Pinky Ghelani Launches Initiative To Support Women Refugees
Media personality Pinky Ghelani has launched The Sustainable Livelihoods Initiative to support women refugees in Kenya in her capacity as a High Level Influencer for the UNHCR. The initiative, which was launched last Saturday at a brunch titled “The Power of Her”, saw powerful and influential women gather at The Trademark Hotel to witness and […]
Ambassadors Of God Embarks On Girl Child School Retention Programme In Malawi
A youth led Non-Governmental Organization, Ambassadors of God (AOG) has started implementing several projects aimed at improving welfare of school going girls as well as school dropouts in Mtsiriza, Lilongwe district. One of its project is the Muloreni Mtsikana Aphunzile (Let the girl child get an education) which is working towards ensuring girls return to […]
Birth Control Pills May Help Reduce Your Risk Of This Deadly Cancer
The birth control pill isn’t just one of the most effective types of contraception. These little pills offer a ton of other proven health payoffs, from reducing acne to easing cramps to regulating your period. Now, a new study lends support to a birth control pill benefit that previous research has shown: The pill appears to help decrease the risk of […]
Thousands Protest Inaction In Mali After Deadly Ethnic Attack
Some 30,000 people in Mali’s capital Bamako have protested government inaction towards escalating ethnic violence. It came after the massacre of 160 people in Ogossagou, a village of the Muslim Fulani ethnic group. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in Mali’s capital Bamako on Friday, to protest what they described as President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita’s […]
Rwanda Marks 25 Years Since Genocide
“What happened here will never happen again,” said President Paul Kagame. The country will mark the deaths of 800,000 people with a candlelight vigil in a stadium that once sheltered victims. Thousands of Rwandans, as well as President Paul Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame marked the 25th anniversary of the country’s 1994 genocide in […]
Red Cross Empowers 184 Women In Various Skills
Graduates of the 8th Cycle of the Liberia National Red Cross Society’s (LNRCS) Women Integration (WIN) project, attentively listening to the various speakers. A renowned Liberian Registered Nurse (RN), Roslyn Nugba Ballah, has called on Liberian women and young girls to take advantage of opportunities that will bring about self-empowerment, which leads to self-sustainability and […]
UN Women Tco Support Girls Rescued From Child Marriages
Officials from the UN Women have revealed that they will extend a Women Economic Empowerment Project (WEEP) in Salima and Dedza, for a period of one year, with the aim of supporting girls rescued from child marriages. Speaking with the Media in Salima on Tuesday after presenting the project to the district executive committee, UN […]
I Will Not Stay In Office An Extra Day – President John Magufuli
President John Magufuli on Wednesday, March 3, said he would not be tempted to stay an extra day in office after his mandate in office ends. Speaking in Newala during his official tour of Mtwara Region which started on Tuesday, the President said, ‘My position is temporary and once my tenure ends I will leave […]
Kenyatta Orders Audit On The Filthy Rich In Kenya
A lifestyle audit, prosecutions and severing ties with erstwhile allies are the morning announcement that came from State House ahead of the much awaited State of the Nation address. In a brave show, what Kenyans are now used to, President Kenyatta on Thursday said rich Kenyans who have not been paying their taxes will be […]
Watch Your Tone
In his book, “The Relationship Cure,” Dr. Gottman reveals that when it comes to assessing the meaning of what their partners are saying, only 7% of that meaning comes from the spoken word, while 38% comes from tone of voice and speech patterns. Words that may seem neutral can become incendiary if spoken with a […]
UNDP Host Investment Forum To Commemorate Africa Climate Week 2019
The Government of Ghana (GoG) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are jointly hosting an investment forum as part of activities marking this year’s Africa Climate Week which takes place from March 18 to March 22. Stakeholders from international/ development organizations, government agencies―the Ministry of the Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation(MESTI), civil society organizations […]
Ugandan Rebels Are Now In Mozambique
A man calling himself a “top counter-terrorism official” has told the Ugandan paper the “Daily Monitor” that the Ugandan rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) are moving their bases from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to northern Mozambique. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, was clearly referring to the islamist insurgency […]
Zimbabwe’s VP Mohadi In Domestic Violence Storm
Firebrand independent legislator for Norton, Temba Mliswa has demanded the immediate resignation and further prosecution of Vice President Kembo Mohadi who reportedly stormed the home of his estranged wife weekend and threatened to shoot her. Mohadi doubles as Minister in charge of national peace and reconciliation in the country. The VP and Tambudzani Mohadi have […]
Two-Thirds of World’s Hungriest People Live In Nigeria, Seven Other Countries – UN
No fewer than 113 million people experienced high levels of food insecurity in the world’s most severe food crises in 2018, the Global Report on Food Crisis 2019 has found. The report, which was released on Wednesday in Brussels, warned that these food crises were primarily driven by conflict and climate-related disasters. One of the […]
Sibeth Ndiaye, Senegalese-Born Woman Is The New French Government Spokesperson
French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed a Senegalese-born woman, Sibeth Ndiaye, as his government’s new spokesperson. A presidency statement says that the appointment was part of a cabinet reshuffle. The BBC reports that Ndiaye was born in Dakar, Senegal, and obtained her citizenship while helping to run President Emmanuel Macron’s election campaign in 2016. The BBC says that Ndiaye’s […]