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You go, girl. A new animated cartoon encourages young girls to become the heroes in their own lives. In Addis Ababa, VOA becomes acquainted with the Tibeb Girls, who use superpowers to fight the injustice and oppression Ethiopian girls routinely face. It’s the first time Ethiopian girls have seen heroes who look like them. The animated cartoon is breaking taboos by tackling subjects such as menstruation and child marriage.

The jailing of a university lecturer for allegedly insulting Uganda’s president on Facebook has revived the debate about growing efforts to limit freedom of expression. VOA reports from Kampala, where Stella Nyanzi is behind bars for allegedly calling President Yoweri Museveni ‘a pair of buttocks’ online. Uganda’s constitution guarantees freedom of speech and expression. But can government officials practice what the constitution preaches? 

VIDEO EXPLAINER: 20 million people across Africa don’t have enough to eat as the continent faces its worst humanitarian crisis in decades. The UN has dubbed the growing problem in Africa as the world’s largest crisis in 70 years. Why is this happening? Here’s an explanation of the individual elements that came together to form a perfect storm for disaster.

College clickbait: Would you attend a college just because you saw it on Buzzfeed? More colleges are advertising with online media like Buzzfeed in hopes of attracting students to their programs and institutions. They believe a different approach is needed to reach the youth market.

VIDEO: UN Ambassador Nikki Haley has quickly emerged as a key voice in the Trump Administration, despite not supporting Candidate Donald Trump’s bid for the presidency. Some accuse the former South Carolina governor of being more about style than  substance, but those who have followed her career say the daughter of Indian immigrants should not be underestimated. 

‘The largest tax reform in US history,’ is how administration officials describe President Trump’s tax plan, which was unveiled last week. Some analysts say calling the one-page proposal a ‘plan’ might be a bit of a stretch, but it does provide insight into the administration’s main priorities.

First, their land. Now their identity. Native Americans are fed up with scam artists who pretend to be American Indians. A number of public figures have been ‘outed’ for fictitious claims of Indian ancestry, most famously the man who called himself Iron Eyes Cody, who turned out to be Italian.

President Donald Trump alarmed South Korea when he said Seoul should pay an estimated $1 billion for THAAD, a controversial American missile defense system. An analyst in South Korea says a stressed Washington-Seoul alliance could send a message of division and weakness to Pyongyang, which could try to exploit that division.