice-president in the next election.
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UK: Channel 4’s Black To Front Kicks Off September 10
For 24 hours from September 10, Channel 4 will be changing its schedule for its first of its kind ‘Black to Front’ project that showcases some of the nation’s best past and present black talent.
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UK: Dangerous Driver Jailed For Driving Car Down Railtrack Causing £23k worth Of Damage
A motorist who drove half a mile down train tracks before abandoning his car has been jailed for 15 months.
Aaron O’Halloran, 31, caused £23,000 worth of damage to the railway and left rush hour commuters delayed for up to eight hours.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Opposition Reacts To Zuma’s Medical Parole
The release of former president Jacob Zuma from prison on medical parole has sparked a major debate and South Africans did not hold back their thoughts on the news. While Zuma supporters have welcomed the development, others are outraged and claim he took a page out of Schabir Shaik’s book, his former financial advisor.
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UK: Man Convicted Of Murder After Setting Estrange Wife’s Home On Fire
A man who doused his estranged wife in petrol before setting her on fire at her home in Brent has been convicted of murder.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Couple Ends 18yr Marriage After Hubby Refuse To Get Vaccinated
A Cape Town woman has decided to end an 18-year-old marriage because her partner refuses to be vaccinated.
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