Africa

[ad_1] South Africa made an ideal start to this contest as a combination of tight bowling and circumspect batting saw Bangladesh crawl to 10-1 off the first five overs without scoring a single boundary.Sobhana Mostary and skipper Joty then shared a 45-run stand for Bangladesh's third wicket as they made 38 and 32 respectively.Yet there was the unerring sense Bangladesh left runs out in the middle with so many wickets […]

[ad_1] One in five girls in conflict stricken sub-Saharan countries had experienced sexual assault or rape before turning 18. Cumulatively, 79 million girls in sub-Saharan Africa have been sexually assaulted between 2010 and 2022. This is contained in the first-ever global estimate on sexual violence against children published by UNICEF. Globally, UNICEF estimates that sexual violence has affected some 370 million – or one in eight – girls and young […]

[ad_1] Getty ImagesActress Lupita Nyong'o has condemned the Kenyan authorities' crackdown on huge anti-tax protests that began in June.Demonstrators were met with police brutality, according to rights groups, with dozens of people killed and numerous others abducted.Nyong'o, whose father was jailed and tortured under a former president, Daniel arap Moi, told the BBC: "It is chilling to know that this government is resorting to tactics that I had thought had […]

[ad_1] Getty ImagesMost of those who have died from the Marburg virus in Rwanda have been healthcare workers US official advice against non-essential travel to Rwanda in light of the outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus is “not fair”, Africa’s top health official Jean Kaseya has said.The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) added that it was “not the treatment Rwanda and Africa deserve”.In […]

[ad_1] The Cameroonian authorities have banned the media from discussing the health of President Paul Biya, following rumours of his death.Interior Minister Paul Atanga Nji told regional governors that these stories “disturb the tranquillity of Cameroonians”.“Any debate in the media about the president’s condition is therefore strictly prohibited,” he insisted, threatening that “offenders will face the rigour of the law.”The 91-year-old leader – in office for more than four decades […]