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Teenage Pregnancy in Kenya: 170 Girls Below 14 Years Got Pregnant in Meru County Since January

About 170 girls aged between 10 and 14 years in Meru County, Kenya fell pregnant between January and mid-June this year. These are among 5,270 teenage pregnancies recorded through the Kenya Health Information System in the county. The data shows...

Kenya To Roll Out A Social Economic Inclusion Program For The Most Vulnerable Citizens

Following the success of Kenya’s Inua Jamii project, a stipends cash transfer project for the elderly, the government plans to roll out a Ksh33 billion ($329.37 million) social inclusion programme that will boost ongoing efforts to transform the socioeconomic...

Gay Church Prays for Historic Kenya Ruling On Decriminalizing Gay Sex

A lesbian church leader lights pink, yellow, and purple candles and passes them around to worshippers as they pray for a court decision that will mean they no longer have to live a lie. "The Lord is in control," she...

Top 20 Most Democratic Countries in Africa – EIU Democracy Index Report

According to the latest EIU Democracy Index report, Mauritius is the most democratic country in Africa. The EIU Democracy Index for 2018 measures the state of democracy in 165 independent countries worldwide using five parameters: process and pluralism; civil liberties;...

Kenya’s Diani Reef Beach Resort Named Best Beach Resort in Africa, 2018

Kenya has once again stamped its authority as a favourite tourist destination of choice when it scooped several awards in the prestigious World Travel Awards (WTA) Africa and the Indian Ocean region whose gala award ceremony was held in...

Construction Work Ongoing On Africa’s Tallest Building, Completion Date Fixed at 2021

Construction work has commenced on Africa’s tallest building in Kenya . This is after His Excellency; the President of Kenya laid the foundation stone earlier this year. The 70-floor mixed-use twin tower development dubbed Pinnacle Towers is located in Nairobi’s...

University of Nairobi Remains the Best University in Kenya

The University of Nairobi (UoN) is the best University in Kenya‚ according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2019 released recently. The rankings are published annually by Times Higher Education‚ a weekly magazine based in London‚ which reports...
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Margaret Douglass: The White Woman Imprisoned in Virginia for Teaching Black Children to Read

Margaret Crittendon Douglass was a white woman and former slaveholder, who was convicted and jailed in Norfolk, Virginia, for...