Fifteen-year-old boy with dwarfism, Sadisu Buba Mahmud, has withdrawn from contesting a House of Representatives seat after he was found to have lied about his age.
Fifteen-year-old boy with dwarfism, Sadisu Buba Mahmud, has withdrawn from contesting a House of Representatives seat after he was found to have lied about his age.
The death toll from an Ebola epidemic declared last month in Uganda has climbed to 44, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. The World Health Organization says clinical trials could start within weeks on drugs to combat that strain. dyg/imm/rox
A Ghanaian lady, known on Twitter as Jennifer Akyeampong, has inspired people on the microblogging and social networking app after earning barrister status.
A US citizen jailed in Saudi Arabia is being punished for "mild" Twitter posts on topics including the war in Yemen and the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, his son told AFP on Wednesday. On Wednesday, Ibrahim shared with AFP a list of Twitter posts he said had been used in evidence against his father -- information he said had been confirmed by the State Department.
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