Saudi Arabia Is Starting To Stockpile Oil Again
The key OPEC oil producers seem to be finding it harder than expected to sell their output overseas. The probable resulting build-up in their stockpiles should at least help them offset the drop in Iranian supplies as U.S. sanctions start to bite deeper. Crude oil exports from the five Persian Gulf Arab members of OPEC fell by […]
Women To Assist 160,000 Families Affected By Crisis In Cameroon
WOMEN under the auspices of Women Advancement for Economic and Leadership Empowerment in Africa, WAELE, plan to assist 160, 000 families affected by crisis in English speaking part of Cameroon. This was disclosed by the Coordinator, WAELE Cameroon, Beatrice Fonkem, while speaking on three year strategic plan by the organization to add value on the […]
Melania Trump Comes To LeBron James’ Defense After President Insulted Him
Hours after President Donald Trump insulted the intelligence of NBA superstar LeBron James and CNN reporter Don Lemon in one fell tweet, Melania Trump offered a different viewpoint through spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham. Melania Trump split with the president by voicing support for James, who this week opened a new public school in his hometown of Akron, […]
Buhari Salutes Veteran Journalist Ray Ekpu At 70
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated veteran journalist and co-founder of Newswatch Magazine, Ray Ekpu, who turns 70 on Aug. 6 as well as clocks 45 years working as a journalist and an administrator. President Buhari’s congratulatory message is contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja […]
Indonesia Quake Kills At Least 19, Injures Dozens
A major earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok Sunday killed at least 19 people, injured dozens and damaged buildings, officials said. The seven-magnitude tremor struck just 10 kilometres (six miles) underground, according to the US Geological Survey. It was followed by two light to moderate secondary quakes and nearly two dozen aftershocks. “The latest […]
A Million Conversation To End Female Genital Mutilation
African youth have started their rallying call to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in a generation by sparking one million conversations that break the silence that allows the practice to prevail. As the largest African generation ever, the young people from all over the world have been speaking out, pledging to make theirs the generation […]
Mother and Daughter Talk
“And Mom, for my eighteenth birthday . . .” The rest of my daughter’s sentence sounded like an adult in a Charlie Brown special. Anna spoke clearly enough, but I focused on the impending reality of those last four words. “Mom? Mom!” I looked up at my daughter. “I’m sorry . . . what? What […]
South Sudan – One Of The Worst Places To Be A Child
After decades of civil war, South Sudan has been named one of the worst places to be a child. Education, food and security are all difficult to access. DW speaks to Save the Children. In December 2013, civil war broke out in Africa’s newest nation. For many South Sudanese who had hoped for a new […]
U.S. Funding Swells HIV Donor Kitty By $1.1 Billion
After two years of flat funding, donor government disbursements towards fighting HIV in low- and middle-income countries increased by 16 per cent from $7 billion in 2016 to $8.1 billion in 2017, says a new UN report. However, this increase is not expected to last as it was largely due to a shift in timing […]
The Women You Should Have In Your Team
The number of women-led businesses has catapulted in recent years with female entrepreneurs owning 39 percent of the 28 million small businesses around the United States according to a recent SCORE study. Still, the road to success can feel overwhelmingly lonely from the prison of your Macbook. I work from home, and while this affords me the luxury […]
Nigeria’s Health Minister Advocates Six Months Maternity Leave
The Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, has assured Nigerians that his ministry will collaborate with the Ministry of Labour and Productivity to increase maternity leave from four to six months. The federal government had earlier pegged it at four months in June. The minister who made the disclosure at the flagoff and policy dialogue of […]
SOS Children’s Villages, Penn State University Empower 30 Adolescent Girls
The SOS Children’s Villages-Liberia, in collaboration with students from the University of Pennsylvania in the United States, has concluded a one-month summer learning program that seeks to empower adolescent girls to be confident leaders in their communities, a release has said. The forum, which was held at the SOS Children’s Villages-Liberia National office in Matadi, […]
Women’s Group Petitions Government Over Gender-Based Violence
A WOMEN’S rights movement dubbed The Total shutdown yesterday staged a protest march to press the government to provide a one stop shop for justice for victims of gender-based violence. At least 50 women marched from the Maseru racecourse to Sefika sa Moshoeshoe in the central business district in solidarity with women from other regional […]
Mistreated Women Turn ‘Lawyers’ To Win Divorce, Child Custody In Kenya’s Courts
Standing before a judge in a courtroom can be daunting for anyone – let alone someone with zero legal know-how who is representing themselves against a more powerful adversary. But that is exactly what 44-year-old Kenyan Yvonne did after her businessman husband left her for another woman. For years he ignored her pleas for a […]
The Attachment Theory And Love
Two summers ago, I went on a first date. Expectations for said date were low; we matched on Tinder. I was unsettled, just beginning to write my book, with little free time; he was a medical student, similarly unsettled, similarly little free time. But as I approached the beer garden and saw him, I realized I was […]