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The medical migration menace: Why Nigerian Doctors are voting with their feet, and how to stop the bleeding

“Medical Japa Syndrome” refers to the widespread migration of Nigerian medical professionals, including doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers, to developed countries such as the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, and Australia, in search of better working conditions, higher pay, and improved quality of life.

But how can this haemorrhage be stopped?

Precious Nwonu and Ejiro Umukoro investigates the root causes and solutions in this report.

By admin , in Ignite Inside stories , at November 22, 2024

Villagers in Kenya fight global firms G4S and LafargeHolcim for land

A deadly fight over farmland around Kenya’s Denyenye village pits scores of subsistence farmers and fishermen against two companies: Swiss-based LafargeHolcim and the US-owned security company G4S.

This story and series was supported by the Pulitzer Center. It is being published simultaneously in Follow the Money (Netherlands), WOZ Magazine (Switzerland), The Nation (Kenya), ZAM Magazine, and The Africa Report.

By admin , in Ignite Inside stories , at November 17, 2024

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