By Paul Sisco Washington 10 January 2008 A British firm called Touch Bionics has developed the world's first commercially available bionic hand. The company introduced the hand in Britain in September 2006 and in the U.S. in July. Users say the elect...
By Nico Colombant and Kari Barber Freetown, Sierra Leone 24 September 2007 Amputee war victims in Sierra Leone are hard at work preparing for the upcoming (November 8th to 18th) amputee football World Cup in Turkey. The sport started 30 years ago in...
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 04 May 2007 In Liberia, rebuilding after decades of devastating civil war, the country's first national amputee soccer team is now competing on an international level, and bringing new hope to the war torn country. The squad is...