Concerns have been raised over the reluctance of women in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo to pursue sexual harassment cases against men who abuse them in the workplace. Experts say the problem stems from both women’s reluctance to speak out on the issue and the difficulties in proving cases. And with perpetrators not being prosecuted, the number… Read more »
Namino Jonathan was woken one June night by a noise outside the house he shared with his parents and siblings. Startled, the 16-year-old saw a group of armed men stationed around the building. It was two am, and he was sure the family was about to be robbed. But the gang turned out to be a group of policemen. “Where… Read more »
An Egyptian actress is set to face trial in January for wearing a see-through dress at the Cairo film festival this week that showed her legs, a judicial source said Saturday. Rania Youssef appeared at the closing session Thursday of the Cairo International Film Festival wearing a revealing black lacy dress over a tight black body with her legs showing… Read more »
Twenty people have been detained over the abduction of an Italian woman from a village in southeast Kenya, the east African country’s police chief said on Friday. An armed gang seized Silvia Romano, a volunteer with a charity, on Tuesday in Chakama, 60 kilometres (40 miles) inland from the coastal town of Malindi, an area popular with Italian tourists and expatriates. The 23-year-old’s whereabouts are… Read more »
In Meyomessala, Cameroon, a Chinese chemicals company is threatening the local indigenous population. Sinochem International, the state-owned company, is producing rubber using resources in Meyomessala. The rainforest community is a haven for endangered wildlife and is home to 9,500 Bulu and indigenous Baka people. Over 55,000 hectares of the dense rainforest has been cleared in the last 7 years to… Read more »
In the Nuba Mountains of the Sudan, the people the town of Gidel are now getting a weekly radio show, that focuses on women. The situation for women in Africa is finally changing. African authorities has disabled phone connections in the Nuba Mountains. The radio show “Voice of Peace”, runs on a solar powered transmitter. Without any landline or mobile… Read more »
This Monday, the United States decided to ban former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, his wife Zineb, and his children, Mariam and Muhammed, from entering the United States. After his two decades in office, Jammeh refused to step down as President to 2016 election winner Adama Barrow, resulting in military threats from the African Union and West African regional body ECOWAS,… Read more »
Zimbabwean doctors at public hospitals went on a strike for the second time this year to demand better pay and conditions, a union official said, as President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government struggles with a deteriorating economy.
Nsukka, Nigeria – On a hot December afternoon in this southeastern town, a dry, dusty wind blows over the main entrance gate of the University of Nigeria campus.
The European Union has renewed sanctions against the chosen successor of Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila, just two weeks before an historic election in the resource-rich Central African country.