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Kenya鈥檚 President Ruto has disclosed that he fired the former head of criminal investigations over cases of forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings. In a wide-ranging question and answer media session that included the issue of police brutality, the president said he "will close the chapter" on extrajudicial killings by the police. We hear from a journalist who was there.

Zambia grapples with power cuts of up to 12 hours.

And we hear about efforts in northern Nigeria to provide women and girls with access to contraception and information about family planning.

Photo: A Kenyan police officer on patrol in Nairobi. Credit: Getty Images.