Dream shattered for miracle twins

It was supposed to be the “happily ever after” story of the year, but little Eliud—one half of the conjoined twins who were separated in an operation last year in India—appears to be in serious trouble, with his colon now spilling out of his stomach. He has to use a colostomy bag to collect the waste from his body.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

TheCitizen

10 Apr

Good Samaritans come to the aid of miracle twins

The very fact that one-time conjoined twins Eliud and Elikana are alive and well is a miracle. But life is rarely straightforward and simple and the misery has been quietly piling on again.

 

9 years ago

BBC

28 Oct

South Sudan's shattered dream

BBC Our World reporter Yalda Hakim sees how a brutal civil was has brought South Sudan, the world's youngest country, to the brink of famine.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

05 Nov

How the storm shattered our dreams

The family of a student who drowned while heading to school is still struggling to come to terms following the loss of their daughter.

 

10 years ago

BBC

Africa's Premiership dreams shattered?

Would Weah have lifted the cup under new visa rules?

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

28 Dec

Tycoons’ construction plan shattered

The clandestine move by a clique of city tycoons to overturn a land use plan on Ali Hassan Mwinyi–Mwenge–New Bagamoyo roads to allow the construction of high-rise buildings has reached a dead end, a senior government minister has revealed

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

07 Oct

All’s well for once ill twins

>The once-conjoined twins, Eliud and Elikana, who were separated in India last December are now walking. Speaking to The Citizen over the phone yesterday, the father of the twins, Erick Mwakyusa could not hide his excitement.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

27 Feb

Boom dreams shattered as business yet to pick up

Business in Dodoma has not picked up despite the arrival of hundreds of visitors in recent weeks, traders said yesterday.

 

5 years ago

The Citizen Daily

10 Mar

Lives shattered by South Africa's forced sterilisations

Lives shattered by South Africa's forced sterilisations  The Citizen Daily

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

07 Dec

Economic miracle ‘wide of the mark’

Many observers, including President Paul Kagame’s critics of his horrendous human rights record, seem to have swallowed his story line that he has built a formidable economic powerhouse.

 

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