
Kenya marks ten years of its new constitution
The constitution, signed into law a decade ago, was intended to bring in reforms.
It’s a decade since Kenya adopted a new constitution designed to reform how the country is governed and reduce ethnic tensions, but how much has changed?
Plus medical facilities in Ethiopia are overstretched as they struggle to cope with a surge in Covid-19 cases in the capital Addis Ababa.
And a rural, mountainous village in Sierra Leone gets electricity for the first time in more than 200 years.
(Photo: A supporter of reforming the Kenyan constitution shows a short explanation about the new proposed changes during a rally in Nairobi, on August 1, 2010. Credit: Getty Images)
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