Ghana activists push government to rescue maids from Lebanon

The United Nations Youth Association of Ghana is pushing for the Ghanaian government to help rescue over 8,000 stranded domestic workers – most of them women – from Lebanon.

A court in Kenya has sentenced two men to serve 18 years in prison for helping al-Shabab gunmen in a 2013 attack on a shopping mall, Reuters news agency reports.

Incomplete results from Tanzania's parliamentary election show Tanzania's ruling party has won 218 out of 220 parliamentary seats declared so far, reports Mwananchi newspaper.

(Photo: A black woman rests her arms on a white bed sheet; Credit: AFP)