A Bill Aimed at Lifting the Ban on FGM has been Tabled in The Gambia’s Parliament
It was outlawed in the mainly Muslim nation in 2015 when Yahya Jammeh was president. He said it was not required in Islam. But influential Muslim clerics have been pushing for the ban to be repealed, while women’s rights activists have vowed to campaign for it to remain in place. The Gambian lawmaker who is […]
Tanzania’s Hassan to Spend One Day Every Month Listening to the Issues of the Tanzanian People
The program was inspired by the former president of the country, Ali Hassan Mwinyi. The business centric president has for most of her time in office, has been very progressive to say the least. Under her administration numerous laudable projects have been initiated, bi-lateral partnerships have been established and development has been rapid. Last year […]
Cocoa Farmers Battle Disease Destroying Crops in West Africa
Cocoa farmers across West Africa are monitoring the progress of several plant diseases that are ruining crops on a vast scale and pushing up the global price of cacao, the raw material for making chocolate, to record levels. Ivory Coast and its neighbour Ghana, together supply more than half of the world’s demand for cocoa. […]
Ugandan MP’s Visa Denied
Sarah Achieng Opendi, who called for homosexuals to be castrated during a parliamentary debate, may not be able to attend a UN meeting in New York next week. Opendi expressed “shock” after the US embassy in Kampala rejected her application to travel to the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, pending […]
Sudan’s Quest for Democracy
There are few peoples in the world who have been as devoted to achieving democracy as the Sudanese people. Although their quest for democracy has been unrelenting, stable democratic governance has so far eluded Sudan, not least because of foreign pressures. A democratic transformation is critical to resolving Sudan’s many problems, but it must meet […]
Zimbabwe’s Sanctions Removed Except those of the Ruling Elite
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa and first lady Auxillia have come under a slate of new US sanctions imposed that also targeted senior government officials accused of corruption and human rights abuses. The Mnangagwas were part of 11 people, including Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, Defense Minister Oppah Muchinguri, senior security officials and businesspeople designated by Washington […]
Former Islamist Militants Accuse Nigerian Government of Neglect Since they Surrendered
Former Boko Haram militants in Nigeria have warned they might return to fighting if they don’t get more support from the authorities. The ex-fighters, who now live in camps in Borno state, northeastern Nigeria, say they are frustrated that for months their essential needs had been ignored. The Borno state and Nigeria’s federal government promised […]
How Learners with Hearing Disabilities Can Have their Say
For students with a disability, career options can appear limited. But in Ghana, one journalist is using photojournalism to encourage students at a deaf school to broaden their horizons. SOURCE: VOA
