Hoodlums Destroy Magistrate Courts In Imo
AN unspecified number of suspected gunmen, have reportedly burnt files and record books of Chief Magistrate Court 1 and Senior Magistrate Court 2 in Orlu, Imo State. Vanguard gathered yesterday that the hoodlums attacked the two courts Monday night, but the intentions of the arsonists remained unclear at press time. A staff of the State […]
Operi Kazombiaze Initiates Campaign Against GBV
Operi Kazombiaze, a 16-year-old aspiring model has initiated a Gender Based Violence (GBV) campaign titled #KnowYourWorthy, to reduce GBV among the youth and all Namibians at large. Kazombiaze who is currently in Grade 10 at the Nam Nation Education Institution in Pioneerspark says the campaign came after she was selected as a contestant in the […]
Deputy Gender Minister Frowns On Violence Against Women
Deputy Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister Alice Johnson-Howard has frowned at the marginalization of women in Liberia. This according to Madam Johnson-Howard contributes largely to their venerability and crimes against them. She said women are the most marginalized in various sectors of Liberia; adding; “This sometimes leads them to become vulnerable to crimes and […]
Women Protest Drowning of Children At Khartoum Ministry
Dozens of women staged a demonstration outside Khartoum’s Ministry of Education yesterday after 22 students and a woman drowned in River Nile state on Wednesday. The boat was reportedly taking them from El Kanisa area of El Kabna administrative unit on their way to schools in the area. The cause of the accident has been […]
Adventist Women Fight Gender Violence
Violence against women and children has become a pandemic in Botswana, says Local Government and Rural Development Assistant Minister Botlogile Tshireletso. Officiating at the Seventh Day Adventist women’s “END IT NOW” campaign in Mahalapye on August 19, she said the plight of people attacked in their homes and subjected to all forms of abuse could […]
Women Blame Idle Men for Increase In Malnutrition
The cultural practice where men while away the time sitting under trees, leaving the burden of providing for the family to women, has led to increased malnutrition in West Pokot. The practice leaves women burdened with domestic and other chores, so they have little time to look for food. The county has the highest malnutrition […]
Ganduje Pardons 170 Kano Prisons Inmates
The Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has facilitated the release of 170 prison inmates from Goron Dutse and other prisons across the state. Ganduje, who witnessed the release of the inmates from Goron Dutse Prisons on Tuesday, said the gesture was in the spirit of Eid-El-Kabir, adding that it was to complement the Federal […]
Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi – The South African Powerhouse
South African powerhouse Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi was born in 1960 in Lansdowne, Cape Town. After finishing her high-school education to pursue a Diploma at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), she followed in the footsteps of her grandmother, who was a unionist. Her first jaunt in activism was as part of the Bellville Association for […]
Female Agriculturist Cultivates 15 Acres of Farmland
Women account for eighty-five percent of the agricultural labor force of Liberia, playing an important role in the management of food production. Despite the critical position and contribution of women in agriculture, women are often discriminated against, preventing them from acquiring ownership, access to and control of land. In Liberia, agriculture constitutes a significant fragment […]
8 Corp Members Drown In Taraba
On Saturday August 4, 2018, nine 2018 Batch A corps members drowned during a picnic at Mayo-Selbe in Gashaka LGA of Taraba State, where all the corps members affected were posted to serve. Local residents around the Mambilla Plateau area had reported that heavy rainfall around the 7,000 feet above sea level increased the volume […]
Minister Jeff Radebe Hosts Women In Energy Dialogue As Part Of Women’s Month
In celebrating women’s month the Minister of Energy Jeff Radebe will host the Women in Energy dialogue under the theme “100 years of Albertina Sisulu: Women United in Moving South Africa Forward.” The topic of the day will focus and reflect on transformation of the Energy Sector with more emphasis on concrete mechanisms and programmes […]
Troops Killed 21 Armed Herdsmen In Benue
The Force Commander, Operation Whirl Stroke, Major General Adeyemi Yekini, on Monday, said troops had killed 21 herdsmen between Benue and Nasarawa states in the last few weeks. Ayeni also confirmed the death of a soldier and two others injured last Saturday along Gbamjimba-Akor-Tomata in the Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. The force […]
The Pain Of Being A Widow In Africa
“We got a letter from the mine telling us that the mine was going to close and my husband was to stop going to work with immediate effect.” When their spouses die women tend to suffer the most. Housewives are the most affected, when their working spouse die they are left with nothing and sometimes […]
The PowerFul Fatma Samba
When newly elected president Gianni Infantino appointed Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura as his secretary-general in June 2016, Samoura, an African Muslim woman, became not only the first non-European to hold FIFA’s second-most powerful position but also the first female to sit at its top table. Samoura was born in Dakar two years after Senegal declared […]
Ilhan Omar Is About To Make History Again
Former Somali refugee and Minnesota state lawmaker IIhan Omar is favoured to take a seat in Congress after winning her Democratic primary in a heavily left-leaning Minnesota voting district. “Tonight we are celebrating because we engaged and empowered our community – and we won!” Ms Omar said in a statement. “Our campaign staff, our volunteers […]