[wanabidii] Africa had a very violent 2015, even as Kenya saw lowest number of terror attacks in three years (M&G Africa)

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Africa had a very violent 2015, even as Kenya saw lowest number of terror attacks in three years   Overall political violence decreased in 2015, but civil wars, armed insurgencies and violence against civilians remain a major source of conflict

Leading opposition lawmaker stabbed to death in Ghana, police say   Attacks on politicians are rare in Ghana but another leading member of the NPP, Adam Mahama, died in May last year after an acid attack

Protests as S. Africa top court hears case against Zuma; leader offers to pay back money spent on his home   Zuma, often been accused of allowing corruption to flourish since he came to power in 2009, is under pressure over a sharply slowing economy

Frank stories from the African tech graveyard: Lessons on failure from Nairobi's innovation leaders   "One a scale of one to ten for innovation, I would give us a two," said Safaricom CEO Collymore, much to the surprise of the audience

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Lagos did a new marathon, and the result wasn't surprising - a Kenyan and Ethiopian won it Runners, some barefoot and others decked out head to toe in candy-coloured athletic gear, braved the haze

UN experts say Rwanda recruiting refugees to oust Burundi leader; Kagame says claims 'childish' Burundian refugees allegedly provided details of their military training in Rwandan forest camps

Dancing at dawn: S. Africa's new pre-work party scene where folks escape to another world "The point is to get people working towards something that makes the daily grind a little bit less boring"

A tale of three (Asian) countries; China, India and Japan court Africa at the mining table "There has never been a better time to develop a mining project, but there has never been a worse time to finance one."

Obama signs Africa power initiative into law; looks to bring electricity to 50 million people "Too many families resort to using charcoal or other toxic fuel sources, whose fumes cause more deaths than HIV/AIDS and malaria, combined"

Good job so far, but African leaders need to still do a lot more on vaccines Of the 10 countries with the most unvaccinated children, 5 are African: DR Congo, Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda

Tough love: here are 5 reasons why the world gets away with treating Africa very badly Africa doesn't come with new stacks of cards or new ideas to the game of world politics. It likes to bring blame, and threats to withdraw

South Sudan says 500 elephants may have died during two-year war The country's elephants, which numbered 5,000 in a 2012 nationwide survey, are still at heavy risk from poaching

Frank stories from the African tech graveyard: Lessons on failure from Nairobi's innovation leaders "One a scale of one to ten for innovation, I would give us a two," said Safaricom CEO Collymore, much to the surprise of the audience

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