The Story Corner : Mbok, What Is Stew?
My people, my people!!! Something just happened right now {In Lasisi’s voice} We woke up one day in this country and we started hearing Stew, Stew, Stew… and I am like, what is stew? who is cooking stew? is there a competition somewhere? Hmmm… I did a my runs as a gossip leader and guess […]
Non-Governmental Organization Of ‘Haki-Elimu Is Teaching Girls How To Make Sanitary Pads
Menstrual cycles, with accompanying bodily changes and sometimes even abdominal pain, can be bad news to most ladies, but when it comes to school girls in remote rural areas, where protective pads are unheard of, the situation can be a nightmare. Sanitary health, especially among school girls in rural villages is becoming something of paramount […]
Homes, Villages Burned As Cameroon Targets Separatists
Some of the thousands of people who fled the volatile English-speaking regions of Cameroon before the Oct. 7 presidential election have returned nome to find that their houses and villages have been burned to the ground. Separatists pushing for an English-speaking state had vowed to prevent any voting in northwestern and southwestern Cameroon, and they […]
1 Dead, 15 Rescued In Malindi Building Collapse
One person has died and 15 so far rescued from the building that collapsed in Malindi on Friday. Teams from the Kenya Defence Forces, National Police Service, Kenya Red Cross and county fire brigade are at the scene to comb through the debris in bid to save those trapped under. The eight-storey building collapsed on […]
Lorella Praeli Was An Undocumented Immigrant For 14 Years, Now She Is Saving Others
When I was 2, I was hit by a car near my home in Ica, Peru, and pinned against a wall. I don’t have any real memory of that moment, but it resulted in the amputation of my right leg. My parents sought specialized treatment for me in the U.S. I spent a lot my […]
No Funding Because She Is A Woman – Can Women Entrepreneurs Change A Sexist System?
It was January 2017. A 26-year-old Nadia Genevieve Masri made her way up to the second floor office of a venture capital fund in San Francisco. She was there to ask for $500,000. Masri already had four startups under her belt, and she was raising her first round of VC funding for Perksy, a market research […]
Facebook Is Teaming Up With Telecoms In Developing Markets
At a Facebook-led telecommunications summit in London on Oct. 16 and 17, attendees could be forgiven for wondering what year it was. The social media company’s executives spoke optimistically about building tools to connect more of the world to the internet at higher speeds, and mobile operators said they were proud to be using those […]
Is He A Gas Lighter? – Know The Signs And Break Free
Few things are as unsettling as realizing that you’re romantically involved with a gaslighter. These master manipulators lie, deceive, and obfuscate, all in an effort to gain power over you by making you doubt reality. Trying to defend yourself against a gaslighter only makes their strategies more effective. If you express hurt or frustration, gaslighters pivot to phrases like “it’s […]
Sahle-Work Zewde Takes Over Ethiopia
The ascension of Sahle-Work Zewde, a former ambassador and United Nations special representative, to the largely ceremonial role makes her Africa’s only current woman president. It’s the latest change since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took office in April, promising greater political freedoms and urging exiled opposition groups to take part in multi-party elections. “If […]
Without Safe Houses, Girls Will Be Cut
“Without safe houses, girls will be cut,” said human rights activist Rhobi Samwelly, who runs two safe houses for girls in the Butiama and Serengeti districts of Tanzania’s largely rural Mara region. “During the cutting season, you can’t get protection in the community,” she explained. In parts of Tanzania where female genital mutilation (FGM) is […]
Government Reiterates Support For Gender Based Violence Initiatives
Minister in the Presidency responsible for Women, Bathabile Dlamini, has refuted allegations that government is politicising issues of gender-based violence. The allegation, the Ministry said in a statement, emanates from remarks made by the #TheTotalShutDown movement following a media briefing by the Minister in Port Elizabeth on Monday. Dlamini held a briefing on the sidelines […]
UN Urges Nigeria To Guard Women Participation In Politics
Special rapporteurs and independent human rights experts at the United Nations are urging Nigeria to take immediate steps to remedy deliberate attempts to exclude women candidates from recent party primary elections for seats in state and national legislatures. It comes amidst reports of irregularities in primaries around the country, including reports of party and election […]
Kenya Gets Accolades For Effective Fight Against HIV
Kenya’s HIV prevention strategies are among the best and most workable in Africa, a global forum says. Speaking yesterday at the third International HIV Research for Prevention Conference in Madrid, Spain, various experts gave presentations on the performance of selected countries. Dr Linda Gail Bekker of the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation in Cape Town, and […]
The Story Corner : The Queen and Her King
The story has landed and I must say thank you to everyone sending me pleasant messages from here. God bless you. Today’s story has landed again and this time, I saw it online, heard it in the news and some people gave me the gist. So, one very mighty king in one African country, a […]
Madam K : This Counselling Session…
Hello, it’s been a while and I know. I have been busy with my women and I have gone to refuel my tank. Our segment is going to take a new shape and this shape is what you will love. You will learn, you will cry but ultimately you will moved to work, you will […]