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  “Each person only has a life, but if I had the chance to choose again I would still choose my way.” They are the words of one of Vietnam’s most influential bloggers — known by her online pseudonym, Mother Mushroom — minutes before she was handed the shock sentence of a decade in prison. Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh directed her defiant comments at her 61-year-old mother, who was watching a live feed in a room next door as she was not allow into the courtroom. The 37-year-old was accused of defaming Vietnam’s communist regime in her blogs and interviews with foreign media.

Thursday 6 July 2017 12.59 BST Last modified on Thursday 6 July 2017 22.00 BST “D o you want to take her back alive? Or do you want her corpse?” That’s what Jahanara’s husband asked her mother as he beat his wife 10 years ago. That night, Jahanara gave up on her brutal marriage and left her home and four children. Since then, her husband has refused to let her see the children, though they live in the same city, Jaipur. He has paid no alimony. He has refused to give her the 15 grammes of gold promised as part of the mandatory payment that Muslim men must make to their wives if the marriage ends. Her share in the marital home has also been denied her. ‘If a man can do it, why can't I?’: turning the tables on India's

A coalition of human rights groups has condemned as unconstitutional the Tanzanian president’s comments that pregnant girls should be banned from school. President John Magufuli was widely criticised by campaigners after he told a rally last week: “As long as I am president … no pregnant student will be allowed to return to school … After getting pregnant, you are done.” A law dating back to the 1960s allows all state schools in Tanzania to ban young mothers from attending. Over the past decade more than 55,000 Tanzanian pregnant schoolgirls have been expelled from school, according to a 2013 report by the Center for Reproductive Rights. Make or break moment beckons for education at G20 summit Read more Women’s groups said the ban is out of touch with public opinion and breaks international human rights conventions. It also contradicts a promise set out in the ruling party’s 2015 election manifesto, which pledged to allow pregnant school girls to continue with their studies. Fai...

Tech entrepreneur Cheryl Yeoh's account of sexual harassment by a leading Silicon Valley investor is the latest discrimination scandal to rock the tech industry. Dave McClure resigned from 500 Startups, the firm he co-founded, following claims made by another woman - which encouraged Ms Yeoh to publish her own story online. In her first interview, Cheryl Yeoh explains why she decided to talk publicly about the incident, which took place in 2014, and what she thinks needs to change. It has been edited for length. How do you feel about what happened now? "I was obviously angry and hurt but also surprised that I felt like it wasn't a rare thing, it was considered normal in the start-up world, the tech world. "Now I realise that's not OK and that's part of the problem. That's why we need to speak up about it and have a conversation around how do we change this dynamic, how do we change the narrative?" You thought that it was "normal" f...

Hadi sasa Mjumbe wa Kamati Kuu ya Chama, Mwenyekiti wa BAWACHA Taifa na Mbunge wa Kawe, Halima Mdee bado anashikiliwa na Jeshi la Polisi, Kituo cha Polisi Oysterbay, takriban masaa 72 tangu alipokamatwa na kuwekwa ndani kwa masaa 48 kwa maagizo ya Mkuu wa Wilaya ya Kinondoni. Kwa mujibu wa Mawakili wa Chama wakiongozwa na Peter Kibatala, ambao wamekuwa wakifuatilia hatma ya Mhe. Mdee tangu ilipotolewa amri ya kukamatwa kwake, wanasema polisi wanaendelea kumshikilia Mhe. Mdee kwa ajili ya mahojiano ambayo hadi jioni hii haijaelezwa yatahusu tuhuma zipi. Mahojiano hayo ambayo leo yameshindikana kufanyika kwa siku nzima kwa kile kilichoelezwa kuwa RCO ambaye ofisi yake ilikuwa na jukumu la kumhoji Mhe. Mdee alikuwa katika shughuli zingine ikiwa ni pamoja na kuwa kikaoni Makao Makuu ya Jeshi la Police. Msimamo wa chama Tunaendelea kusisitiza msimamo ambao tayari tumeshautoa kuwa Chama kinakusudia kuchukua hatua za kisheria dhidi ya wakuu wa mikoa na wakuu wa wilaya ambao wamekuwa wa...

Leaders of 19 nations at the G20 summit in Germany have renewed their pledge to implement the Paris deal on climate change, despite the US pulling out. Deadlock over the issue had held up the last day of talks in Hamburg but a final agreement was eventually reached. It acknowledges President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement without undermining the commitment of other countries. The compromise comes after violent protests in the host city. The joint summit statement released on Saturday said: "We take note of the decision of the United States of America to withdraw from the Paris Agreement." However, the leaders of the other G20 members agreed the accord committing nations to restrict global temperature increases was "irreversible". In her closing news conference, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she still deplored Mr Trump's position on the Paris accord but she was "gratified"...

John Legend (his real name is John Stephens) is well on his way. Get Lifted, his debut album, produced by Platinum rapper-producer Kanye West, has become one of the top sellers in the nation. Legend assisted on West’s double-Platinum College Dropout CD as a vocalist, pianist and co-writer on several tracks. He performed its biggest hit, "Jesus Walks," with West, Mavis Staples and the Blind Boys of Alabama on the 47th Annual Grammy Awards Feb. 13. West was the most nominated artist in the awards, with 10. Philly-bred singer, songwriter and pianist John Legend was born into a musical family in 1979, the grandson of a minister who spent much of his childhood singing and playing in church. His family moved from Ohio to Pennsylvania when he was a child, and...

  Liu Xiaobo, a Chinese dissident, has spent years in prison for calling for political change in his country. For more than half of his marriage to Liu Xia he has been imprisoned, and now he is dying of cancer. The BBC's Celia Hatton looks back at how the couple's love survived. They fought to be allowed to marry each other. But when the government in Beijing finally backed down, permitting one of its unrelenting critics to marry his love, problems remained. The camera that was supposed to take the couple's official marriage picture wouldn't work. The photographer was left scratching his head. Chinese marriage certificates aren't valid unless they contain an official portrait snapped at the scene. So, Liu Xiaobo and and his would-be wife, Liu Xia, improvised. They found single photos of themselves and stuck them side by side. The makeshift photo was stamped and finally, they were married. That was in 1996. Getting married was a small victory for...

           TANZANIA PROFILE 1498 - Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama visits Tanzanian coast. First president Julius Nyerere was influential in Africa's independence movement 1506 - Portuguese succeed in controlling most of the East African coast. 1699 - Portuguese ousted from Zanzibar by Omani Arabs. 1884 - German Colonisation Society begins to acquire territory on the mainland. 1886 - Britain and Germany sign an agreement allowing Germany to set up a sphere of influence over mainland Tanzania, except for a narrow piece of territory along the coast which stays under the authority of the sultan of Zanzibar, while Britain enjoys a protectorate over Zanzibar. 1905-06 - Indigenous Maji Maji revolt suppressed by German troops. British rule 1916 - British, Belgian and South African troops occupy most of German East Africa. 1919 - League of Nations gives Britain a mandate over Tanganyika - today's mainland Tanzania. 1929 - T...

  A new crackdown on what civil servants can wear in Uganda has reignited a fierce debate about morality, clothes and women's rights in the country. The new directive brings new definitions to "dressing decently". Women are not allowed to: Wear a skirt or dress that is above the knees Wear sleeveless, transparent blouses and dresses Show cleavage, navel, knees and back Have bright-coloured hair (natural hair, braids or hair extensions) Have nails longer than 3cms (1.5in), or have bright or multi-coloured nail polish While men must: Wear neat trousers, long-sleeved shirts, jacket and a tie Not wear tight fitting trousers Not have open shoes, except on health grounds/recommendation. Have well-groomed, short hair Adah Muwanga, human resources director at the Public Service Ministry, said the new circular was needed because of complaints - especially about female public officers - from male counterparts, who say "body parts should be covered...

  Oral sex is producing dangerous gonorrhoea and a decline in condom use is helping it to spread, the World Health Organization has said. It warns that if someone contracts gonorrhoea, it is now much harder to treat, and in some cases impossible. The sexually transmitted infection is rapidly developing resistance to antibiotics. Experts said the situation was "fairly grim" with few new drugs on the horizon. About 78 million people pick up the STI each year and it can cause infertility. The World Health Organization analysed data from 77 countries which showed gonorrhoea's resistance to antibiotics was widespread. Dr Teodora Wi, from the WHO, said there had even been three cases - in Japan, France and Spain - where the infection was completely untreatable. She said: "Gonorrhoea is a very smart bug, every time you introduce a new class of antibiotics to treat gonorrhoea, the bug becomes resistant." Worryingly, the vast majority of gonorrhoea i...

  Prison officers confiscated about 225kg (496lbs) of drugs in one year, according to the Ministry of Justice. In 2016 20,000 mobile phones and sim cards, which are also contraband, were also seized from prisoners. The haul comes after £2 million investment in mobile phone detectors across the service, as well as 300 specialist dogs for drug detection. Prisons minister Sam Gyimah said that the amount of drugs and phones in prisons is "unacceptable". He said: "I have been clear that the current levels of violence, drugs and mobile phones in our prisons is unacceptable. "These figures highlight the determination of prison staff to disrupt this behaviour." Illegal mobile phones are used by some prisoners to continue their criminal activity, and can be rented for up to £1,000 . A spokesman for the Ministry of Justice added that the Prisons Service was working to curb the use of drones in delivering phones and drugs, by creating "a specialist sq...

  Silicon Valley and the wider tech industry have a problem with women. At least, that is what you might conclude after a week that has seen a leading tech investor resign after admitting his involvement in sexual harassment. On the Tech Tent podcast this week, we talk to two women who have been on the receiving end of that kind of behaviour and ask why the culture of Silicon Valley appears to be stuck in the last century. We also discuss a week that has seen the demise of the internal combustion engine come closer - as Volvo announced that all its cars will soon include an electric motor - and we meet the woman who has a powerful role in regulating Facebook and other tech giants in Europe.

  US President Donald Trump has declared the G20 summit in Germany a "wonderful success", despite his country's isolated position on climate change. In a joint statement, the leaders of 18 nations and the EU recognised the US decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement. However, they also said other G20 members remained committed to the "irreversible" accord. Deadlock over the issue had held up the last day of talks in Hamburg. A final agreement was eventually reached and the joint summit statement was officially released on Saturday. The statement also said the US would seek "to work closely with other countries to help them access and use fossil fuels more cleanly and efficiently".

Alfajiri ya July 9 2017 timu ya taifa ya Tanzania Taifa Stars ilirejea Dar es Salaam Tanzania ikitokea Afrika Kusini ilipokuwa inashiriki michuano ya COSAFA 2017 na kupokelewa na waziri mwenye dhamana ya michezi Dr Harrison Mwakyembe, ambapo Tanzania katika michuano hiyo imemaliza kwa rekodi ya kumtoa mwenyeji katika robo fainali.

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