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Young Ghanaians are quitting their jobs to become farmers and encouraging others to do the same, and, as Sarah Maslin Nir finds out, it’s helping people to protect their country’s economy Sarah Maslin Nir 5 days ago After he graduated from university, Vozbeth Kofi Azumah was reluctant to tell anyone – even his mother – what he planned …
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Learning to fail is a skill like any other — which means it takes practice. Learn how to thrive in spite of even your most epic mistakes. Introduction ILLUSTRATIONS BY SEIJI MATSUMOTO Earlier this year, I suffered an anxiety attack while giving a speech in front of 250 people. It was disorienting and embarrassing; I’m …
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At least 30 people have been killed in a suicide attack in north-eastern Nigeria, while watching a televised football match, officials say. Another 40 have been injured in the triple suicide bombing, according to the State Emergency Management Agency. The bombers detonated their explosives outside a hall in Konduga village in Borno State. Militant Islamist …
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In our series of letters from African journalists, the editor-in-chief of Nigeria's Daily Trust newspaper, Mannir Dan Ali, considers why politicians have taken aim at one of the most influential spiritual and traditional leaders in the country's largely Muslim north. For the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi 11, 2019 looks set to be his "annus …
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