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  • Kenya:Girl rescued from rubble of collapsed Nairobi building

    {The girl was rescued at 4 a.m and was rushed to hospital.}

    A one and a half-year-old girl was on Tuesday morning pulled alive from the rubble three days after a building collapsed in Huruma, Nairobi.

    The girl was rescued at 4 a.m and was rushed to Kenyatta National Hospital.

    National Disaster Management Unit Incident Commander Mr Pius Maasai told the Nation that the girl appeared to be in a stable condition.

    Nairobi County Police Commander Japheth Koome said the rescue of the child has given rescuers hope of finding more survivors.

    This brings the number of people rescued from the collapsed building to 136. The death toll stands at 23 people.

    Mr Maasai said search and rescue operation is ongoing.

    “We appeal to anyone who has a missing relative to be patient since the exercise is delicate due to balancing both safety of rescuers and victims,” he said.

    Police said the two brothers who own the building that collapsed will appear in court Tuesday.

    A rescuer searches for survivors in an ongoing operation at the scene where a building collapsed in Huruma, Nairobi in this picture taken on May 2, 2016.

  • 8 warning signs from your nails

    {The colour and state of your fingernails can let you know when something is wrong inside your body. So if you observe something usual on your nails, it’s important you visit a dermatologist.}

    Here are 8 warning signs from your nails.

    {{1.CLUBBED NAILS}}

    Clubbed nails are the opposite of spoon nails. The cause is usually hypoxia, a lack of oxygen. Clubbed nails can serve as a red flag for underlying lung disease like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

    {{2.FUNGAL NAIL INFECTIONS}}

    You probably have a fungal nail infection if your nails are thick, yellow or green, brittle or broken.

    {{3.PITTING}}

    Pitting could serve as a red flag for the chronic skin disease, psoriasis. More than half of psoriasis sufferers experience pitting.
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    4.BEAU’S LINES}}

    Beau’s line can serve as a red flag for uncontrolled diabetes or circulation problems.

    {{5.SPOON NAILS}}

    Spoon nails usually indicate hemochromatosis, a liver condition where there is too much iron being produced in your system. Spoon nails can also serve as a red flag for iron-deficiency anaemia, low blood oxygen levels from not taking in or absorbing enough iron.

    {{6.WHITE SPOTS}}

    If you have white spots on your nails that doesn’t appear to fade when you push them, it could serve as a red flag for true leuconychia which is a white discoloration usually due to an injury to the nail.

    {{7.SPLINTER HEMORRHAGES}}

    If you notice these long, black, splinter-like lines after smashing your hand in the door, then you shouldn’t worry too much. But if you observe these long, black, splinter-like lines and you haven’t hurt yourself recently, it could serve as a red flag for bacterial endocarditis which is an infection of the valves and inner lining of the heart.

    {{8.ONYCHOLYSIS}}

    If you haven’t hurt your finger recently and you notice this, you should see a doctor because it could serve as a red flag for an overactive thyroid gland.

    But if the white spots appear to fade when you push them, it could serve as a red flag for liver or kidney problems.

  • You want a peaceful marriage? Then these eight tips are for you

    {A peaceful marriage is the dream of every person who hopes to get married, but you can’t have a peaceful marriage by luck; you have to work for it.}

    For a marriage to be peaceful, certain things ought to exist.

    {{1. UNDERSTANDING }}

    Try to build understanding in your marriage, and one way you can build understanding is by seeing things through each other’s eyes. Togetherness can also make couples know and understand each other better, and you should learn to study your partner; as a good partner, you should know what makes your man/woman angry and try to avoid them.

    {{2. BUILD GOOD COMMUNICATION}}

    If good and effective communication exists in every marriage, most marriages would be peaceful. Learn to communicate your feelings with each other in a peaceful and loving way, learn to listen to each other and when you are apart, try to keep in touch with each other. Communication would help your marriage thoroughly.

    {{3. LEARN TO MAKE UP AFTER A FIGHT}}

    Surely, a misunderstanding might come up, and this doesn’t mean your marriage would crash or your marriage isn’t peaceful — it only means you are humans, two imperfect beings trying to build perfection with each other. Learn to make up after having a fight with your partner; don’t let enmity enter your marriage after that fight.

    {{4. RESPECT}}

    Have respect for each other, respect each other’s feelings and respect each other’s thinking. When couples have respect for each other, they won’t abuse and insult each other and they wouldn’t do things to hurt each other. Respect is important.

    {{5. KEEP THE LOVE BURNING}}

    Your hearts remain glued to each other even after years of marriage; you should still look for means to make each other happy — and when happiness exists in your marriage, peace would also exist. Take each other out on dates, do something spontaneous for each other, make time for sex (good sex at that), get each other gifts and never let the romantic side of your marriage die off. Peaceful couples are couples who love each other.

    {{6. APOLOGISE AND FORGIVE}}

    Apologies and forgiveness shouldn’t be far from your marriage if you want it to be peaceful. Learn to say sorry when you are wrong and try to forgive your partner too. If apologies and forgiveness exist in your marriage, the peace in your marriage would be so high; never underestimate the roles these two can play.

    {{7. BUILD TRUST AND BE TRUSTWORTHY}}

    You can’t have a peaceful marriage when you aren’t trustworthy. When lies, white lies, dishonesty, unfaithfulness and so many other negative vices are found in your marriage, it can hardly be peaceful. Be trustworthy and build trust in your marriage; when couples trust each other, it makes it easier for them to live a happy life.

    8. COMPROMISE

    Being unable to compromise is one thing that could kill the peace of your marriage. The inability to compromise can have a harmful effect on your marriage. Try to find a common ground when you are having an argument about a plan or what to do. When both parties want only their wish to be done, there can never be peace. Compromising would help your marriage greatly.

    If you want a peaceful marriage, then these tips should be practiced in your marriage, and you would see the effects.

    Have a marriage filled with peace and love. Cheers!

  • Two gay rights activists hacked to death in Bangladesh

    {Editor of magazine for transgender community among latest victims of murders targeting liberal activists.}

    Two people, including the editor of a magazine for the transgender community, have been hacked to death in the capital of Bangladesh.

    A third person, a security guard at the apartment building where the killings took place, was seriously wounded in Monday’s attack in Dhaka, in which six attackers murdered Julhas Mannan and Tanay Mojumdar.

    Mannan was the editor of Rupban, the only LGBT magazine in the country.

    “Unidentified attackers entered an apartment at Kalabagan and hacked two people to death,” Maruf Hossain Sarder, a Dhaka Metropolitan Police spokesman, told the AFP news agency.

    Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Hasina vowed to hunt down and prosecute those responsible.

    She accused the country’s opposition party and what she called allied armed groups of being behind the killings. The opposition has denied the allegations.

    No suspects have been arrested, police officer Shamim Ahmed told the Associated Press news agency.

    The incident came two days after a university professor was killed in similar fashion in an attack in Rajshahi, which was claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, or ISIS) group.

    Parvez Mollah, an 18-year-old security guard, told Al Jazeera that the six attackers were aged between 25 and 30 and that they had arrived at the building posing as couriers.

    “They told me they had some parcels for Mannan and, as I went up to his apartment, three of the six attackers followed me to the second floor and attacked Mannan with machetes,” Mollah said.

    “As Mannan fell to the floor, the attackers entered the apartment and fired bullets before fleeing.”

    Al Jazeera’s Tanvir Chowdhury, reporting from Dhaka, said that freedom of speech was threatened by such attacks.

    “There is widespread fear in the country and the government is denying involvement of international terrorists or ISIL, even after such groups have announced that Bangladesh is one of their operating bases,” he said.

    Earlier this month, Nazimuddin Samad, a 28-year-old law student, was hacked to death by three men riding a motorcycle as he walked with a friend in central Dhaka.

    Last year, at least four atheist bloggers and a secular publisher were hacked to death in a long-running series of killings of secular activists.

    The South Asian country has seen a surge in violent attacks over the past few months in which liberal and secular activists, members of minority Muslim sects and other religious groups have been targeted.

  • Somalia: sexual violence must be subject to criminal justice, says UN expert

    {A United Nations human rights expert today called on the Government of Somalia to enhance the capacity of the judiciary and police force in handling cases of sexual and gender-based violence, and to prohibit the handling of such cases by traditional clan elders.}

    “I call on the Government to prioritize the creation and implementation of a twin strategy: to enhance the capacity of the judiciary and the Somali Police force, and to prohibit clan and traditional elders from resolving or adjudicating such cases,” said the UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia, Bahame Tom Nyanduga, in a press release.

    “There is also a crucial need to create human rights awareness among clan elders and religious leaders about women’s rights, as one way of facilitating change within communities,” he added.

    Mr. Nyanduga began his visit to Somalia on 16 April. During his mission, he visited Mogadishu, Kismayo and Baidoa, and met the Speaker of the Federal Parliament, Federal Government authorities in Mogadishu, representatives of Jubbaland state, and the South West state.

    On Saturday, at the end of his third mission to the country, Mr. Nyanduga noted that the Xeer Somali traditional dispute resolution system continues to play a key role in the country, given that rule of law institutions are still being established. He was concerned to learn that traditional elders adjudicate sexual and gender-based violence cases, such as rape, due to the absence of a fully functioning criminal justice system in many parts of Somalia.

    He called for the adoption of the Sexual Offences Bill during the forthcoming session of Parliament to further guarantee the protection of women’s rights and also urged the Government to implement the recommendations arising from Somalia’s 2016 Universal Periodic Review before the Human Rights Council, including the adoption of a moratorium on the death penalty.

    Mr. Nyanduga commended the Federal and regional authorities and Parliament for committing themselves to holding elections later this year, widening the electoral base and ensuring that a 30 per cent women representation is met. However, he expressed concern that representation of youth, minorities and persons with disabilities, is not similarly guaranteed.

    The Independent Expert also reiterated the need to address the human rights challenges that journalists and media in Somalia face. He warned that the Media Law must not be used as a tool to harass journalists, but rather to ensure respect for the rights to freedom of opinion and expression.

    He noted with satisfaction the Government’s commitment to adopt the National Human Rights Commission Bill, establishing an independent National Human Rights Institution before the end of its tenure, and urged that this commitment be met.

    “However, another bill, the Counter Terrorism Bill, could potentially negatively affect the enjoyment of human rights,” Mr. Nyanduga said. “I urge the authorities to ensure that this bill conforms to international human rights guarantees in accordance with Somalia’s international human rights obligations and the revised Federal Constitution. To be effective in fighting terrorism, the law must be firmly entrenched in human rights.”

    AMISOM’s role in Somalia
    The Independent Expert commended the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) for the role it continues to play in the country. He noted its commitment to comply with human rights and international humanitarian law, including ensuring accountability for violations committed by its forces. Regarding the incident on the killing of the four civilians by AMISOM forces in Bullo Mareer, Lower Shabelle, the expert urged the Mission to conduct thorough, independent investigations and make the findings of its inquiries public.

    In this regard, he welcomed the plan by the UN and AMISOM to hold the first UN Human Rights Due Diligence Policy implementation review workshop on 26 and 27 April, urging that stronger collaboration on the ground will foster compliance with human rights and international humanitarian law, which is a shared objective for both the United Nations and the African Union.

    Independent experts or special rapporteurs are appointed by the Geneva-based Human Rights Council to examine and report back on a country situation or a specific human rights theme. The positions are honorary and the experts are not UN staff, nor are they paid for their work.

    Somali judicial officers walk into the Banaadir Court Complex in Mogadishu.

  • 7 things most women don’t know about the breast

    {Most women just see the breast as a part of the body that makes them attractive and sexy. I know you already know the breast is also important for feeding your babies but there are things about the breast you probably don’t know.}

    1. The breast is the last organ of the body to develop. Unlike other organs in the body, breasts don’t really come into their own until well after birth.

    2. Just as your feet and ears are not exactly the same, your breasts are not same in size. One of the breast is about 39.7 millilitres bigger than the other.

    3. It’s difficult for men to focus after seeing a breast according to a study conducted by Steven M. Platek, a neuroscientist at Georgia Gwinnett College. The study found that men perform poorly on cognitive tests after viewing images of women with heavy breasts.

    4. We already know men enjoy staring at a woman’s breast but what we never knew was that women also spend plenty time staring at other woman’s breast according to a study.

    5. Not all nipples are the same. There are actually four different types of nipples – normal, flat, puffy, and inverted.

    6. According to a 2013 study, men who prefer bigger breasts are less financially secure. The study found that men who prefer big breasts are more likely to be poor and associate large breasts with large resources.

    7. How do you sleep at night? The way you sleep can affect your breast shape. Sleeping facedown can change the shape of your breasts over time.

  • Uganda:Guard hangs self at Jinja State Lodge

    {A special police constable who had been deployed to State Lodge in Jinja town was found hanging near the kitchen.}

    Jinja District police commander Felix Mugizi said Abas Muwaira hanged himself last Thursday afternoon using some joined pieces of wire mesh.

    Mr Mugizi said police are still investigating the circumstances under which the man decided to take his life, but hastened to add that there are indications that he had done it out of fear, having been away from the lodge, which serves as the President’s official home in Jinja, on the night of Wednesday when thieves accessed the premises.

    However, other police officers who talked to Daily Monitor accused the Force’s top brass in Jinja of having mishandled the deployment plans for the State Lodge.

    One of the officers who preferred not to be named as he is not authorised to speak on behalf of the Force, said the deceased had been deployed to singly man security at the State Lodge for more than five years. “If there had been many security officers deployed at the premises, I think this would not have happened.

    The thieves must have known that he would at some point be forced to leave and they took advantage,” the officer said.

    Mr Mugizi declined to comment about reports that the deceased had been the only officer manning security at the premises. He also declined to reveal what was stolen.

  • For the men, seven things that happen to you when you keep chasing a woman who plays with your emotions

    {A lot of the times, men fall in love with women who wouldn’t take them serious; women who would take them for a ride, toy with their emotions, use them for their personal needs and leave them when they become bored.}

    Are you chasing a woman who has done all these things to you? Then you need to stop, because these six things happen to you when you keep going after that lady.
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    1. FRUSTRATION}}

    Of course, chasing after such a woman who only wants to take you for a ride would leave you frustrated. You would feel frustrated often, you would feel angry and you would feel dejected.

    {{2. YOU COULD PICK UP BAD HABITS IN THE PROCESS}}

    Frustration could make a man pick up bad habits. If she has been toying with your emotions and frustrating you, maybe you should take a step back or you might lose it. A lot of men have taken to alcohol abuse, drug abuse, cigarette smoking and other bad habits when faced with this situation.

    {{3. YOU DO MORE THAN YOU SHOULD}}

    Really, I’ve seen men go even more than an extra mile to please a woman who keeps toying with their emotions. It’s okay to do what’s necessary to win a woman’s heart, but it should be a woman who’s worth it and it shouldn’t be a woman who’s taking you for a ride.

    {{4. YOU MAKE YOURSELF LOOK SILLY}}

    Surely the world would call you foolish and the lady in question would term you so too and her friends would mock you. The only person losing here is you. And in all honesty, you make yourself look silly when are desperately chasing a woman who’s only taking you for a ride.

    {{5. YOU LOSE OPPORTUNITIES}}

    When you try to be with someone who doesn’t deserve you, you lose sight of other good things. You lose sight of the good things happening in your life and you lose the opportunity to be with someone who would truly love you and treat you right.

    {{6. YOU LOSE YOUR SELF-ESTEEM}}

    Your esteem, your self-belief and your confidence would definitely be shattered when you chase after someone who would only mock and ridicule you.

    Chasing after such a woman would make you feel undervalued, you wouldn’t see the good things in you anymore, you would feel less than competent and you would feel less a man.

    Why kill your manly ego to be with such a woman?

    {{7. YOUR HAPPINESS}}

    When you put yourself in this situation, you end up killing your happiness; you make yourself sad and you fail to recognise and appreciate the good things happening in your life.

    {{ Have you been in this situation? Are you in this situation?}}

    Chasing a woman who would only toy with your emotions is never healthy for you; rather than fight for someone who wouldn’t rather be with you, who would only toy with you and who makes you feel less a man, look for a lady that would see your values and appreciate them.

    And at the end of the day, all that glitters aren’t really gold.

  • 15 scientific facts about sex you probably don’t know

    {How much do you think you know about sex? Some might be tempted to say a lot but before you say that, I think you should go through this list of scientific facts about sex.}

    {{Below are 15 scientific facts about sex you probably don’t know.}}

    1. While men are more attracted to women who smile, it’s the opposite for women. Women find happy guys significantly less sexually attractive than brooding men. So guys, maybe we should start smiling less.

    2. During each sexual session, a man shoots out between 30 to 750 million sperm cells each time he climaxes. Well before you say that’s a lot, an average pigs shoots about 8 billion sperm cells when it climaxes.

    3. This is definitely bad news for the guys with a clean shave. According to science, women see guys with a stubble as more attractive than guys with a clean shave.

    4. Here is another amazing reason why you should kiss your partner everyday. According to science, kissing improves intimacy, lowers stress and lowers cholesterol too. That’s not all. According to several studies, how often couples kisses correlated to their long-term relationship satisfaction.

    5. Having sex can partially to completely alleviate your headache. Don’t forget to have a session in bed with your partner when next you have a headache. I definitely won’t forget this tip.

    6. Just as people sleep-walk, people also sleep-sex. Some people actually engage in sexual behaviour while they are asleep and this condition is known as sexsomnia.

    7. Be happy when next you get under the sun because studies have shown that sunlight can boost your testosterone, thus increasing your libido and sex drive. I definitely would stop complaining when I get under the sun.

    8. Sorry younger ladies, it seems older women enjoy sex better. According to a 2010 National Survey of Sexual Health and Behaviour, older women were more likely to say they’d climaxed during their last sexual encounter than younger women.

    9. Remember the song lady in red? Ever wondered why Chris de Burgh didn’t sing about the lady in blue or white? According to science, men find women who wear the colour red more attractive than women wearing other colours.

    10. According to science, wearing socks during sex significantly increased the chance of climax. I think I would be wearing my socks tonight.

    11. How you feel about your body will affect your sex life. According to science, obese women who accepted their bodies reported better sex while those who hated their size said their sex lives suffered.

    12. According to a 2012 study, people who are more comfortable with sexual communication are happier with their sex lives.

    13. Why do guys sleep after sex? According to science, when guys climax, the brain releases a mix of chemicals, including prolactin. Guess I now know why I sleep after sex.

    14. A mind-blowing sex can trigger sudden memory loss.This rare condition is known as transient global amnesia. Researchers describe an instance in which a 54-year-old woman showed up in the emergency room at Georgetown University Hospital unable to remember the past 24 hours. Her amnesia started right after having sex with her husband just an hour before.

    15. A study published in the journal Annals of Epidemiology found that people who are well-off have better sex lives than their poorer counterparts. So guys, we need to make that money so we would have better sex lives.

  • Illicit brews worry Gicumbi residents

    {Some residents of Gicumbi district say that drug abuse especially ‘Kanyanga’ is fuelling the occurrence of domestic violence incidences. }

    Following the Rwanda government’s efforts to fight drug abuse, Gicumbi residents at the Rwanda-Uganda , sneak into Uganda from where they consume Kanyanga and cross back to Rwanda beat-drunk and ignite quarrels and domestic fights.

    Gicumbi residents have also attributed increased cases of polygamy to such drunkard behavior of men consuming distilled Kanyanga in Uganda.

    “Polygamy is increasing which I think is a result of drunkard behaviors. People in this region are used to drinking Kanyanga yet it is dangerous as it blurs people’s sense of judgment. For instance, a man wakes up and goes for hard labor in Uganda and spends the whole wage of the day drinking Kanyanga in Uganda since it is banned in Rwanda. Returning home being drunk, he starts quarreling with the woman and children since he left nothing for food,” said a resident of Gicumbi district, Uwayezu Odette.

    Uwayezu said that sometimes men prefer to marry other women with whom they will not get in heated arguments when they return from Uganda with intoxicated judgment.

    Some men also accuse some women of drug abuse.

    “I often wake up early and cross to Uganda to cultivate my land. However, when I leave home the wife neither cooks nor takes care of the children. She also immediately goes to bars where she stays for the whole day taking alcohol and returns home dead-drunk. Sometimes when I come back from work I go to the bar where she is to bring her back home,” says Sunday Julius.

    Julius said that he also drinks Kanyanga but fears that it would expose his life to risks.

    “I drink Kanyanga but caution because it is not so kind to the body and judgment.”

    The mayor of Gicumbi district, Mudaheranwa Juvenal requests citizens to keep away from drug abuse to avoid its corrosive effects.

    Talking about polygamy as result of drunkard behaviors, the mayor said; “No one should feel proud of polygamy. Parents should take on responsibilities of upbringing children in a proper way. The government provided cows. They should drink milk other than Kanyanga,” he said.

    He said that the district is going to increase efforts towards eradicating drug abuse through strengthening government’s programs like Akagoroba k’Ababyeyi and mobilizing local leaders to support monitoring programs.

    Old men drinking illicit brews