Govt to save $50m by striking 13,000 ”ghost” workers
Mali, one of the world’s poorest countries, has identified 13,000 fictitious workers on the state payroll who had cost a total of 30 billion CFA
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50,000 protest against gender violence
Some 50,000 people marched in Peru’s capital and other cities, police said, to protest rampant violence against women in a highly conservative s
Conjoined twins born in Syria war zone
A mother has given birth to conjoined twins in a part of Syria that has seen some of the war’s heaviest fighting. Nawras and Moaz, who are joine
Pope makes surprise visit to former prostitutes
Pope Francis has surprised 20 former prostitutes by popping in for a visit at their safe house in Rome. The women had been rescued from their pimps an
US declares state of emergency in Puerto Rico over Zika
The U.S. Secretary for Health and Human Services has declared a state of emergency in Puerto Rico because of the widespread transmission of the Zika v