Jiamini! Campaign Champion Talks About Mother’s Day

Meet Susan Zorro, the wife of legendary Tanzanian musician Banana Zorro.
“There’s nothing I’m prouder of than being the mother of two children, Randy (4) and Jermeine (2). I love my kids more than anything in this world,” Susan declared during an interview celebrating Mother’s Day.

Susan and Banana believe that it is very important that they make decisions for their family and raise their children together. And no decision has been more important than their choice to adopt a modern method of family planning.
“My husband and I worked together to select and use a family planning method that is suitable for us,” explains Mrs. Zorro. “As a mother, I feel happy that my husband supported me in my decision about the use of family planning methods [especially as there are many] men who do not support their partners [on this issue].”

Vocal advocates for family planning, Susan and Banana Zorro are champions for the Jiamini! Campaign, a new family planning (FP) campaign, led by the Ministry of...

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Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo Visits Child Mothers in Tanzania

Angelique Kidjo having a playful moment with one of the children at the Temeke Vocational Centre.

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, West African singer and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo recently visited Tanzania to highlight issues related to girls’ education, particularly early pregnancies, which have forced many girls to drop out of school.
“I feel very sad when I see these young girls, because being a mother at that age isn’t easy – even at 30 it’s not easy,” Ms. Kidjo said as she sat in front of a group of child mothers at the Temeke Vocational Centre in Dar es Salaam.

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In Tanzania, one in four girls under the age of 18 has already had their first child. Most of these girls were...

U.S. Warns Health Officials to be Alert for Deadly New Virus

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday warned state and local health officials about potential infections from a deadly virus previously unseen in humans that has now sickened 14 people and killed 8.

Most of the infections have occurred in the Middle East, but a new analysis of three confirmed infections in Britain suggests the virus can pass from person to person rather than from animal to humans, the CDC said in its Weekly Morbidity and Mortality Report on Thursday.

The virus is a coronavirus, part of the same family of viruses as the common cold and the deadly outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) that first emerged in Asia in 2003. The new virus is not the same as SARS, but like the SARS virus, it is similar to those found in bats. So far, no cases have been reported in the United States.

According to the CDC's analysis, the infections in Britain started with a 60-year-old man who had recently traveled to Pakistan and Saudi Arabia and developed a respiratory illness on..

Schoolgirl Stabbed to Death on Bus on at Fiveways in Birmingham City Centre

A city-wide manhunt is under way after a 16-year-old girl was stabbed to death on a rush-hour bus on one of Birmingham’s busiest roads
Officers believe the girl was on her way to school when she was stabbed

Police are looking for a black male in his late teens or early 20s in dark clothing after the “sporadic attack” on the Hagley Road at 07:40 GMT
He was thought to be wearing a jacket with a tiger design or other logo on and carrying a white carrier bag.
Officers believe the girl was on her way to school when she was stabbed.

Det Supt Richard Baker urged anyone who saw the man, who was also believed to be wearing dark jeans, not to approach him.
Mr Baker said every specialist officer in the city was involved in a “manhunt operation” for the suspect.
He said officers were pursuing the possibility the attacker was known to the girl but said the murder investigation was..

Bin Laden Spokesman Caught in Jordan

Reuters - Al-Qaeda spokesman Sulaiman Bu Ghaith speaks in an undated video message carried on Qatar's al-Jazeera television October 9, 2001 saying that the militant group believed in "terrorism against oppressors". [Osama bin Laden's] al-Qaeda group said on Tuesday that hijacked plane attacks on the United States would continue and that the "battle" would not end until America withdraws from Muslim lands. The station did not explain the origin of the statement but it appeared to be a video recording. Sulaiman Bu Ghaith had appeared with [bin Laden] on a recorded statement issued via Jazeera last Sunday. REUTERS
By LARA JAKES
WASHINGTON (AP) — Osama bin Laden's spokesman and son-in-law has been captured by theUnited States, officials said Thursday, in what a senior congressman called a "very significant victory" in the ongoing fight against al-Qaida.
Abu Ghaith is expected to be in U.S. federal court in New York on Friday in an initial hearing to face terror charges, according to a law enforcement official who...

Neglected Prisoner Gets $15.5 Million After Serving 22 Months in Solitary

Stephen Slevin at the time of his booking (left) and his release (right)
Stephen Slevin spent 22 months in solitary confinement in a New Mexico jail. During that time, his mental health deteriorated, fungus grew on his skin, and he was forced to pull his own tooth after being denied access to a dentist. A recent settlement with Dona Ana County resulted in Slevin receiving $15.5 million.

Initially, Slevin was awarded $22 million by a jury, but Dona Ana County appealed. The two parties reached an agreement this week. According to NBC News, Slevin's attorney, Matt Coyte, said his client's "mental health has been severely compromised from the time he was in that facility. That continues to be the same. No amount of money will bring back what they took away from him. But it’s nice to be able to get him some money so he can improve where he is in life and move on."
During his 22 months in solitary confinement, Slevin developed bedsores and lost 50 pounds. The ordeal began in 2005 when he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and stealing a car, which he says he borrowed from a friend. Slevin was never brought before a judge nor was he officially convicted of any crime. He said he wrote letters, begging for help with his depression. The before and after photos show the effect the 22 months of neglect had.

"Why they did what they did, I'll never know," Slevin told KOB4-TV. "Walking by me, watching me deteriorate day after day after day, and they did nothing at all to get me help."

Slevin's attorney said his client was battling depression at the time of his arrest. His health woes continue. He was recently diagnosed with lung cancer. He also suffers from post traumatic stress disorder due to his time in jail.

Jess Williams, Dona Ana County's public information director, told NBC News that the jail is making an effort to improve the way it treats prisoners with mental illness.

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