What Botswana's Teen Girls Learn In 'Sugar Daddy' Class: NPR

The bar chart tells all: That's how eighth-graders at Bakgatle Community Junior Secondary School in Botswana can compare the HIV infection rate of older men and of teenage boys.

Chilo Ketlhoafetse struts around an eighth-grade classroom like the coolest guy in Botswana, warming the students up to talk about an awkward subject. He calls out "Nomhlaba!" and they respond "Auwe!" — nonsense words from a local childhood game. Soon he has the students clicking their fingers, dancing and following his every word.

Roger Federer launches new childcare centre in Malawi

A collage of pictures Roger Federer posted on his Twitter handle after spending 'amazing time' with Malawi kids. 

About 10 kilometres (six miles) west of the capital Lilongwe, the windswept village of Lundu has neither water or electricity, let alone basic education facilities.

Illicit oil sales could be funding Boko Haram – U.S Congressman

Boko Haram men

A United States Congressman, Darrel Edward Issa, has suggested that there is a link between the Boko Haram sect and oil bunkering.

Issa, who spoke at a press conference in Abuja Tuesday, said the sect could be getting its funding from illicit trade of oil in the international market.

Photos: Emir of Kano, Muhammed Sanusi's Visit to President Buhari at Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.

The Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi 11 was at Aso Rock, Abuja, yesterday Tuesday 4 August 2015 on a courtesy visit to President Buhari. More pics after cut...

EFF Leader Julius Malema fraud and corruption case Thrown out by Polokwane Court.

EFF president Julius Malema during the party's 2nd anniversary on July 25, 2015 at Olympia stadium in Rustenburg, South Africa.
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Economic Freedom Fighters’ leader Julius Malema walked out of court yesterday after his trial - on fraud charges following the awarding of tenders to a company linked to him by the Limpopo transport department - was struck off the roll.

To End Sexual Violence, British Government Can’t Avoid Elephant in the Room By ZOYA PHAN

Angelina Jolie meets with young women at the YWCA in downtown Rangoon. (Photo: The Irrawaddy)

Last week the British government arranged for Angelina Jolie to visit Burma, in part in her capacity as co-founder of the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI). The British government certainly deserves praise for how it has taken up the issue globally, put it on the international agenda, and in some countries developed projects that are making a noticeable difference on the ground.

Top Burundi general assassinated in the capital With Rocket

A Burundi general who was a key security ally of President Pierre Nkurunziza was killed Sunday in a drive-by shooting in the capital, Bujumbura, a presidential spokesman said.

Gen. Adolphe Nshimirimana, the president's senior adviser on security matters, was killed when men in a car shot at him and his bodyguards in the Kamenge neighborhood, Willy Nyamitwe told The Associated Press Sunday.

Photos: Nigerian Army Rescued 178 Captives from Boko Haram in Borno State

The Nigeria military has captured Boko Haram Commander and rescued 178 captivities in Bama axis, Borno State from Boko Haram. More pics after cut...

Mourners pay respects to Bobbi Kristina Brown amidst family feud

Mourners arrive for the funeral of Kristina Bobbi Brown, the only child of singer Whitney Houston at Saint James United Methodist Church in Alpharetta.
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The 22-year-old starlet was laid to rest on Saturday at St. James United Methodist Church in Alpharetta, Georgia, and family friend Ellin LaVar - who was Bobbi Kristina's late mother Whitney Houston's hairstylist - described the private service as ''perfect, like her, small and delicate''.

She added: ''The service was very low key and appropriate for her and her life. It was beautiful.''

Congolese Crossroads: Between Cannibalism, Jihad And Hope For Progress : Worldcrunch

GOMA â€” "They realized he wasn't one of them because he didn't speak Swahili. Then they pulled him off the bus he was traveling on, stoned him to death, opened his chest and ate his heart." Hearing this story from a high-ranking United Nations official, one immediately asks if this is just a legend of the jungle. "A legend? No, we saw pictures of his roasted head being eaten."

After three decades in power, Uganda’s Museveni is running for president again By Omar Mohammed

“That is his song, the voice is his,” his press secretary Tamale Mirundiconfirmed to AFP, the French news agency. “The president uses many forms to relay messages he considers important, music and proverbs being part of that.”

Yoweri Museveni, 70, has been president of Uganda since 1986. And he wants to continue being president for at least five more years after he picked up forms on Friday (July 31) to run for re-election in 2016.

Joseph Kabila Forever By Foreign Policy

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Joseph Kabila, the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, faces a historic choice: Does he step down when his constitutionally limited two terms in office come to an end in December 2016? Or does he succumb to the delusion of indispensability that is making the rounds in parts of Africa and try to cling to power?

The issue is the subject of intense debate in Congo. When we met with Kabila last week in Kinshasa, he pointed out — correctly — that he has not yet publicly stated his position about what he will do in 2016. “Let’s wait and see what will happen,” he cautioned. But he has done little to stem intense speculation about his possible reluctance to relinquish office.

If Kabila chooses to abide by the constitution, he would become the first Congolese president to step down voluntarily for another elected president — arguably making him the “father of democracy” in Congo.

President Buhari Orders Total and Massive War Against Boko Haram

Massive attacks  by the armed forces on Boko Haram  camps are in progress  in Borno,Yobe and Adamawa States  on the order of President Muhammadu Buhari  in the latest effort to end  the terrorism in the Northeast.

A no retreat, no surrender operation modality has been adopted by the military  for the operation even as  the Chadian Army  announced yesterday that its men had  killed about 117 terrorists on Lake Chad  islands.

Unhindered by war, Jerusalem looks to inject culture into city By LUKE TRESS

At a concert during the 2014 Sacred Music Festival, held in the Old City’s Tower of David Museum (Photo credit: Michal Fattal)

The sixth annual Jerusalem Season of Culture, the five-week summer festival that celebrates the capital’s diversity kicks off July 27, offering musical performances, historical tours, parties and exhibitions.

Much of last year’s program was canceled because of the Gaza war, but this year proves to be as dynamic as ever, said program director Itay Mautner. Pics and video after cut...

Tanzania Reality Show Tackles Gender Inequality, Awards Women Farmers Cash And Farm Tools

This reality show drama is actually worth watching.