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First African Winner of Young Scientist Prize
Ghana's Dr Francis Hasford explains his cancer-scanning innovation.
Ghana's Dr Francis Hasford explains his cancer-scanning innovation; The UN announces famine in parts of South Sudan in the the first such declaration in six years; Benin's virtuoso guitar 'ninja'.
(Photo: Dr Francis Hasford giving his acceptance speech from an office in Ghana. Credit: Francis Hasford, YouTube.)
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