Tags GENERAL Zimbabwe lawmakers to amend marriage laws to protect underage girls Since 2006, marrying a child below the age of 18 has been a crime, but lax enforcement has seen the
Tags GENERAL Kenya government dismisses board and orders for arrest of officers in the examination council over examination irregularities The Kenyan government has dismissed the board governing the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) and ordered the arrest of the
Tags GENERAL UN close its military liaison office in the contested Western Sahara The United Nations has closed its military liaison office in the contested Western Sahara and withdrawn dozens of personnel from
Tags GENERAL Shoebills considered endangered as less than 200 of the birds are left in Uganda’s wild The search for the rare bird begins. It’s an area of about 16500 hectares on the shores of Lake Victoria and
Tags GENERAL South Sudan’s Kiir fires foreign minister South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir yesterday fired the country’s foreign minister, giving no reason for doing so. Before being relieved
Tags GENERAL Jacob Zuma to co-chair UN Commission on Health Employment South African President Jacob Zuma and his French counterpart Francois Hollande will co-chair the United Nations Commission on Health Employment.
Tags GENERAL Somali premier backs campaign to ban FGM Somalia’s Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke has publicly backed a campaign to ban female genital mutilation (FGM) in his
Tags GENERAL African Defence Ministers to meet in Egypt over terrorism threat Defence Ministers from African nations will attend a meeting later this week in Egypt, with the Brussels attack likely to
Tags GENERAL Prince William to spend Easter in Kenya; will attend ex-girlfriend’s wedding Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, will spend Easter in Kenya, and will find time to attend the wedding of
Tags GENERAL Namibia donates medical aid to Angola Namibia has donated medical supplies to help combat the Yellow Fever epidemic in Angola. The country’s Ministry of Health on