A patient in dire need of a heart transplant lived for 17 months with an external artificial heart he carried around in a backpack. Getting an organ transplant isn't simple. There simply aren't enough organs available to accommodate everyone who needs one. In the US alone, there are over 121,000...
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Somalia’s al Shabaab says has executed four spies
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's militant al Shabaab group said late Friday it had executed four people it accused of espionage, including one who was beheaded for allegedly giving information to the United States that led to the killing of the group's former leader.The Islamist group wants to topple Somalia's Western-backed...
Somalia Islamist militants attack base
Somalia al Shabaab militants have stormed into a base used by Ethiopian troops after ramming a suicide car bomb into the entrance in the latest assault on soldiers serving with the African Union's AMISOM force, the Islamist group says.The base at Halgan town lies in a region of central Somalia...
In Malawi, albinos are killed for body parts that are believed to bring good luck
Lilongew, Malawi: She is haunted daily by the image of the decapitated head of her nine-year-old son. Police asked Edna Cedrick to identify it after the boy, who had albinism, was snatched from her arms in a violent struggle.The death in February was one in a recent surge in killings...
Muhammad Ali, simply ‘The Greatest’, dead at 74
,Muhammad Ali, the eloquent, colorful, controversial and brilliant three-time heavyweight boxing champion who was known as much for his social conscience and staunch opposition to the Vietnam War as for his dazzling boxing skills, died Friday.He was 74.Once the most outrageous trash talker in sports, he was largely muted for...
Muhammad Ali: Boxing legend in hospital with respiratory issue
FORMER world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali is close to death in a hospital, a source close to the family has told Reuters, after being placed on a life-support machine.The Sun reports that four of the 74-year-old’s nine children have rushed to his bedside, with medics apparently telling them they fear...
British Army team in Somalia on UN peacekeeping duties
A British Army team has arrived in Somalia as part of a United Nations mission to counter Islamist militants.An advance party of about 10 soldiers from Force Troop Command, 1 Div and Field Army training will support African Union peacekeeping efforts against the al-Shabab group.About 70 personnel will eventually be...
Eight child migrants go missing from NI authorities’ care
Spotlight looks in detail at the cases of two of the missing children.Both are Somali girls who abruptly disappeared weeks after arriving in Belfast, almost seven years apart.All the missing children were classed as "separated children".Separated children are children outside their country of origin and separated from their parents or...
Repatriation of Somali refugees is not reversible, says President Kenyatta
Kenya’s decision to repatriate Somali refugees back to their country is not reversible, President Kenyatta has said.The president said the process of repatriation has already begun and called on the global community to partner with Kenya to ensure its success.“The train has already left the station. It’s now up to...
European migrant crisis: Capsized boat horror caught on camera
The deadly capsizing of a migrant boat in the Mediterranean has been caught on camera by the Italian navy as it rescued 562 people.The trawler overturned apparently as a result of people on board rushing to one side after spotting a rescue ship, and five were found dead.People clung desperately...