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The Minister of Education in Uganda, Ms Janet Museveni has attributed the increasing cases of sexual violnece in the country to moral decadence.

Ms Museveni made this assertion on Tuesday when she appeared  before the country's Parliamentary committee investigating cases of sexual violence in schools and institutions of higher learning to explain policy undertakings and other measures undertaken to curb the vice.

"Children face sexual harassment at home, in schools and along the roads and since such cases originate from the communities, the MPs are best champions for this fight,"

"As society, we have such problems; it is larger than the ministry. We shall do what we can but we should all get involved.''

"It is very difficult to go into names of people but there was a head teacher who was named and he was reported to police which took up the matter and as we waited for what would come out, we were told that there was no case against him,"

"We find it very difficult to keep such a teacher even when we don't have evidence so what we can do is simply transfer him [but] at times we have nothing to do because where they are transferred there are also people and he will do the same thing,"Ms Museveni.

Cholera has claimed the lives of 61 persons in Yobe state, Nigeria, while the state government disclosed that  there are  906 fresh cases.

However, the Federal Government is yet to intervene to save the situation. Other states in Nigeria are now apprehensive.

The son of Mozambique's First President, Samora Machel Junior has said that his name  has  been excluded from the list of candidates to run on the platform of the ruling  Frelimo party for Municipal elections slated for 10 October.

Machel Junior who made this disclosure during a  press conference, lamented that it was against the ''principles of the party''.

 In addition his bid to run as a mayoral candidate was rejected by the National Elections Commission (CNE) and by the Constitutional Council, while he maintained that a lot of injustice was going on in the electoral process.

He however called on the electorate to participate in the election saying, "The organs of the Mozambican state are sovereign". "We respect the institutions of the state, even though they do not respect us".

"Do not stay at home just because AJUDEM and Samora Machel Junior are not on the ballot paper", he urged. "That would not be good for our democracy. We must all vote. We must all comply with the dictates of citizenship. Only by voting can we make a difference".

The people of Kogi  and several other states in Nigeria are contending with flood that has wrecked havoc. Property running into millions of Naira have been lost. This is addition for an unspecified number of human lives that are yet to be accounted for. 

However, it seems government is helpless about what to do, for the people who are full of grief and bitterness

The people of Kogi  and several other states in Nigeria are contending with flood that has wrecked havoc. Property running into millions of Naira have been lost. This is addition for an unspecified number of human lives that are yet to be accounted for. 

However, it seems government is helpless about what to do, for the people who are full of grief and bitterness

The people of Kogi  and several other states in Nigeria are contending with flood that has wrecked havoc. Property running into millions of Naira have been lost. This is addition for an unspecified number of human lives that are yet to be accounted for. 

However, it seems government is helpless about what to do, for the people who are full of grief and bitterness

The people of Kogi  and several other states in Nigeria are contending with flood that has wrecked havoc. Property running into millions of Naira have been lost. This is addition for an unspecified number of human lives that are yet to be accounted for. 

However, it seems government is helpless about what to do, for the people who are full of grief and bitterness

Students in Secondary Schools in Kenya who peform below expectation are been advsierd to withdraw.

The first casualty are thirty-four girls of Nasokol Secondary School in West Pokot .

The girls, mostly footballers were sent home by their principal due to their poor performance.

The students, who are between Forms one and three,were camped at Kitale Showground and spent the night  under unfavourable climate conditions, were sent out of ther school by the new principal who decided to scrap the policies of her predecessor.

Her predecesor  encouraged those who excelled in sports by introducing waivers in  school fees payment and academic performance.

 A parent of one of the affected students, Mr Saulo Tukoi, condemned the new development saying ,“We tried to reach a deal with the principal over modalities of starting to pay school fees but she was adamant, saying we are free to take our children elsewhere,”