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Alshabaab militant group on Sunday introduced a new curriculum for primary and secondary schools in places under their control. The launching ceremony attended by Alshabaab’s spokesperson Ali Dheere took place in Saakow Middle Juba. Check also: Thousands Die Of Famine In Somalia, According To U.N The group says the new curriculum intends to replace foreign elements in it mostly used across Somalia. ...

Road contractors who will not complete their work on time will lose their deals, Kenya National Highways Authority has warned. Check also: Uganda, Rwanda And Kenya Launch East Africa Tourism Portal The authority chairman Erastus Mwongera without naming the contractors, lamented that some of them were taking too long to complete their projects therefore inconveniencing road users and causing unnecessary delay. ...

Today, Microsoft announces via blog entry the shutdown of CodePlex, its 11-year-old site where programmers could host and share the code for their software projects just like Github. Check also: Microsoft Launched A New Nokia Phone When it was founded in 2006, CodePlex was one Microsoft’s biggest steps into the world of open source software — where any programmer, anywhere can download and tweak the ...

Gulu — A former senior signaller in the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) led by elusive rebel leader Joseph Kony has defected from the rebel outfit to the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF). Check also: As Ugandan Troops Withdraws From AU Mission, Is Kony’s LRA Finished? Lt Michael Omona, 33, defected on January 20, from the jungles of Central African Republic (CAR) ...

An Indonesian man, who had not been seen since the weekend, was found inside a 23ft (7m)-long python. Villagers on the island of West Sulawesi had the horrific task of cutting open the giant snake’s stomach to retrieve the body. Check also: What To Do If You’re Bitten By A Snake Akbar was last seen on Sunday (26 March) before he ...