Campaigners say FGM, election seasons linked

At least 13 people were killed in a week of violence in Guinea before and after its contested presidential election, with the security forces responsible for the deaths of unarmed civilians, Amnesty International said in a report published Thursday.

Masanga, 05 January 2015 – As efforts to end female genital mutilation (FGM) are intensifying in the country, 836 young people– 634 girls and 202 boys from Tarime and Loliondo districts, have gone through alternative rites of passage training. The young people were awarded certificates of merit during a graduation ceremony organized by Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul on Monday 5th January 2015 and officiated by Minister of Labour and Employment, Hon. Gaudensia Kabaka.

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Media At a Glance As Campaigners Wind Up
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Zanzibar — In a general perspective, media has not been impartial during the election campaigning, officially closing on Saturdaybefore the polling Day on Sunday. But despite the challenge, journalists have been urged to shun any form of partisanship ...
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>Tanzania’s conservation stakeholders have rescheduled their annual march against elephant and rhino poaching to coincide with Nyerere Day on October 14.

Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza will bid for a third term in June elections, his spokesman said Sunday, defying campaigners who say such a move would violate the constitution and risk violence.

Nigeria has warned civilians that Boko Haram is using deadly cluster bombs but campaigners say the Islamists may have got the banned weapons from the military in the first place.

Let pregnant girls return to school in Tanzania, campaigners plea
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DAR ES SALAAM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Emily Nyoni was enjoying studying at Bunju secondary school in Dar es Salaam and hoped to pursue medical studies to become a doctor until she found out she was pregnant and was expelled. Nyoni, then ...