The Toronto Raptors lost two great ones in Marc Gasol and Serge Ibaka, who joined the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers, respectively. Ibaka thanked Toronto and Canada in an Instagram post saying, "the love I have received on this journey I will never...
The government of Uganda is in the process of importing Chinese teachers to train Ugandan teachers in the Chinese language. This effort is aimed at introducing the Chinese language into the country’s school curriculum. The National Curriculum Development...
Chadians have voted in a presidential election as the incumbent, Idriss Deby, sought a fifth term in office. President Deby, who took power in a military coup 26 years ago, faces 12 challengers but is widely expected to win another term. Witnesses says thousands of...
Dozens of women took to the streets of Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, Wednesday to demonstrate against Kuwait's government over alleged abuse of workers in the Gulf state. In the past months, hundreds of young Zimbabwean women were lured to Kuwait with promises of...
The World Health Organization, the WHO, has declared that Ebola is no longer an "extraordinary health event" and the risk of the virus spreading is low. The declaration means the disease is no longer thought to be a public health threat to countries outside of...
Since 2006, marrying a child below the age of 18 has been a crime, but law enforcement has seen the illegal unions continue, particularly in rural Zimbabwe. According to UNICEF, 31 percent of Zimbabwean girls are married off before their eighteenth...
A US drone strike has killed more than 150 al-Shabab militants in Somalia. Spokesman Captain Jeff Davis says the strike hit a training camp where a large-scale attack was being planned and that it targeted a camp about 120 miles north of the capital, Mogadishu....
Nigeria’s information minister claims that 55 people who were government ministers, state governors, public officials, bankers and businessmen stole 6.8 billion dollars from Nigeria's public purse over a seven-year period. Lai Mohammed says endemic corruption has...
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta says the country remains “unbowed and undeterred” in the fight against al-Shabab militants in Somalia. He made the speech this morning in Kenya’s Coastal region, saying Kenyans must stand with the families of the soldiers killed in a...
Until recently, blind and visually impaired students in Kenya were still using Braille books for their studies. But now, Kenyan schools for the blind are beginning to adopt technology that provides audio material. So far, 4 out of Kenya's 11 schools for the blind have...
Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto and former radio journalist Joshua Sang have returned to the International Criminal Court in a bid to have crimes against humanity charges against them dropped. They are accused of perpetrating and sponsoring the 2007...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is reporting that Ethiopian security forces have killed at least 140 people in anti-government demonstrations since November. The protesters fear that a plan to expand the capital's administrative control into the Oromia region will displace...
