NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A Sudanese refugee stuck in an Australian detention center on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea for five years has been awarded a major international human rights prize for revealing the harsh reality of Canberra’s off-shore refugee policy. Abdul Aziz Muhamat, 25, was named the 2019 Martin Ennals Laureate on Thursday for his advocacy in… Read more »
The collapse in the mines is very tragic because not only are 5 people dead, but they are still looking for survivors or even more dead. But the volunteers looking for the rest are not specialized in search parties, and they have no special equipment to help them, they are digging through the rubble with their bare hands. The mine… Read more »
A study by conservationists is being conducted at Chester Zoo in order to show the plight facing the world’s most trafficked mammal: the Pangolin. They are studying the nocturnal creatures in different areas over the world and publicly displaying live videos of the struggles they face trying to survive daily. These animals are collected and killed for their scales, meat,… Read more »
The article about the working women in Kenya is so inspiring and to me because there are so many women suffering under the thumb of the patriarchy across the world and as a feminist, lifting up other women who have it worse than I do and watching them succeed is so important to me. The Chama Wezadada is really cool… Read more »
The morphine shortage in Africa has posed major problems for critically ill patients over the past several decades. In West Africa, only 52 palliative care centers, such as hospices, have the unrealistic responsibility of providing treatment for 360 million people. Therefore, many countries don’t have enough drugs for those who need it most. In Senegal, the average patient who needs… Read more »
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al Sisi rose to the presidency in 2014. Recently, an An Egyptian parliamentary committee on Tuesday approved proposed constitutional amendments which would allow Al-Sisi to stay in power until 2034 and boost his control of the judiciary. Africa has a long history of leaders overstaying their rule. We have seen this with Omar al-Bashir, Teodoro Obiang Nguema… Read more »
Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)Escalating attacks by Boko Haram militants have forced 30,000 people out of Nigeria’s northeast into Cameroonian borders over the weekend, the UN Refugee agency said on Tuesday.Thousands have also fled to neighboring Cameroon and Chad in recent weeks, the agency said.Hostilities have strained humanitarian operations and forced aid workers to pull out from some locations, and the destruction… Read more »
In the Zanzibar archipelago most people do not know how to swim, despite them being surrounded by water. One day a fisher boat drowned and a lot people drowned with it because they had never been taught how to swim. One woman who was on the boat at the time and lived, Khadija Sharriff, decided that she wanted to prevent… Read more »
In a speech that sought to mark a clear break with a decade of misrule under his predecessor, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa urges men to unite against rape and sexual assault in the country, deeming it a “national crisis”. On an annual average, 40,000 rapes are reported each year in South Africa. He acknowledges the steps that the nation… Read more »
President Ramaphosa gave a speech on January 8 urging South African Voters to vote for him in the ANC election. In his speech, Ramaphosa addressed social problems, specifically rape, that he will work to combat if he is reelected. In 2018, there were about 40,000 reported rapes in South Africa alone, which means about 110 people are raped each day…. Read more »