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LAGOS — Chioma is adamant that Hope, the baby boy she is holding in her arms, is her son. After eight years of failed attempts to conceive, she sees him as her miracle baby.“I’m the owner of my baby,” she says defiantly.She’s sitting next to her husband, Ike, in the office of a Nigerian state official who spends the best part of an hour interrogating the couple.As the commissioner for women affairs and social welfare in Anambra state, Ify Obinabo has plenty of experience in resolving family disputes – but this is no ordinary disagreement.Five members of Ike’s family, who are also present in the room, do not believe Hope is the couple’s biological child, as Chioma and Ike claim.Chioma claims to have “carried” the child for about 15 months. The commissioner and Ike’s...
November 25, 2024
‘Pregnant’ for 15 months: Inside the 'miracle' pregnancy scam
November 19, 2024
Furious row at UN as Russia blocks Sudan ceasefire move
November 18, 2024
Mali wins $160m in gold mining dispute after detaining British businessman
KHARTOUM — The war between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary RSF has killed tens of thousands and forced millions from their homesThe number of people dying because of the civil war in Sudan is significantly higher than previously reported, according to a new study.More than 61,000 people have died in Khartoum state, where the fighting began last year, according to a report by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine's Sudan Research Group.Of these, 26,000 people were killed as a direct result of the violence, it said, noting that the leading cause of death across the Sudan was preventable disease and starvation.Many more people have died elsewhere in the country, especially in the western region of Darfur, where there have been numerous reports of atrocities and ethnic...
November 15, 2024
Sudan death toll far higher than previously reported — study
November 15, 2024
South Africa cuts supplies to thousands of illegal miners hiding underground
November 14, 2024
French weapons used in Sudan war despite UN arms embargo — Amnesty
November 08, 2024
Botswana to legalize undocumented Zimbabweans — president
November 08, 2024
Uproar in Ghana after president unveils his own statue
November 07, 2024
South Africa shuts border crossing with Mozambique over poll unrest
November 07, 2024
Forced expulsions taint Kenya's safe haven image
