Former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Gets Inducted Into The International Women’s Hall Of Fame
Former President Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has been inducted in the International Women’s Forum Hall of Fame. The IWF’s Hall of Fame provides a global stage with which to honor and celebrate leaders of nations, industry, enterprise, academia, the media, the arts and science. Comprised of more than 6,800 diverse and accomplished women from 33 […]
President Sahle – Work Zewde Prioritises Peace And Democracy In Ethiopia
Ethiopia has broken new ground on gender parity by appointing its first female head of state in the country’s modern history. This came a week after the Horn of Africa nation awarded 50% of its 20-seat cabinet slots to women. On 25 October, Ethiopia’s Parliament unanimously elected Sahle-Work Zewde, a veteran diplomat and high-ranking UN […]
Wadyajena Calls For The Empowerment Of Women Farmers In Zimbabwe
Chairman of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Lands, Agriculture, Climate, Water and Rural Resettlement Cde Justice Mayor Wadyajena yesterday called for cheap inputs for smallholder farmers to boost productivity. He said there was need to empower women as they had the potential to transform agriculture into an engine for economic recovery. Cde Wadyajena, who is […]
Nigeria Ranks 4th In Workplace Gender Equality In Africa
Nigeria ranked 4th out of 54 African countries in workplace gender equality scoring 50, with a growth rate of 25 per cent between 2008 and 2017, Mo Ibrahim Foundation says. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 2018 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) was launched by the foundation during a live event […]
Namibia Appoints Johanna Salionga As Chief Magistrate
NAMIBIA’S current chief magistrate, Johanna Salionga, has been appointed as a judge of the High Court with effect from the start of November. Salionga’s appointment, together with the designation of three acting judges, was announced by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), which recommends the appointment of judges to the president, on Friday. When she takes […]
West Darfur Women Protest ‘Men-Only Cabinet’ In the State
The lack of representation of women in the new government of West Darfur has led to large-scale protests by women leaders in the state. On Tuesday, the Governor of West Darfur, Hussein Yasin, announced his new cabinet, consisting of five ministries, all headed by men. Yasin said that the Sudanese state governors recently pledged to […]
The Story Corner : This National Package
Ah! My people can you imagine? People are wicked o. I turned on my TV on one faithful day to discover that some people sent packages to some important people in the most reverend state in the world. I was shocked. You see these foreigners ehn, they have a way of just making unnecessary things […]
Kenya To Raise $2.8 Billion From Eurobonds, Loans This Year
Kenya will offer Eurobonds and seek a syndicated loan to raise the 287 billion shillings ($2.8 billion) net external financing it planned this fiscal year, a Treasury official said. The state plans to raise as much as 250 billion shillings of Eurobonds in what would be its third sale of the debt, Treasury Principal […]
Merkel To Exit Her Role As Party Chief Of Christian Democratic Party
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will quit as head of her Christian Democratic party after almost two decades, a person familiar with the matter said, a dramatic sign of her waning authority that will raise questions about her staying power as chancellor. The unexpected reversal by Merkel, 64, signals the beginning of the end of an […]
This Child Is Neither A Boy Nor A Girl
“The doctor told me that I had delivered an intersex baby and after explaining to me what this meant, he advised me to take it to Mulago National Referral Hospital for surgery. To say I was shocked is an understatement. I did not know whether my child would survive,” Shamira Namaganda recalls. It was joy […]
Menstruation Is Now Expensive For Women And Girls
Menstruation is a perfectly normal biological process that marks a girl’s transition from childhood to fertility. However, for most young girls in Sub-Saharan Africa, this monthly affair is a crisis. Menstruation can be managed with the appropriate sanitary items, but adolescent school-going girls suffer from a host of injustices and barriers to opportunity due to […]
I Will Continue To Support Women, Children In Nigeria – Aisha Buhari
The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has reiterated her commitment to support women and children to improve their health and physical wellbeing. Mrs Buhari said this on Saturday night during an award ceremony to mark the third anniversary of her NGO, the Future Assured Programme. The wife of the President said Future Assured […]
Emergency Toll Free Service Collapses In Uganda
Members of the public in distress calling police telephone numbers that the Inspector General of Police, Mr Martins Okoth-Ochola, issued last Friday are being charged for the air time after the national emergency free toll lines (999 and 122) broke down. President Museveni on Saturday stated in a letter that all phones at the police […]
UN Peacekeepers Killed After Dawn Attack, Several Injured
The UN Stabilization Mission in Mali, MINUSMA, reported on Saturday that two peacekeepers had been killed and several others wounded, following on from a coordinated attack at dawn, on a base in the north of the country. A proliferation of armed groups fighting government forces and their allies in the centre and northern areas of […]
The Shoes Of Sahle Work -Zwede – The Most Powerful Person In Ethiopia
The President of Ethiopia resigned recently and someone else took his position. The world has been talking about this because The person who took his position is A Woman! An outstanding woman. It is clear that Africa has only produced a Female President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf from Liberia. Now, we have another woman taking this […]