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Sudan Kenya Lesotho

Sudan has criminalised female gen- Kenya has been elected a non-per- Living in the African mountain
ital mutilation (FGM), making it manent member of the UN Secu- kingdom of Lesotho comes with
punishable by three years in jail, a rity Council, defeating Djibouti for its fair share of challenges, includ-
move campaigners said ushered in a a seat designated for African coun- ing land degradation and climate
tries.
“new era” for women’s rights in the change, which are upending tradi-
tional farming practices.
African nation.

Somalia Nigeria

Congo Devastating floods, desert locusts Help and funding are needed ur-

After nearly two years and 2,280 and the COVID-19 pandemic con- gently for millions of people in Ni-
geria who have been hit severely by
deaths, the world’s second-deadliest stitute a ‘triple threat’, that risks re- the effects of the coronavirus pan-
Ebola outbreak in the Democratic versing political and security gains demic, including conflict-hit com-
Republic of the Congo (DRC) is fi- munities “on life-support” in the
nally over, the World Health Orga- made in Somalia in recent years, the north-east, UN humanitarians said
nization (WHO) said on Thursday. United Nations is warning. on Tuesday.

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