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South Africa’s Zuma survives renewed calls to resign
South African President Jacob Zuma survived fresh calls within the ruling African National Congress party for him to resign, party officials said on Monday, as they acknowledged support was “drifting away” from the movement. Senior figures in the ANC met over the weekend after Zuma endured months of criticism over…
Read More »Zambia land grab: Chiefs’ land sale sparks national outrage
The United Nations is warning that many Zambians are at risk of becoming squatters on their own land. As Zambia’s agricultural industry grows, land is being sold and people displaced. The post Zambia land grab: Chiefs’ land sale sparks national outrage appeared first on African Media Agency. Source: AMA
Read More »Aid workers claim the Kenyan government is targeting them
Aid organisations in Kenya say they are being targeted by the government. Some aid workers are being denied work permits. In the past the Kenyan government has threatened to send thousands of foreign workers home for not having the right documentation. Al Jazeera’s Fahmida Miller reports from Nairobi. The post…
Read More »Mali: UN peacekeeping mandate renewed amid fighting
The mandate of a UN peacekeeping operation in northern Mali is to be renewed in June. Rebels and the Malian government are not complying with a peace accord signed two years ago. That’s giving an opening to al-Qaeda fighters in the region with the UN troops being their targets. Al…
Read More »Children’s Day: UNICEF calls on Nigerian states to adopt Child Rights Act
As Nigeria is today marking Children’s Day on the theme of child protection and the Sustainable Development Goals, UNICEF is calling for urgent action to adopt the Child Rights Act across all of Nigeria’s states and to heed the President’s call to end violence against children. Millions of Nigerian children…
Read More »Burundi presses unwed couples to marry
Unmarried couples have until the end of the year to legalise their relationships, Burundi government has said, as part of an effort to reform morals in the country. The order follows the launch of a campaign this month by President Pierre Nkurunziza “to moralise society” where he urges Burundians to show…
Read More »CAR: Tension high among civilians as violence surges
Bria, Central African Republic – The sounds of heavy gunfire drew Herman Pouka from his house one morning last week, putting him face to face with armed men in camouflage. “As soon as I saw them I lost my senses,” he recalled. “I ran.” He hid in a neighbour’s house…
Read More »South Africa’s Mmusi Maimane ‘barred’ from Zambia
Mmusi Maimane, South Africa’s main opposition leader, has accused Zambian officials of denying him entry to their country as he tried to show support for an imprisoned Zambian opposition leader who is being held on treason charges. Maimane, of the Democratic Alliance party, planned to attend the trial of Hakainde…
Read More »Namibia: Skulls of my People
Tribal people of Namibia claim that between 1904 and 1908 Germany perpetrated the first genocide of the 20th century in their country, the former Imperial German colony of South West Africa. After colonists confiscated their land, the cattle-rearing Herero and Nama people rebelled and as a result were massacred by…
Read More »Ethiopia jails opposition politician Yonatan Tesfaye
An Ethiopian court sentenced opposition politician Yonatan Tesfaye to six and a half years in prison on Thursday, the state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporation reported. Tesfaye, a former spokesperson for the Blue Party – one of the East African country’s main opposition parties – was found guilty earlier this month of…
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Gates Foundation Announces Catalytic Funding to Spark New Era of Women-Centered Research and Innovation
Investments Through 2030 to Catalyze Innovation in Maternal, Menstrual, Gynecological, and Sexual Health for …
