By CHARLES ONYANGO-OBBOMore by this AuthorAhead of writing this column on Tuesday afternoon, I was on an Africa news aggregator site. From Tanzania, a piece on President John Magufuli’s now well-publicised iron first: “Tanzania’s latest clampdown takes decades of repression to new lows”. SOUTH SUDANSouth Sudan had to be in: “South Sudan: Oxfam calls for urgent action as famine worries loom”. South Africa had a high number of nasties: “Femicide in South Africa: Why men kill women”, “Indian-origin girl killed in South Africa botched car hijacking” and a strong opinion piece, “Killing of [South African] children, women needs to stop now”. In some countries, such as South Africa, they like to protest.

Source: Daily Nation May 30, 2018 19:18 UTC