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September 21, 2017
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Poverty and state violence, not religion, are driving young Africans to join militant groups, the United Nations said on Thursday, after...
September 21, 2017
WAU, South Sudan (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Below a painted scene of African mud huts and a crucified Christ, eight-year-old Juma lies on a blue metal bed, recovering...
September 19, 2017
The Eliza Turner African Methodist Episcopal Church on Camp Johnson Road, over the weekend donated the amount of US$3,000 to the Sierra Leone Embassy in Monrovia for...
September 18, 2017
Wednesday, September 06, 2017 Imam Ratib of Besse village in Foni Brefet District has launched a foundation that aims to sensitise people, particularly in Foni, of the need...
September 1, 2017
Saying that Kenya’s recent national election that gave President Uhuru Kenyatta another term in office was held in an unconstitutional manner, the country’s...
August 24, 2017
A former UN expert on the right to free assembly has warned of a crackdown on civil liberties in Kenya, after he was detained while trying to leave the country. Maina Kiai, a...
August 12, 2017
Mid-afternoon, and black smoke trails above the grey tenements. Broken glass, burned tyres, rubble and makeshift barricades block roads. Charred spars mark where a stall once...