US House backs sanctions on China over Uighurs

The US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved a bill requiring the Trump administration to toughen its response to China's treatment of its Muslim minority.

In Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni is expected to lead an “Anti-Corruption Walk” later today. He is expected to announce the government’s plan to curb the vice.

More than one hundred and thirty people have died in Kenya since the onset of heavy rains in October. In one tragic case, rescuers have retrieved the body of a teenage girl who drowned in a river on the outskirts of the capital Nairobi on Tuesday.