Kenya plans to subject schoolgirls to mandatory tests for female genital mutilation and pregnancy, which campaigners are declaring are a violation of victims’ privacy. In Narok, Kenya girls will be examined at local health facilities as they return to school this week. Girls that are found to have undergone FGM, which was criminalized in Kenya in 2011, will be required… Read more »
Armed men killed 37 Fulani civilians on Tuesday in central Mali, where ethnic violence cost hundreds of lives last year, the government has said. Violence between Fulani and rival communities has compounded an already dire security situation in Mali’s semi-arid and desert regions, which are used as a base by jihadist groups with ties to al-Qaida and Islamic State. The government said… Read more »
Plans to subject schoolgirls in Kenya to mandatory tests for female genital mutilation and pregnancy are a violation of victims’ privacy, campaigners have warned. All girls returning to school this week in Narok, Kenya, will be examined at local health facilities as part of a countywide crackdown. Girls found to have undergone FGM, which is illegal, will be required to give a… Read more »
(CNN)Two soldiers suspected of being part of an attempted coup in Gabon were killed and eight military officers were arrested, state media reported Tuesday.The suspected coup plotters stormed the state radio and television headquarters around 4 a.m. Monday, allegedly taking journalists and staff hostage, while they read out a statement saying they had taken control of the Central African nation.The… Read more »
Kampala, Uganda (CNN)A plane carrying 139 people skidded off the runway when it landed Thursday at an international airport in Uganda, the airline and airport officials said.The Ethiopian Airlines flight was landing at Entebbe airport at 12:41 a.m. Thursday (4:41 p.m. ET Wednesday) when it “overshot the runway,” according to airport authorities.All passengers and crew on the Boeing 737-800 plane… Read more »
A deadly shooting incident involving the Ethiopian army has claimed the lives of a dozen civilians in a hotel located in Moyale, a border town with Kenya.Local news portals cited sources that confirmed that the incident took place as federal forces were holding talks with ethnic militia groups – Oromo and Somali – to hand over the security of Moyale. Since… Read more »
Cape Town – A new study paints a bleak picture of countries south of the Sahara being unable to feed themselves by 2050. Although several studies have shown the global increase in food demand can be met by increasing yields on existing cropland, a new study called Can sub-Saharan Africa feed itself? found that countries in Africa south of the… Read more »
Nigeria is “concerned” about Amnesty International’s activities, a spokesman for President Muhammadu Buhari has said, just days after the government briefly banned Unicef over claims it was training “spies” sympathetic to Boko Haram. “The federal government is increasingly concerned about the role that Amnesty International is playing in the war against terror in Nigeria,” Garba Shehu said in a statement. “The organisation’s operations… Read more »
Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)The Central Bank of Kenya on Tuesday unveiled four new currency coins with inscriptions depicting the country’s rich wildlife.Kenya’s new 1, 5, 10 and 20 shillings coins feature images of a giraffe, rhino, lion, and an elephant respectively on one side with the Kenyan coat of arms on the other.The old coins had portraits of the country’s former… Read more »
Since former President Mugabe was ousted in a military coup, the economy in Zimbabwe has been going down hill. Inflation is over 20 percent per year, and businesses are failing all around the country. Prices are soaring and there is a shortage of food in the grocery stores. Prices have risen by at least 300 percent in just the last… Read more »