Africa Sierra Leone 21% of teenage girls between the ages of 15 and 19 have already had pregnancies, and 30% of young women get married before the age of 18, while 9% of young girls have even married before the age of 15, according to ActionAid
Africa Equatorial Guinea The fifteen pre-selected projects of the Total Energies Startupper competition were presented; the contest is organised every two years to support young entrepreneurs aged between 18 and 35
Africa Ghana A major new mobilisation against illegal gold mining is underway with a call for protest from Thursday to today by a coalition of associations, civil society organisations, trade unions and opposition parties to protect waterways
Africa Tanzania The online sites and all social media of the nation's largest media house were suspended after The Citizen, one of its newspapers, published a cartoon alluding to the recent mysterious abductions of people critical of President Samia Suluhu Hassan
Africa Lesotho Harry, Duke of Sussex and member of the British royal family, is visiting the kingdom of Lesotho, where he is known as 'the warrior'; in 2006, Harry co-founded a charity to support children in southern Africa
Africa Ethiopia Facing arbitrary detention of hundreds of people, including members of the academic community in the Amhara region, Amnesty International stated that 'the ongoing campaign is further evidence of the government's total disregard for the rule of law'
Africa Mozambique General elections will be held without restrictions even in areas affected by insecurity, according to the National Election Commission, as 'no reports of difficulties in organising the vote' have yet been recorded
Africa Gambia After a long delay, the results of the Gambia Basic Education Certificate Examination have been released by the West African Examinations Council and will be made public today during a press conference of the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education
Africa Djibouti Two boats carrying migrants from Africa sank in the Red Sea off the coast of Djibouti, killing 45 people, the UN migration agency said
Africa Togo Feasibility studies for several energy-related projects that the country intends to make part of the Millennium Challenge Corporation's Compact programme have been submitted to expand the electricity grid and increase access
Africa Angola The two recently enacted laws on the offences of vandalism of public property and services and national security, which have been strongly criticised by national and international human rights groups, including Human Rights Watch, are causing controversy
Africa Kenya A businessman from Kitale, Bonface Koimburi Ndura, 78, has petitioned the Nairobi High Court for legal recognition of polygamy in Christian marriages through an amendment to the Marriage Act
Africa Cape Verde 926 British tourists that have been affected by gastrointestinal viruses during their Cape Verdean holidays over the past three years are today embarking in a joint class action to seek compensation for their ruined holidays