Deadly protests over fuel prices have erupted in Kenya, leading to arrests and fatalities. Meanwhile, the Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo is spreading, and women in Sierra Leone are finding new economic opportunities in the rickshaw business.

In Kenya, deadly fuel price protests have left at least four people dead and hundreds arrested, as demonstrators blame the government’s handling of the fallout from Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz. In eastern DR Congo, a rare variant of the Ebola virus has claimed over 100 lives, with nearly 400 suspected cases prompting concern from neighbouring countries and a declaration of an international health emergency by the WHO. Meanwhile, in Sierra Leone, more women are entering the traditional...