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The Fifth Floor: Uganda's child pregnancy problem

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21/04/2023 GMT

Uganda's child pregnancy problem

BBC World Service - The Fifth Floor, Uganda's child pregnancy problem

Why did child pregnancies rise 300% post Covid?

BBC Africa Eye investigates the shocking rise in underaged pregnancies in Uganda.

Since the pandemic, reports from Uganda say there has been a 300% increase in pregnancies among girls aged 10-14. Sexual violence has been further fuelled in the north by the legacy of a 20-year insurgency led by notorious warlord Joseph Kony, and cases of sexual abuse of girls as young as three are being reported. For BBC Africa Eye, Paul Bakibinga investigates the true scale of the problem.    

Russia's online draft 
Under a new law recently signed by President Vladimir Putin, call-up papers will be served online, which makes avoiding the draft almost impossible. Kateryna Khinkulova of BBC Russian explains the new legislation. 

Fighting to keep Afghan music alive  
After they took power in August 2021, the Taliban imposed a total ban on playing and listening to music in public in Afghanistan. Students at the National Institute of Music fled the country, but now they are performing on the international stage in order to keep their music alive. BBC Afghan's Shekiba Habib has been talking to them.

The return of Ya Ya the panda to China 
Ya Ya arrived at Memphis Zoo 20 years ago but will soon make the journey back to her home country. Chinese netizens have been urging her swift return and asking if it's time for China to move on from 'panda diplomacy'. The BBC's Fan Wang has been covering the story.

(Photo: Young Ugandan mother carrying baby on her back)

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