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Mounting concern about police brutality in Kenya
Cases of police brutality and enforced disappearances are rising in Kenya, says Amnesty report.
A new report by Amnesty International Kenya and several local NGOs says cases of police brutality and enforced disappearances are on a steady increase in Kenya.
A BBC investigation finds there are dozens of unqualified people working in the Egypt beauty industry, endangering lives and leaving women scarred.
And the Central African Republic, becomes the second country in the world and the first in Africa, to adopt the cryptocurrency Bitcoin as legal tender.
Photo: Kenyans in Mathare, Nairobi, protesting against police brutality. Credit: Getty Images.
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