Children as young as 11 are being beheaded in Mozambique, Britain-based aid group Save the Children said Tuesday, as part of an Islamist insurgency that has killed thousands and forced many magnitudes more from their homes.Save the Children said it had…
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Uganda’s Bobi Wine Briefly Detained After Leading Street Protest
KAMPALA – Ugandan police Monday briefly detained opposition leader Bobi Wine as he led opposition lawmakers and supporters in a demonstration. Wine’s National Unity Platform party was protesting the arrest and disappearance of hundreds of supporters. …
Cameroonian Rights Groups Helping Children Rescued from Traffickers
Cameroonian rights groups have been providing food, clothing and medicine to 26 children authorities last week said they had rescued from traffickers in the English-speaking coastal town of Limbe. The groups are asking Cameroon’s government to immediat…
Boko Haram Threat Complicates Plans to Resettle Displaced Nigerians
Boko Haram militants have terrorized northeastern Nigeria for more than a decade, driving more than 2 million people from their homes, according to the United Nations.At least 3,000 have fled from the countryside to the relative safety of Kawar Maila, …
Botswana: Go Home! Botswana Tells Zimbabwean Refugees
Time is running out for over 300 Zimbabwean refugees who have been living in Botswana, after fleeing their home country during the violent 2008 presidential election. After losing a bid to remain in the country last week, the refugees now have until to…
British Museum Collects First Meteorite Fragments in UK in 30 Years
The British Natural History Museum said it has recovered fragments of the first meteorite collected in the United Kingdom in 30 years and one of the rarest ever discovered. On the night of February 28, a fireball was seen streaking across the sky over…