Power comes in different forms; and it is always associated with men who make up the majority. But in recent years, women have risen to power either through their achievements, political status or wealth. Today it is not uncommon to find female Presidents, female entrepreneurs in engineering and technology or
A classic African Safari does not come cheap and for many people this will be a long-anticipated bucket-list adventure. While perusing the internet for a qualified and affordable safari operator, tourists should consider the necessary expertise put together by the company for a perfect safari experience. It is also important
It is not enough to hold colorful ceremonies on October 11 each year to make big speeches about issues confronting girls. It is not enough to sit in our comfort zones and declare rape as a global enemy. It is not enough for nations to enact laws prohibiting child marriage,
The all important question that has been the centre of the dispute between France and Rwanda has been: Did President Paul Kagame order the killing of the former Rwandan President Habyarimana? When Juvenal Habyarimana, then president of Rwanda’s plane was shot down by missiles fired from the ground, he
When a top aide showed Hillary Clinton the news of the capture and subsequent killing of Gaddafi, she said, “We came, we saw, he died,” and she laughed. It may have been a joke but it is enough proof she was enjoying the moment. Earlier that week, Clinton had paid
Legalised murder On July the fourth the Kenyan capital of Nairobi went into uproar as a mass protest in reaction to the alleged extrajudicial killing of human rights lawyer Willie Kimani, his client Josephat Mwendwa and their taxi driver was held. The death of the rights lawyer seems to have
At the end of August, 2016, the Somaliland premier, President Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo told reporters in Hargeisa that more than a million citizens had signed a petition calling for the international community to recognise the nation. After a bloody war that had started three years before, Somaliland seceded from Somalia
Gelatin, a special part of donkey hide is a treasure-trove in China. African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Nigeria have been exporting this special part of donkey hides to China. This special part of donkey hide is valued in China. It is used in producing traditional blood tonic known
The former President and a freedom fighter of South Africa, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela once said "Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity, but the protection of a fundamental human right; the right to dignity and a decent life." In October 2002, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan reminded
When German Journalists, Jurgen Todenhofer, 74, was given rare access to the Islamic States of Iraq and the Levante (ISIL) territory of Iraq and Syria for 10 days last year, he was just prepared to glean more information about the world’s deadliest terrorist group not as a negotiator – but
In 1986, some researchers from Paris went around the world documenting art and culture. They did not know they would end up looking at Esther Mahlangu’s house in Weltevrede, Kwamhlanga in South Africa’s Mpumalanga. They were looking at meticulously done patterns and bright colours of a Ndebele artistic
#IfAfricaWasASchool, a twitter hashtag that started trending last Wednesday has spread much like a wildfire through Africa’s internet community. Thousands of tweets imagining Africa as a school have been posted and naturally, some of the tweets express views on politics. Deutsche Well caught up with the brains behind the
There is a meme circulating on Facebook giving reasons as to why one should date a British Boy, chief amongst these 7 reasons is their amazing accent. I think I should repeat this. The British have "amazeballs" accents as most Brits would say. I of course immediately shared
In Zambia, two young people are bulldozing through traditional barriers to set a new precedent for African youth. At nineteen, Besa Mumba has not only managed to crush the Zambian record but also set a new standard for young women the world over. She is the youngest commercial pilot in
The African National Congress lost its grip on local government in Tshwane, home of South Africa's capital Pretoria, as results on Saturday gave the opposition Democratic Alliance a second big win in the ANC's worst election since the end of apartheid. As final votes were counted,
Omar al-Bashir is a controversial man. His most news-worthy moment came when a South African court held he was to be arrested in line with an International Criminal Court arrest warrant during an African Union gathering. Somehow, he slithered out of the South African hands with the S.A. government
