Eritrea: Need for Increased Female Student Enrollment in Education in...
The need to exert the necessary efforts for increasing the number of female student enrollment in Geza-Dungur administrative area, Areza sub-zone, has been emphasized.
View ArticleZimbabwe: Thousands Take Part in Jikinya Festival
A total of 39 000 primary school pupils went on stage to showcase their dancing talents nationally during the run up to the annual Jikinya Dance Festival finals that were held in Bulawayo recently.
View ArticleTanzania: The Photojournalist - Treading Where Women 'Fear' to Tread
Photography is a profession that is dominated by men and the few daring women who have tried their hands on it are always met with skepticism as they are seen as some sort of outcasts.However, this...
View ArticleEritrea: Painting Attests to Capacity of Local Youths, Say Professional Artists
The preparation of a 7.2 Km.-long painting on textile under the theme "Pollution-Free World" to be recorded on Guinness World Records attests to the capacity of the Eritrean youths who participated in...
View ArticleTanzania: A Daring Woman in Men's Territory
Like the proverbial beggar who can't afford the luxury of being a chooser, Agnes Martin Koyanga was compelled to grab a job opportunity that conservative people regard inferior and unsuitable for women.
View ArticleZimbabwe: Sexual Abuse Rife in Police - Makone
Home Affairs co-minister Theresa Makone has said sexual harassment of women was rampant in government departments, including the police force, which she heads.
View ArticleZimbabwe: All the Prime Minister's Women
IT is the lifestyle of the rich and famous: top of the range cars; holidays in exquisite resorts and lots of women. They enjoy the fun irrespective of the media scrutiny. In some cases, they never seem...
View ArticleNigeria: ICT Opens New Vista for Youth Empowerment
Nigeria has in the last eight years witnessed the best growth performance since independence partly because of successes in some policies of the government, but it is worrisome that the touted economic...
View ArticleNigeria: 115 Women, 65 Infants Die From Birth-Related Complications
No fewer than 115 pregnant women and 65 infants lost their lives in Jama're Local Government of Bauchi State due to birth-related complications between January and July this year.
View ArticleZimbabwe: Sex Strikes Are an Effective Tool for Change
The tragedy about the response to my call for a sex strike at a rally in Magwegwe on November 6, was that it exposed a much bigger and fundamental problem facing this nation's new generation in this...
View ArticleNigeria: Igbo Youth Task FG On Employment
IGBO Youth Movement, IYM has advised the Federal Government to address the problems of youth unemployment if it must win the war against Boko Haram Islamic sect in the country.
View ArticleKenya: 16 Days of Activism Is a Renewal of Our Commitment to End Gender Violence
Gender-based violence is a global pandemic that cuts across ethnicity, race, socio-economic status, and religion.
View ArticleNigeria: Suicide Rampant in Men Than Women - Psychologist
A psychologist, Pius Akuchi, has said that men are more likely to commit suicide than women, though the latter make more attempts but the men are more successful.
View ArticleEritrea: 16 Women Trained in Weaving Graduate
16 women who received 8-month training in weaving under the auspices of the Ministry of Labor and Human Welfare' branch office in Central region have graduated.
View ArticleKenya: The Danger of Feminist Literature
Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka and Ngugi wa Thiong'o are undoubtedly the fathers of African literature.
View ArticleTanzania: 16 Days to Change a Woman's Life
Yesterday marked the beginning of the 16-day journey that is aimed at transforming the lives of millions of women in Tanzania and abroad. It's the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence.
View ArticleZimbabwe: Chipangano At Sixes, Sevens
FEARED vigilante group Chipangano is at sixes and sevens after senior ZANU-PF officials who have been backing its activities in the background ditched the loosely structured organisation, The Financial...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Violence Against Women Killing Economy
They are the mothers, teachers, cleaners, caregivers, cooks, nurses, entrepreneurs, vendors and cross-border traders. The list of women's contribution to society and the country's economy is endless...
View ArticleCongo-Kinshasa: Voting Chaos and Pockets of Violence Mar DRC Elections
Missing ballot papers and problems with voter lists kicked off the Democratic Republic of Congo's presidential elections on Monday, with scattered pockets of violence throughout the country. RFI...
View ArticleNigeria: Certificate Scandal - Supreme Court Throws Out Suswam's Appeal
Attempts by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] to stop the Benue State Governorship Election Tribunal from hearing the allegations of certificate forgery brought against Governor Gabriel Suswam...
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