CONTINENTAL DRIFT

It’s clear who wears the pants

Charges of indecency have been dropped against 24 women who wore trousers to a party near Sudan’s capital, Khartoum. The women were arrested in a raid by the morality police on December 6. If convicted, the women could have faced punishment of 40 lashes and a fine for wearing “an obscene outfit”. Sudan outlawed “indecent or immoral dress” in 1991. Under Article 152, public order police can arrest anyone who isn’t dressed appropriately.

To the rescue

Aamin Ambulance, a nongovernmental organisation with the only fleet of free ambulances in Mogadishu, Somalia, has received $32966 from a GoFundMe campaign started in Sweden. Aamin Ambulance is known for always being the first responders after bomb attacks, which occur often. The nongovernmental organisation owns 10 ambulances. The funds will go towards repairs and buying three new ambulances.

Very real

Many Kenyans still see albinism as a curse, and call those with this condition zeru, meaning ghost. But 14-year-old Goldalyn Kakuya is defying these perceptions. Goldalyn got the highest mark out of the 993 718 candidates who wrote the country’s national primary school exams. Goldalyn says she wants to become a psychotherapist. “I want to understand why the children who taunted me were doing so and what can be done to change this.”

The ‘quiet billionaire’