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Kenya bans use of mobile phones in schools

afrol News - Kenya has banned use of cell phones in schools as one way to contain scholars' rioting, which hit the country over the weekend.

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Kenya
Health | Science - Education

Kenya study proves malaria drugs side effects

afrol News / SciDev.Net - A study made in western Kenya indicates several side effects of malaria drugs on children, most being positive. Giving schoolchildren malaria intermittent preventative treatment (IPT) reduces anaemia and improves attention span, the study in the malaria-prone region of Kenya found.

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Uganda
Politics

Museveni moves to cling to power again

afrol News - Uganda's president, Yoweri Museveni looks set to extend his rule to 30 years by winning a fourth term in 2011, in spite of concerns about democracy under one of Africa's longest serving rulers.

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Kenya
Society | Human rights | Gender - Women

Kenyan students charged for inciting violence

afrol News - At least 70 Kenyan students face arson charges and fueling unrest at boarding schools across the country, following riots over the weekend which led to a death of a student after setting a dormitory ablaze.

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Burundi
Politics | Society | Human rights

Hope for Burundi peace

afrol News - The gathering of some 3,000 combatants of the National Liberation Front (FNL) in the Rugazi commune, 35 kilometres North of the capital Bujumbura, to take part in the agreed dismantling and disarming programme clearly signals hope for lasting peace in Burundi.

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Kenya
Agriculture - Nutrition | Politics | Society | Human rights

Kenyan forces accused of blocking aid

afrol News - An international humanitarian agency has accused Kenyan security forces today for blocking aid workers in the country's remote Mt Elgon district, where conflict between armed forces and militia has severely affected civilians.

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Uganda
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Climate change bleaks Uganda coffee harvest

afrol News - Climate change has the potential to bleak the future production of Uganda's major export, coffee, a British charity Oxfam warns in a report, urging the government to speed up the process of adapting to climate change by immediately implementing the National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA).

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Kenya
Politics | Economy - Development | Society | Health

Kenyan police still tops corruption index

afrol News - For the seventh time in a row Kenya's police force has been ranked as the country's most corruption-prone institution.

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Rwanda
Politics | Society | Human rights

Rwanda ex-leaders granted life immunity

afrol News - Rwanda's lawmakers voted in favour of a constitutional amendment that guarantees former Presidents immunity from prosecution for life. Justice Minister Tharcisse Karugarama hailed the amendment, saying it would alleviate constitutional ambiguity.

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Kenya
Economy - Development | Politics | Environment - Nature | Society

Court halts Kenya's proposed sugar project

afrol News - A High Court has ordered the development of a controversial $370 million sugar and biofuels project in Kenya's Tana River Delta, guaranteeing a temporal reprieve.

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