One day in August 1995 a man called Foutanga Babani Sissoko walked into the head office of the Dubai Islamic Bank and asked for a loan to buy a car. The manager...
Animals living under natural conditions rarely approach their maximum possible age because of very high death rates due to infant mortality, diseases, p...
If you heard that a 22-year-old young man had graduated from the university, you would probably not pay any attention. You may be impressed if you are told that...
This is a story of 19-year-old Kofi who has revealed how deciding to become gay ended him with the deadly HIV infection.
Speaking under terms of anonymity, Kof...
The old man would walk in with the day’s newspaper, just like he did every day after work, and his daughter would pounce on it and go straight to the obituary p...
On a frosty autumn night, young women stand on street corners in a run-down industrial estate in Turin, Italy.
The temperature is just above freezing, but they...
The 54-year-old Stool father of the Fodzoku Traditional Area in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region has recounted the trying times of his life that tur...
If you think life has not been fair to you, read this story of Abigail Ashley and you will discard that notion and be grateful for your life.
Abigail Ashley is...
Eleven years ago he was lining up to take part in the biggest club match in world football.
During an illustrious seven-year career in the Premier League, he p...
Kweku Adoboli, a former UBS trader jailed for Britain’s biggest fraud over unauthorised trades that cost the Swiss bank $2.3 billion, averted the immediate thre...