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A maid in Uganda who was secretly filmed beating a little girl has been found guilty of assaulting the toddler. Jolly Tumuhirwe, 22, told the court she had been driven to attack the 18-month-old because the child's mother had beaten her - something the mother denied. A video of the assault caused outrage when it was posted online. Earlier charges of torture were dropped after prosecutors said they could not be easily proven. Tumuhirwe now faces up five years in jail for committing assault occasioning actual bodily harm. She is due to be sentenced on Monday. Continue...

Since the rape allegations against Bill Cosby started piling up a few weeks ago, there was a common trend with the women who were all Caucasian, models and TV stars. The first African-American woman with allegations against the American comedy king has now stepped forward and it is Beverly Johnson, a woman who made history as the first African-American model to appear on the cover of American Vogue magazine. Continue...

The archbishop of Jos in central Nigeria has said more must be done to protect ordinary people, after at least 30 were killed in twin bomb attacks. Archbishop Ben Kwashi told the BBC that most of the victims were poor and defenceless. The attack on a crowded marketplace on Thursday has been blamed on Boko Haram. The Islamist group has previously targeted churches and mosques in Jos, which has a mixed population of Muslims and Christians. Continue....

 Controversial singer Maheeda has been asking a number of sex-related questions and getting feedback from her followers. She asked, ‘Have you ever had sex and you can’t wait for it to be over? How did it go? What did she or he did wrong? Educate me so it won’t happen with us’ …and then asked, ‘How important is sex in a relationship? As important as love? For me if u can’t fuck we’ll keep your love pls what do u think?’