Access Bank Takes Over Diamond Bank
Following the announcement of the acquisition of Diamond Bank Plc by Access Bank Plc yesterday investors have swooped on the shares of both banks pushing them to the top of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, top gainers and volume transaction chart at close of trading yesterday. Diamond Bank shares which had been on free fall […]
Togo Returns To The Streets To Stop ‘Unfair’ Legislative Elections
The government seems determined to hold elections on 20 December and extend President Gnassingbé’s rule, by any means necessary. Togo is no stranger to political violence. Since the 1963 coup that claimed the life of the country’s first president and founding father, the West African republic has repeatedly witnessed political killings, human rights violations and […]
Holiday Gift Ideas For Your Fashionista Friend
Christmas is almost here. It is a time of love and sharing with friends, family and well wishers. We all have that one fashionista friend that we just won’t feel right getting her a regular Christmas card or hamper. While we would not want to break the bank (don’t forget dry January), we want […]
South Sudan Unrest – Students Detained, Security Buses Convey Passengers
A number of school students who demonstrated against the rise of prices and the economic crisis in Blue Nile state has been detained. In Khartoum, police were deployed to provide public transport. On Thursday morning, secondary school students demonstrated in Ed Damazin in Blue Nile state against the economic crises and the risen costs of […]
Zimbabwe Battling With Inflation, No Food, No Jobs
The country’s annual rate of inflation increased by 10,16 percentage points to 31,01 percent in November from 20,85 percent in October as speculative price increases took toll on the economy. Analysts, however, said the figures announced yesterday are still too far for the country to enter hyperinflation zone and indications are the inflation rate will […]
There Should Be No Room For Complacency On Gender Equity
It would be very easy for an empowered man like me to play it safe in relation to gender issues; restrain my natural verve and passion; stand back instead of up and out; take no risks and excuse my inaction by saying that women have now “got it” in relation to gender-based violence, abuse, inequity […]
Let’s Empower Women To Help Save Africa From Climate Change
Africa must unlock the power of its women and girls if it is to adapt to climate change, cope with disasters and build its green energy sector according to African delegates as the world prepares to implement the Paris Agreement on climate change in Katowice, Poland, last week. Research shows that when women are involved […]
Gender Violence Is A Challenge In Malawi
16 days of activism has revealed that violence and harassment towards women and young girls in the world of work remains most tolerated violations of female workers human rights. This revelation has been made during 16 days of activism whereby government through the Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare launched Ndiulula (Won’t be […]
Black Thursdays Campaign – Amplifying The Movement For Women And Girls
Liberia’s Thursdays in Black campaign amplifies efforts to end gender-based violence Lutheran Bishop Seyenkulo sees “potential to change our world for the better” The launch of a Thursdays in Black campaign by the Lutheran Church in Liberia (LCL) recently was a public call for action against violence directed at women and girls, and an acknowledgment […]
Shell Becomes First Energy Company To Link Executive Pay To Carbon Emissions
Royal Dutch Shell caved in to growing investor pressure over climate change on Monday, setting out plans to introduce industry-leading carbon emissions targets linked to executive pay. Rivals BP and Total have already set short-term targets on reducing carbon dioxide emissions, but these are limited to their own operations. Shell’s targets, which will be introduced in 2020, […]
‘All I Want For Christmas Is Democracy,’ – Hungary Protesters
Thousands of Hungarians thronged the streets of Budapest on Sunday in the fourth and largest protest in a week against what they see as the increasingly authoritarian rule of right-wing nationalist Viktor Orban. Braving sub-zero temperatures, setting off flares and waving Hungarian and European Union flags, about 10,000 demonstrators walked from historic Heroes’ Square towards […]
Being Deliberate About Your Family
We must be deliberate on what the word of God teaches about marriage and family. Family is not man’s idea but God’s idea. The gospel which is Mathew to John is the earthly work of Jesus as being spoken by the Prophets. The wisdom by which man lacks is in the gospel. Whatever the word […]
They Said There Is A Shortage Of Women…
This month we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To mark the occasion, we have asked Human Rights Watch experts to reflect on some of the key human rights challenges in their area of specialty. In the 80s and 90s, Newsweek Magazine delivered US women the cheery news that they […]
Jailed, Killed, Incarcerated For Reporting Their Stories
A near-record number of journalists around the world are behind bars for their work, including two Reuters reporters whose imprisonment in Myanmar has drawn international criticism, according to a report released on Thursday. There were 251 journalists jailed for doing their jobs as of Dec. 1, the Committee to Protect Journalists said in an annual […]
Happiness Is A Culture
Great minds have always debated the true key to happiness. What do you need to be happy? Some say fame, others say fortune; still others search in vain for a fountain of youth. Ours is a culture of wants and needs — and most of us convince ourselves that once we get what it is […]