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Matatu ban ‘is to keep Kenyans fit’

4th December 20183rd December 2018 Josie McFarlane 253 Views 0 Comment #Fitness, Africa, Ban, community, government, health, Kenya, Matatu, Mike Sonko, Minibus, transport

The governor of Nairobi has claimed that a ban on public minibuses in the city centre is intended to keep

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The village that’s eradicated FGM

25th November 201823rd November 2018 Josie McFarlane 214 Views 0 Comment Africa, Anne Soy, Ban, campaign, circumcise, community, fgm, help girls, village, women

It started when one family decided not to circumcise its women 30 years ago. That idea spread and now an

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Lagos lifts school hijab ban

14th November 201814th November 2018 Josie McFarlane 284 Views 0 Comment Africa, Ban, community, education, Faith, government, Hijab, Laws, policies, Religion

Girls in the Nigerian state of Lagos are now allowed to wear a hijab to school, the authorities have said.

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Tanzania authorities ban ‘immoral’ songs

14th November 201812th November 2018 Josie McFarlane 354 Views 0 Comment artist, Ban, Basata, christian, community, Diamond Platnumz, music, Mwanza, Raymond Shabaan Mwakyusa, Rayvanny, song, Tanzania

Tanzania’s arts regulatory council, Basata, has banned a brand new hit song – Mwanza – by household musicians Raymond Shabaan

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Trump: US to begin cutting foreign aid over migrant caravan

23rd October 201822nd October 2018 Josie McFarlane 253 Views 0 Comment #asylum, Ban, Border, Caravan, community, cutting, Donald, foreign aid, Guatemala, Mexico, migrants, President, stopping, Trump

President Donald Trump has said the US will “begin cutting off” foreign aid to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador over

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