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John McColgan to chair Irish committee of global poverty campaign
- Media & Marketing
- November 8, 2019, 13:00
Riverdance co-founder John McColgan will chair the Irish committee of the Global Goal Live campaign that aims to raise $350 million (€318 million) in (...)

Students in west African colleges sexually harassed by lecturers
- Africa
- October 7, 2019, 21:38
A new report has shone a light on the problem of sexual harassment of students by lecturers in west African universities. The BBC investigation, whi(...)

Nigerian tech workers call on police to stop arresting, ‘extorting’ them
- Africa
- October 4, 2019, 17:48
Tech workers in Nigeria have launched a campaign calling on the police to stop arresting and “extorting” them, saying carrying a laptop is enough to h(...)

Child mortality rates drop, but survival still heavily depends on place of birth
- Health & Family
- September 18, 2019, 10:01
Two decades ago, nearly 10 million children did not live to see a fifth birthday. By 2017, that number – about 1 in every 16 children – was nearly cu(...)

Stoneybatter named Ireland’s ‘coolest neighbourhood’
- Irish News
- September 17, 2019, 17:48
Dublin’s Stoneybatter has been named the coolest place in Ireland and among the top 50 most exciting neighbourhoods in the world by Time Out, which ha(...)

World’s most liveable cities for 2019 revealed
- Abroad
- September 4, 2019, 16:20
Vienna has held off Melbourne to retain the top spot on the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Liveability Index for 2019, further strengthening its(...)

‘Irish racists believe Ireland should be pure. They know what they are doing’
- People
- July 10, 2019, 06:00
Shortly after he arrived in Ireland, Dagogo Hart had to take a test to prove he could speak English. His initial amusement at the suggestion that a na(...)

Families keep vigil at hospital after Nigerian school collapses
- Africa
- March 14, 2019, 18:23
Families kept a vigil at a hospital on Thursday for children pulled from the wreckage of a collapsed school building in the Nigerian city of Lagos, as(...)

Up to 100 children trapped in Nigeria school building collapse
- Africa
- March 13, 2019, 16:57
An unknown number of people have been killed and up to 100 children were among those feared trapped after a four-storey building containing a primary (...)

Observers says several killed in Nigeria poll violence
- Africa
- February 24, 2019, 17:58
As many as 35 people were killed in election violence in Nigeria civil society groups said on Sunday after voters went to the polls in a tight preside(...)