Kenyan doctor files petition to legalise FGM for adults
Nigerian state bans adoption to stop sale of children
Nurse gives homeless addict childhood friend a shop
Tanzanian president spoke against parents paying state schools
Lassa fever outbreak forces schools to close
Zimbabwe's president "says elections will be in four to five months"
Our African proverb of the day:
Quote MessageThe child who asks difficult questions is resented by the elders."
An Ngoni proverb sent by Douglas Kalinde in Ntcheu, Malawi
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