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The President of Sierra Leone, Julius Maado Bio,  has officially declared rape a national emergency. In his doing so he has also announced free hospital care to sexual assault victims, he created a special police and court divisions to deal with the cases that come in, he also established a hotline where victims can call. In this quote from the article it explains the situation, "Sierra Leone's sexual violence statistics are harrowing. According to the country's police service, there were more than 8,500 reported case of sexual- and gender-based violence in 2018 — and a third of these involved a minor. But many activists, and the country's first lady, say the number of actual cases is likely much higher, as many instances go unreported". Most of the victims are under the age of 15. The President then declared that any act of sexual assault is punishable by life imprisonment. Of the 2,900 sexual assault cases that were reported only 1.3% were successfully pros

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/world/africa/nigeria-election-corruption.html Muhammad Buhari took presidency in 2015 by promising to end two important issues: corruption and the end of Islamist extremists. He got voter approval by promising to end Boko Haram and by promising to bring back female captives. He is now doing his re-election campaign and he is being accused of failing on all fronts. He got a team together to investigate corruption within government officials and the team also uncovered millions of dollars hidden inside walls of apartments. He caught on to the fact that the nations chief justice had millions of dollars in his bank account and got dismissed right away.

https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2019/02/02/africa-is-heroins-new-highway-to-the-west Heroin addicts were rare in Africa up until 2006. Before, 1980's to 1990's, they were found in areas that had white hipsters or where there were a lot of tourists. Since 2006 heroin consumption has increased faster in Africa than any other continent according to the UN office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The consumption of this drug has not just put a lot of people's lives at risk it has also affected the political climate in Africa.