East Africa
Somalia: How a missing 8-year-old was found 6 months later living with a man who says he married her
Six months after going missing, an eight-year-old girl was found living with a man who said he was her husband. Last September, a family in Puntland, a semi-autonomous territory, reported the girl missing. Months later, it was revealed that the girl’s father had agreed for her to marry an adult named Sheikh Mahmoud. Last week,…
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Ethiopia: Meet the Tigray woman who shocked her community after reportedly giving birth at 76
Woizero Medhin said she was skeptical when she learned she was pregnant. However, the 76-year-old...
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This is how Kenya’s Beth Koigi is solving water shortage by making water from air
Drought birthed Beth Koigi’s innovative idea to provide water, which half her country’s...
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This 17-year-old is the first player from South Sudan to sign a professional baseball contract
Joseph Deng, 17, has joined the Dodgers, becoming the first South Sudanese player to sign a...
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Kenyan woman finds success in snail farming despite being called a ‘witch’ for rearing the animal
Wangui Waweru has struck gold with snails. After accidentally eating snail meat in 2017, her newfound fascination with the shelled creatures led her to Uganda and Kigali for hands-on learning. Despite...
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Ruth Girmay: The Ethiopian designer making bold statements through her bags
Ethiopian designer Ruth Girmay’s designs serve as her form of activism. As a designer, Girmay focuses on crafting leather products, creating patterns and sketches for her brand, Shamrock Leather....
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11-year-old Kenyan sets record reading 1,178 books in three months
Racheal Nafula was recently honored with the Mashujaa wa Kusoma award by Worldreader and the Kenya National Library Service (KNLS). Launched in July 2024, the Mashujaa wa Kusoma program aimed to inspire...
