Some of the poorest countries in Africa have put in place appropriate laws and policies to protect child rights than wealthier countries.

The countries have allocated their limited resources to the provision of basic needs for their children and the funding arrangement has helped greatly in protecting the children against exploitation and harmful traditional practices.

In major nightclubs in Nairobi, a new phenomenon is taking shape: the number of male sex workers is on the rise as more men turn to the act as away of eking a living.

While many people have associated Mombasa with men who sell anal sex, it is emerging that Nairobi is now a hot-spot for this business.

Men who engage in this act for commercial reasons are easy to come by than was the case in the past, says Dr Joshua Kimani, whose research work has enabled him to come into contact with some of them.

Puzzled by a section of prostitutes in Majengo slums who had managed to resist HIV infection even after being exposed to it, a group of scientists decided in 1987 to understand why this was the case.

This amazing finding made them follow these women keenly for over five years to find out what made them tick.

By 1992, they concluded that the women’s immune system was able to elicit certain cells known as cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL), also called killer T-cells that had the ability to destroy the HIV infected cell before the virus replicated.

Buoyed by these findings, donors in 1996 gave the researchers funds to establish conclusively why these women were able to resist HIV infection.

The report by Waki Commission is unprecedented in many ways, in that for the first time in Kenyan history; sexual crimes have not only been acknowledged but also given the prominence that they deserve.

The report makes grave revelations regarding sexual crimes by indicating that they were “under-reported, under-investigated and insufficiently addressed.”

The return of Kenya’s post 2007 elections Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to areas that were affected by land grievances should not be promoted as a durable solution but rather as a temporary measure to be accompanied by clear efforts to resolve the underlying causes of displacements, London based Overseas Development Institute (ODI) warns.

In its recent humanitarian policy group brief, the institute recommends that if durable solutions are found, programmes must henceforth take account of those who were forced to move in earlier wave of displacement.

One in four people in Gulu district in northern Uganda suffer from mental illness as a result of alcohol abuse, depression and anxiety due to effects of the 22 years old war that displaced 2 million people from their homes, a study reveals.

The study  that was done by the university of Gulu between 1998 – 2008 reveals that between 16,000 – 17,000 people attempted suicide, a figure much higher than 99 – 100,000 international rating.