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Ghana has rejected a $109m US health deal over data protection concerns. Zimbabwe has also turned down a similar offer. The BBC’s Thomas Naadi explains why some African nations are pushing back.

Kimmel’s hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country. His monologue about my family isn’t comedy- his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America. People like Kimmel shouldn’t have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to spread hate. A coward, Kimmel hides behind ABC because he knows the network will keep running cover to protect him. Enough is enough.  It is time for ABC to take a stand.  How many times will ABC’s leadership enable Kimmel’s atrocious behavior at the expense of our community.

She is Lying. Childlessness when it isn’t by choice can be deeply painful and traumatic. Deciding to have a child purely out of your own will can be just as beautiful and meaningful. Choosing to be child-free can be fulfilling and empowering. What truly brings peace is making an informed decision about what you genuinely want for your life.

To the Ugandans complaining about South Africa - how would you react if your streets were filled with hawkers from foreign countries? When I look at the people harassing immigrants in South Africa, I notice it is the lesser educated, lesser privileged ones, attacking foreigners doing petty business rather than foreigners working in offices. And you will notice it is the south African elite that seem baffled by the xenophobia, urging their people to show restraint. There is a nuance to this problem that is not being discussed. This is partially a class issue. The people most affected by the influx of illegal immigrants doing petty work are the people at the bottom socio-economically in South Africa. Isn't it fair for a poor South African to ask why they need Nigerians and Zimbabweans selling tomatoes on their streets and running neighbourhood kiosks? I do not see them bothering bankers, economists and other professionals from other African countries working in South Africa, because they are far fewer in number and are not an economic threat to the middle class or elite black South African. And because of largely undocumented (illegal) status of many of these foreigners, when they commit crimes there tends to be less consequences because they are not even easy to track. Don't get me started on the legitimate concerns about fraud, drug and sex trafficking that are perpetrated by certain specific nationalities that I shall leave unnamed for now. While of course we must denounce violence, we also have to be fair to the black South Africans - especially those at the bottom of the socio-economic ladder. There are indeed many things to criticise about them, but on this issue we have to look at the matter more broadly.

Why didn’t you buy the House, Buy your kid birthday gift of a car worth 230m before joining ONC ? Why must it be after ?

I’m reading this Sovereignity Bill in astonishment. The conspiracy of silence among opposition MPs as this bill is being processed is quite telling.

Which organ damage causes this?