Spotlight on Rwanda Rwanda has long been a beacon of progress in addressing gender-based violence (GBV) and promoting gender equality. In alignment with the Kigali Declaration’s mission to…
Photo credit – Safari Consoler Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal infection caused by ingestion of water or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio Cholerae and it can kill within hours if left untreated. Cholera remains a global public health threat, causing between 1.3 million to 4.0 million cases, and 21,000 and 143,000 deaths worldwide every…
HEADLINES Ezekiel Udoh sentenced to Life imprisonment over sexual abuse of a 12-year-old girl Ezekiel who is a wash operator was prosecuted on Oct. 29, 2024, by Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence court for impregnating his neighbour’s 12 year old granddaughter and sentenced to Life imprisonment. Mauritius Suspends Social…
HEADLINES Ex -Senior Special Assistant on Diaspora Affairs Bianca Ojukwu becomes Minister in Nigeria Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, a seasoned politician, lawyer and established business mogul has been appointed as Nigeria’s Minister of State…
HEADLINES Kenya’s Ruth Chepntegetich smashes world record in Chicago Kenya’s Ruth shattered the women’s marathon world record in Chicago as she completed the course in 2:09:56, becoming the first ever woman to break the 2:10 barrier, Her Victory shaved almost two minutes off the previous world record of 2:11:53, which was set…
HEADLINES Creating an African with high survival rate in Breast Cancer October is breast cancer awareness month and it has been established by a research that. Every year breast cancer claims more than 650,000 lives worldwide. However, Survival rates have been recorded to be as high as 90% in high income countries. In sub-Saharan…
Anticipate these well researched investigative reports by female Journalists participating in African Women in Media’s ‘Reporting Violence Against Women and Girls’ project,’ supported by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism Anticipate!!! CAN OF WORMS: EXPOSING PERSISTENT ABUSE OF GIRLS WITH DISABILITIES IN OWO – Olufisoye Adenitan FAMILY PLANNING RIGHTS: INVESTIGATING OBSTACLES TO ACCESSING CONTRACEPTIVE…
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash The history of political activism by women in Nigeria can never be told without the mention of certain women whose struggles in the early colonial era brought notable changes in social, political and economic policies. From the Aba women’s riot in December 1929, where women from…
HEADLINES Heroic Rescue of Women and Children from ADF The Uganda Peoples’ Defense Forces (UPDF) and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) have rescued ten individuals, including women and children, from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in Eastern DRC. This mission, marked by bravery and precision, also provided medical care to…
HEADLINES ‘’The Fragile” Freedom of the Press in Burundi Burundian journalist Floriane Irangabiye has been released from Bubanza Prison after a presidential pardon. She was jailed for criticising Burundi’s government. Woman Airlifted After Elephant Attack Residents of Hwange, Zimbabwe, call for a review of the Parks and Wildlife Bill, after elephant tramples on a…
I regret my life!” exclaims Sayudda Nasazza, a resident of Kabalagala, a Kampala suburb in Uganda in East Africa. Now in her old age, Sayudda is a hawker. She walks door-to-door selling second-hand clothes. Living in a one-roomed house with her four children and ten grandchildren, she often feels overwhelmed as the demands of providing…
Imagine a beautiful world full of fresh water and fresh air, a world with happy humans, animals, and insects. A world without the scramble and struggle for resources and food. What peace we would have! The foul smell is too much for me as I jump over the trench that welcomes me to Kakungulu Zone…
