From Boko Haram’s rape and rip to sex slaves in military camps: The plight of rescued Nigerian women
Nigeria’s army dismissed the report as “unsubstantiated” and reiterated that it has continued to improve on its human rights record and holds personnel to account. The conflict has spilled over borders and killed at least 35,000 people and displaced over two million. Women and young girls are often forcefully married or sexually abused in captivity.
Cooking and coughing: Respiratory diseases surge in Kenya as 20 million people burn wood to save money
Respiratory diseases have been the most prevalent diseases in Kenya for the past several years and are on the rise, according to government authorities, with 19.6 million reported cases last year. Burning biomass such as firewood is the largest contributor to those diseases, said Evans Amukoye, a scientist with the Kenya Medical Research Institute’s respiratory diseases research centre.
Rising Christian nationalism in Republican party forces Democrats step up bid to stop Trump’s White House quest
The Democratic-led taskforce comes as groups on and off Capitol Hill are increasingly alarmed over Project 2025, a sweeping blueprint from the conservative Heritage Foundation that is preparing to quickly help staff a new GOP administration with plans for dismantling aspects of the federal government and installing loyalists for a second Trump term.
Revealed: While the US trains African coup leaders, it’s quick to blame Russia for bloody coups on the continent
The total number of US-trained mutineers across Africa since 9/11 may be far higher than is known, but the State Department, which tracks data on US trainees, is either unwilling or unable to supply it.
Uncertainty looms in South Africa as ex-president petitions court to halt first sitting of parliament
The legal challenge now asks the Constitutional Court to set aside the commission’s decision to declare the election free and fair, and to order the president to call another election.
Pressure builds as UN warns Gaza civilian deaths in Israel’s hostage raid may constitute war crimes
In response to the statement, Israel’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva accused of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights of “slandering Israel”.
US court finds Hunter Biden guilty of lying about drug use to buy gun as president says he won’t pardon son
Some 61 per cent of registered voters responding to a Reuters/Ipsos poll in February said Hunter Biden’s legal troubles would have no impact on whether they voted for his father in November. The poll showed voters divided over whether Hunter Biden’s legal troubles were related to his father’s service as president.
Resilience facility: IMF in staff level agreement with Kenya, urges fiscal consolidation
Although Kenya has been facing liquidity challenges since 2022, it managed to sell a new $1.5 billion Eurobond from international markets in February, albeit at a steep price, to partly buy back another Eurobond that is maturing in June.
Malawi’s vice president, nine others confirmed dead after their plane’s wreckage is found
Hundreds of soldiers, police officers and forest rangers had searched for the plane since it went missing on Monday at around 10am, while making the 45-minute flight from Lilongwe to Mzuzu, around 370 kilometres (230 miles) to the north.
Malawi military aircraft goes missing moments after leaving from Lilongwe airport with vice president on board
Vice President Saulos Chilima had been facing corruption charges over allegations that he received money in return for influencing the awarding of government contracts, but the charges were surprisingly dropped by prosecutors last month. That led to criticism that Chakwera’s administration was not taking a hard enough stance against graft.
