Zimbabwe: Activist Abducted And Killed
Pro-democracy activists in Zimbabwe are worried that a period of gross human rights abuses may be returning to the southern African nation after a prominent social rights activist was abducted by unknown assailants on Thursday night and left for dead in Harare. Ishmael Kauzani, a member of the #Tajamuka social movement that led recent anti-government […]
Forty Feared Dead At California Party
Up to 40 people were feared dead in a huge fire that tore through a rave party in a warehouse near San Francisco, as the authorities warned of a prolonged search and recovery effort. The building lacked permits for people to live and work as a group of artists did, and for the party to […]
Namibia Aims For 50/50 Gender Balance Before 2030
NAMIBIA aims to implement the 50/50 policy in line with the Southern African Development Community Protocol on Gender and Development before the set deadline lapses in 2030. The SADC Gender Protocol (SGP), which is a legally binding document and expects all states to domesticate, was signed and ratified by Namibia in 2015. At the Gender […]
Malawi: Villagers Hail Female Councillor for Development
Communities from Salima Central’s Maganga Kuluunda ward Wednesday commended their female councillor Beatrice Mbewe for initiating development projects especially in the education sector. According to the communities Mbewe has managed to initiate six primary schools, renovated a secondary school, bridges and paid bursaries to needy students as well as giving them school uniforms. The communities […]
Uganda : Government Makes Lunch And Sanitary Pads Compulsory
Government has resolved to make it compulsory for all learners to have lunch and free sanitary pads while at school beginning next year. A new circular that has gone out to all chief administration officers, district education officers and Resident District Commissioners across the country, says provision of lunch to all learners in public schools […]
Fulani Herdsmen Attack Another Abia Community
BARELY three weeks after a community in Arochukwu council of Abia State was invaded and attacked by Fulani herdsmen, another community, Ozu Item in Bende council was again attacked with scores of farmers sustaining life threatening injuries. Crops worth several thousands of naira belonging to Ozu Item farmers were also destroyed by the herdsmen and […]
Senegal: Renowned Senegalese Sculptor Ousmane Sow Dies At 81
Inspired by Leni Riefenstahl’s photographs of the Nuba people, Ousmane Sow left behind a career in physiotherapy for art. He became the first African to be elected a member of France’s renowned Academie des Beaux-Arts. The Cape Town Fringe Festival showcases South Africa’s fresh and emerging talent, in new productions and modern classics. With biting […]
Food Crisis In IDP Camps Demands Co-operation
Snatched schoolgirls and suicide bomb blasts have long been the enduring images of Nigeria’s Boko Haram conflict. But now the violence is represented by thousands of new faces: those of starving children. Scenes like these haven’t been seen here since the 1967-70 war with secessionist Biafra. As many as 4.5 million people need food aid […]
Zimbabwe: Hight Court Judge Steps Down On Kereke Rape Appeal Case.
A HARARE High Court judge has stepped down from hearing a case in which former parliamentarian Munyaradzi Kereke is seeking bail pending appeal against his imprisonment for rape. The Former Bikita West MP was convicted and sentenced to an effective ten years in jail for raping, at gunpoint, a then 13-year-old relative. Last month Justice […]
Tanzania: We Need Industrial Parks, Women Food Processors Tell Govt
Women food processors have called on the government to establish areas for them to operate. “We beseech the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment as well as district councils to allocate areas for small-scale and medium food processors,” Tanzania Food Processors Association of Women Entrepreneurs (Tafopa) chairperson Suzy Laizer said here yesterday. Such industrial parks […]
NCC Suspends Directive On Data Segment Price Floor For Telcos
Sequel to the concerns that visited the directive to introduce price floor for data segment of the telecommunications sector beginning from December 1, 2016, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has suspended any further action in that direction. The decision to suspend this directive was taken after due consultation with industry stakeholders and the general complaints […]
Kenya: Text Young Women About Sex To Boost HIV Testing
HIV remains the leading cause of death in Kenya Texting young women in Kenya with regular information about sex, contraception, and sexually transmitted diseases could encourage more to get tested for HIV in a country where stigma surrounding the virus is rife, researchers said on Wednesday. Some 600 female college students in Kenya received monthly […]
Ghanaian Business Mentor Urges African Women To Smash Stereotypes
“It’s hard for young female African entrepreneurs to feel like they fit in, if they can’t see any role models out there” Young female African entrepreneurs must speak out and act as role models to inspire other women to shake up a profession dominated by white men, according to the co-founder of a business helping […]
FG Distributes Smartphones With Agric App To Rice Farmers
The Federal Government, yesterday, flagged off the distribution of agriculture app smartphones to rice farmers across the country. The RICEADVICE smartphones distribution, which was done through the National Cereals Research Institute, NCRI, commenced with the training of 50 rice farmers extension officers on how to use the smartphones to obtain relevant information to boost rice […]
Decomposed Stowaway Found On Arik Plane At Johannesburg Airport
The decomposing body of about a 30-year-old man was yesterday found in the wheel-well of Arik Air flight, A330-200 at the Oliver Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa. According to statement from the airline, the aircraft operated the scheduled Lagos-Johannesburg flight that departed the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at 3:55p.m. on November 29, 2016 and […]