Blind people in Cameroon were protesting this week against job discrimination when according to witnesses, police bundled them up and dumped them outside the city. Despite the alleged abuse, the protests continue.Scores of blind Cameroonians continued …

SUMMER RAINS START IN SOME AREASKEY POINTS• Current situation: calm in all regions• June: rains started in summer breeding areas• July–September: above-normal rains likely in summer breeding areas for small-scale breeding• October: potential locust inc…

Somalis across the world marked 62 years of independence Friday with little jubilation and much concern about a future blackened by drought, food shortages, and inflation.The July 1 holiday commemorates the day Somalia declared independence from Britis…