Children who stay indoors risk Myopia, says Ophthalmologists

Ophthalmologists have revealed that children who spent more time staying indoors were more likely to develop myopia than their peers who played outdoors.

Myopia or Nearsightedness is the most common refractive error of the eye, and it has become more prevalent in recent years.

According to the experts, myopia was very common and could occur in children between the ages of four and 12 years.

Again, Boko Haram kidnaps over 400 women, children in Damasak

While the Nigerian military is still basking in the euphoria of defeating the dreaded Boko Haram sect by recapturing most of the towns and cities in their territory few days to the elections, reports reaching The Mega StarNews on Tuesday said the sect  has kidnapped more than 400 women and children from the northern town of Damasak that was freed this month by troops from Niger and Chad.

There was no immediate official confirmation of the figure, but the Islamist group has previously carried out mass kidnappings.

Parents take children out of school in Guinea over Ebola fears - Red Cross

The Red Cross Society in Guinea said parents have taken their children out of school in some parts of Conakry because of fears that the Society was spreading the Ebola virus on campus.

This was happening less than a month after schools reopened, Youssouf Traore, the President of the Red Cross Society of Guinea, said on Friday in Conakry.