South Africa: 92-Year-Old Pensioner Abandoned By Family and Social Workers
The KwaZulu-Natal department of Social Development has promised to investigate the case of a 92-year-old Pietermaritzburg woman who lives in a mud house, with no electricity, toilet or running water, after GroundUp alerted authorities to her plight. KwaMpumuza pensioner Paulina Dludla lives alone. She receives a social pension but, she says, a family member takes […]
Sokoto Establishes Agency For Girl-Child Education
As part of renewed efforts to enhance access to education among females in Sokoto, the state government has announced the establishment of an agency girl-child education. Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal made this known during a meeting with officials from the Nigeria Office of UNICEF and the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID). The new […]
Women Officers In Africa Pledge To Up Momentum Against GBV
Women serving in security organs in more than thirty countries in Africa have pledged to keep up efforts against gender-based violence (GBV) by meeting more often to share their experiences and monitoring violence against women and girls more closely in their countries. The pledge was made in Kigali, yesterday, at the closure of a two-day, […]
Emergency Team To Support Gender-Based Violence Victims
The Department of Social Development has launched the National Emergency Response Team (NERT) to provide psycho-social support to victims affected by gender-based violence. Launched by Social Development Deputy Minister Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu on Tuesday, the NERT is a mobile service that consists of social workers, psychologists specializing in trauma, as well as a professional sign language […]
Uganda: Stop Mistreating Women
The Paramount Chief of Acholi, Rwot David Onen Acana II, has warned Acholi men on the dangers of misusing their masculinity and cultural norms to mistreat women and girls. According to Rwot Acana, stability of every home in terms of food and health depends on women, because they work very hard, while most men assume […]
Ambode Presents N813bn Golden Jubilee Budget For 2017
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, of Lagos State yesterday presented the 2017 budget proposal of N813 billion to the House of Assembly, assuring that the budget will be judiciously implemented to continue the massive infrastructural renewal and the enhancement of Lagos as one of the foremost tourism and investment destinations in Africa. The governor, who christened the […]
South Africa: 3 Women Rescued After Being Tortured in Cresta
Three women were rescued from a house in Cresta, Johannesburg, where they were allegedly held against their will and tortured after they fell victim to a scam, police said on Tuesday. Police received information about a kidnapping and arrived at an abandoned house in the suburb around 18:00 on Tuesday evening, Captain Kay Makhubela said. […]
Reps Summon Minister, British Envoy, Over Detention, Deportation Of Nigerian In UK
THE House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora Affairs, yesterday, summoned Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr Godfrey Onyeama, and the British High Commissioner to Nigeria to explain the reason behind alleged illegal detention of a Nigerian residing in the UK, Abiodun Juba, for 18 months without trial. They are also to explain why Juba was deported to […]
Zimbabwe: TRB Warns Farmers of New Destructive Pest
The Tobacco Research Board has warned of a threat posed by Tuta absoluta, a new invasive and highly destructive pest, to the tobacco industry, one of Zimbabwe’s leading foreign currency earners.This year alone, Zimbabwe earned $670 million from tobacco exports and this figure could be compromised if the pest is not controlled. In an alert, […]
Glutathione Is More Than A Skin Lightener
There is an injectable drug that one is given to lighten the skin. It seems to be the newest thing around town. Glutathione has been used as a skin-lightening product in the cosmetics industry and is popular in Asian countries such as Japan and the Philippines, where it is also sold as a skin-whitening soap. […]
‘Nigeria Has Highest Prevalence Of Obstetric Fistula’
The United Nation Children Fund (UNICEF) at the weekend revealed that over 0.4 to 0.8million women suffer from obstetric fistula (OF) in Nigeria, ranking the country as highest prevalence of Obstetric Fistula in the world. The UNICEF gender and development specialist, Venera Zakirova made this known while delivering a presentation on child marriage in Abuja. […]
Street Carnival: Lagos To Shut Major Roads On Victoria Island
The Lagos State Government yesterday said it would shut down Ahmadu Bello Way, Tiamiyu Savage, Akin Adesola and Bishop Oluwole as it holds the maiden edition of its street party next Saturday and Sunday. The state government, therefore, urged all residents and visitors to use alternative roads it had already provided to avoid traffic congestion […]
Rwanda: Rwf700m Premier Anti-Gbv Regional Centre Inaugurated
The United Nations and World Bank-backed Regional Centre of Excellence against gender-based violence and child abuse in Africa got a boost, yesterday, as its facility at Rwanda National Police headquarters in Kacyiru was launched. The three-block facility was launched on the sidelines of the ongoing first ever ‘Regional Convention of Women in Security Organs’, which […]
Tanzania: Muhimbili National Hospital Plans Free Hepatitis Treatment
Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) plans to establish a diagnosis of hepatitis B virus and offer free treatment with Tenofovir medication to patients for five years effective next month. MNH’s John Lwegasha, speaking in Dar es Salaam yesterday, said Tanzania becomes the second country after Rwanda within the East Africa to control and treat the disease. […]
PDP Rejects Ondo Guber Poll Result, Heads For Tribunal
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the result of Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Ondo State, in which the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), was declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The national leadership of the party led by Senator Ahmed Makarfi said monday that […]