Uganda’s Stella Nyanzi bares breasts in protest at jail sentence

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Stella Nyanzi pleaded not guilty to the cyber harassment charge A Ugandan academic who once called President Yoweri Museveni a “pair of buttocks” has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. Activists condemned the jailing of Stella Nyanzi for cyber harassment, saying it undermined Uganda’s commitment to freedom of expression. […]

Uganda’s Stella Nyanzi bares breasts in protest at jail sentence

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Stella Nyanzi pleaded not guilty to the cyber harassment charge A Ugandan academic who once called President Yoweri Museveni a “pair of buttocks” has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. Activists condemned the jailing of Stella Nyanzi for cyber harassment, saying it undermined Uganda’s commitment to freedom of expression. […]

Could the menstrual cup eradicate period poverty in Kenya?

Kenya is a pioneer when it comes to menstrual health management in Africa, being the first country in the region to give all schoolgirls free sanitary towels. But local menstrual health educator Ebby Weyime thinks that a one-time donation of a menstrual cup would be cheaper long term – and that a reusable product would […]

INF nuclear treaty: Nato ‘to avoid arms race’ after US-Russia pact ends

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, pictured in 2017, have pulled out of the INF treaty Nato will aim to avoid a new arms race with Russia, its secretary general says, after the US formally withdrew from a key nuclear treaty with Moscow. Both Jens Stoltenberg and US Secretary of […]

Japan to strike South Korea off trusted export list as rift deepens

Media captionA man smashed up his Japanese-made car in protest at the trade dispute Japan will remove South Korea from its list of trusted trade partners, deepening a bitter row between the two countries. The decision to strike South Korea off its so-called “white list” puts fresh trading restrictions on the country. South Korean President […]

Indonesia earthquake: Tsunami fears after quake off Java

Media captionJakarta residents wait anxiously in the streets after the quake Indonesia’s authorities have urged people living near the coast to move to higher ground after a powerful earthquake off the island of Java. Officials said the quake, put by US monitors at magnitude 6.9, risked generating a tsunami 3m (10ft) high. The quake struck […]

Japan to strike South Korea off trusted export list as rift deepens

Media captionA man smashed up his Japanese-made car in protest at the trade dispute Japan will remove South Korea from its list of trusted trade partners, deepening a bitter row between the two countries. The decision to strike South Korea off its so-called “white list” puts fresh trading restrictions on the country. South Korean President […]

Indonesia earthquake: Tsunami fears after quake off Java

Media captionJakarta residents wait anxiously in the streets after the quake Indonesia’s authorities have urged people living near the coast to move to higher ground after a powerful earthquake off the island of Java. Officials said the quake, put by US monitors at magnitude 6.9, risked generating a tsunami 3m (10ft) high. The quake struck […]