Recently, a report has surfaced of the coercive practices in Uganda. Men drinking their partners breast milk is a common practice in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya. Studies recently conducted have shown that a link between this practice and gender violence, along with deteriorating health of the upcoming generations. Before Sarah Opendi, Uganda’s minister of state for health, spoke of this… Read more »
In Zimbabwe, horrific numbers of sextortion victims have surfaced. Reports show that more than 57% of women have been forced to exchange sex for employment, medical care, and even when attempting to enroll their children at school. The report, entitled Gender and Corruption, revealed that sextortion is the most prevalent form of non-monetary bribery in Zimbabwe; the increasing numbers of… Read more »
Talks resolve to send ‘those who face arrest warrants’ for war crimes to The Hague Jason BurkeAfrica correspondent, and Zeinab Mohammed Salih Tue 11 Feb 2020 13.00 ESTFirst published on Tue 11 Feb 2020 10.08 EST Sudan has suggested it is prepared to hand over the former dictator Omar al-Bashir to the international criminal court in The Hague to face trial for war crimes and crimes against… Read more »
Supported by wealthy foreign backers, a feared paramilitary outfit controls Sudan’s most lucrative industry, complicating the country’s path to democracyGlobal development is supported by Ruth Michaelson Mon 10 Feb 2020 02.00 ESTLast modified on Tue 11 Feb 2020 07.30 EST Ornate, heavy necklaces gleam on stands above stacks of thick filigree bangles in the windows of Khartoum’s gold market. The gold is Sudanese, dug… Read more »
Widespread corruption and deteriorating economy have contributed to rise in sexual bribery, say researchersGlobal development is supported by About this content Nyasha Chingono in Harare Sat 8 Feb 2020 04.00 ESTLast modified on Sat 8 Feb 2020 04.07 EST Zimbabwe has recorded an unprecedented number of women reporting being forced to exchange sex for employment or business favours. More than 57% of women surveyed by Transparency… Read more »
Outbreak in east Africa has already devastated crops across a swath of Kenya and Somalia Jason BurkeAfrica correspondent Mon 10 Feb 2020 11.25 ESTLast modified on Mon 10 Feb 2020 16.00 EST Massive swarms of locusts sweeping across much of east Africa have reached Uganda and Tanzania, the United Nations has said, threatening millions more people with hunger in an already fragile region. Tanzania has detected… Read more »
Families protest amid claims men who went to work in UAE were given military training and then sent to Libya to guard oil fieldsGlobal development is supported by Kaamil Ahmed Fri 31 Jan 2020 07.31 ESTLast modified on Fri 31 Jan 2020 07.47 EST Sudan’s government has been accused of failing young men who claim they were tricked into guarding Libyan oil facilities by… Read more »
A study is looking into the coercive practice in Uganda, amid calls for the government to address the issue Global development is supported by Louise Hunt Tue 28 Jan 2020 06.45 ESTLast modified on Tue 28 Jan 2020 11.16 EST Jane’s* husband likes breast milk. “He says he likes the taste of it, and that it helps him in terms of his health. He feels… Read more »
Dozens of people are feared dead following an attack by Islamic militants on a village in Burkina Faso, the latest bloody incident in an unprecedented surge of violence across the restive Sahel region. Details of the attack, which occurred on Saturday and targeted the village of Silgadji in the northern Soum province, were still unclear on Tuesday but a security official said… Read more »
Rural areas worst hit as massive fall in food production causes severe hunger for a quarter of country’s population Global development is supported by Silence Charumbira in Maseru Thu 30 Jan 2020 02.00 ESTLast modified on Thu 30 Jan 2020 07.09 EST Tšepo Molapo gazes into space, worrying about where the next meal will come from. Next to him, his two-year-old granddaughter plays, oblivious of… Read more »