NAIROBI — A Kenyan court awarded compensation to four women who were sexually abused during the violence that followed the disputed 2007 presidential election. Thursday’s judgment marks the first time a Kenyan court has recognized victims of sexual abuse from
shareSharenocloseShare pagelinkCopy linkAbout sharing image copyrightDisney/Kugali The pledge by Ugandan animator Hamid Ibrahim to the BBC that his team’s work is “going to kick Disney’s ass” certainly got the company’s attention. Two years on
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KAMPALA, UGANDA — Human rights activists are denouncing a new Ugandan directive to scrutinize journalists working for foreign media. On Thursday, Paul Ekochu, the chairman of the Ugandan government’s Media Council, said journalists working in the country for foreign outlets
The United States could be hours away from starting its COVID-19 vaccination program. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration reportedly could authorize on Friday or Saturday the emergency use of a COVID-19 vaccine produced by U.S. drug maker Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech. An FDA advisory panel voted to recommend approval of the vaccine late Thursday. With the U.S. on the verge of its inoculation program, human rights group Amnesty
Nigeria may be on the verge of a second wave of COVID-19 infections, the health minister warned Thursday, as another official said the country expects to roll out a vaccine by April next year. Osagie Ehanire, speaking at a news
shareSharenocloseShare pagelinkCopy linkAbout sharing image copyrightGetty Images In what has been called a “landmark judgment”, four women subjected to sexual assault in the violence that followed Kenya’s disputed 2007 election are set to receive compensation.
shareSharenocloseShare pagelinkCopy linkAbout sharing image copyrightGetty Images Prominent Black Lives Matters activists and celebrities have written to Nigeria’s president demanding justice over the treatment of people during protests against police brutality. The group, which
A U.N. official says Sudan is at a critical juncture as it transitions to a democracy and needs the support of the international community to overcome its myriad economic challenges. Rosemary DiCarlo, U.N. undersecretary-general for political and peacebuilding affairs on
A move to scrap the governing coalition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has triggered a political crisis.