Zoe Saldana Is Battling Female Stereotypes
As a green-skinned alien in the blockbuster movie “Avengers: Endgame”, actress Zoe Saldana hopes she can promote a clear message – that time’s up on old-fashioned female stereotypes. Saldana, who also starred as Neytiri in the 2009 box office smash hit “Avatar” and in “Star Trek”, said she does not like being characterised by her […]
Bangladesh Police ‘Rescue’ Dozens Of Rohingya Being Trafficked To Malaysia
Bangladeshi police prevented dozens of Rohingya Muslims, most of them women, about to be trafficked to Malaysia by boat, authorities said on Tuesday. Traffickers had picked up at least 69 Rohingya from refugee camps in the Cox’s Bazar district, promising them work in Malaysia where many Rohingya already live, police said. Scores of Rohingya Muslims […]
Helping Your Partner Through Tough Times
How do you and your partner fare when stress enters the relationship? Does the stress become a source of conflict and contention? Do you tend to fight more? Do you tend to withdraw from one another and feel more disconnected, frustrated, sad or angry? Or does the stress become an opportunity for you and your […]
How Much Coffee Is Too Much?
How many afternoons have you sluggishly moseyed over to the office coffee machine and wondered, Is this really my fourth cup of the day? Or wait, is it my fifth? We’ve all been there, but a new study shows refilling your cup too often could be hurting your health. The study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, […]
Microsoft Opens First Africa Development Centre In Kenya and Nigeria
It was almost three decades ago that Microsoft opened its first offices in Africa. In this time, we’ve witnessed incredible growth on the continent – more internet connectivity, more digital capability and more innovation. Africans have expanded the applications of technology, changing the way communities bank, farm and even access healthcare. At Microsoft, we’re very […]
Biya Finally Talks Peace
Cameroon president Paul Biya is preparing to call a caucus on ending the conflict in the english speaking regions of the country where separatists have been fighting government forces for close to two years. Prime minister Joseph Dion Ngute said during his ongoing peace mission in the western parts of the country that the president […]
Gunmen Kill Female Afghan Journalist In Kabul
The killing came during heightened focus on women’s rights ahead of a possible exit of foreign forces from Afghanistan Gunmen shot dead a former television journalist and adviser to the Afghan parliament in Kabul on Saturday, underlining threats to women and drawing widespread condemnation. Mina Mangal, who used to report for prominent TV station Ariana […]
Dr Tererai Trent Honoured Among The World’s Top 10 Most Inspiring Women ‘Sculpted for Equal Rights’
Zimbabwe-born academic Dr Tererai Trent, who is based in the United States, has been named among the World’s Top 10 Most Inspiring Women “Sculpted for Equal Rights” and will have her life-size bronze statue erected at the Rockefeller Centre in New York City on August 26 during the launch of Statues of Equality. The sculpture […]
Rape Of Toddler Sparks Protests, Clashes In Indian Kashmir
Some protesters said they no longer had faith in authorities to keep women and girls safe Thousands of people took to the streets of Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday to demand the death penalty for a man who raped a 3-year-old girl, amid growing anger over sexual violence in the troubled Himalayan region. Dozens of people […]
Windhoek Declares Water Crisis
THE Windhoek municipality’s chief executive officer Robert Kahimise said the city will introduce stricter water-saving measures as of 1 June 2019 to reduce excessive water consumption as he declared a water crisis. He made the announcement at a media briefing on Monday, saying the deteriorating water situation in the capital city has been affected by […]
Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative To Boost Female Owned Businesses With $62 Million
The Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) today announced its second funding allocations – expected to benefit 70,000 women- led businesses and mobilize nearly a billion dollars of additional public and private sector resources. The second round allocates $129 million for programs to boost women’s entrepreneurship that will be implemented by four multilateral development banks, expecting […]
Over 90,000 Nigerian Refugees In Cameroon
Officials from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and those from Adamawa and Borno states on Monday said about 90,000 Nigerian refugees in Cameroon “are safe” and will soon return. The officials brainstormed on Monday over plans to repatriate the refugees. The refugees, mostly from Borno, were displaced by the […]
Refrain From Violence Against Female Candidates
As the May 21st Tripartite Elections draw closer, communities in Balaka have been warned to refrain from violence against women during the campaign period as well as elections. Commissioner of Police responsible for the Eastern Region Arlene Baluwa sounded the warning Friday during a meeting it held in the district that police will arrest perpetrators […]
Rwanda Moves To Regulate Social Media Content Amid Misinformation
The Government is going to devise strategies to regulate social media content, a move which is intended to curb the spread of misinformation, the Minister for ICT and Innovation, Paula Ingabire, has disclosed. Ingabire made the revelation on Friday while responding to MP Jean Claude Ntezimana’s concerns over abusive social media content and false identities. […]
Rwanda, Morocco Sign Deal To Scale Up Nuclear Technology
Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA), and Moroccan Agency for Nuclear and Radiological Safety and Security have signed a cooperation agreement to exchange information and experience in nuclear technology. Speaking after signing the agreement, Dr Khammar Mrabit, the Director General of the Moroccan agency, said that they have experience since 2016. “We have to exchange information […]