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A female legislator in Tanzania has proposed that an inspection should be carried out to determine if male Members of Parliament are circumcised. She argues that this will curb the spread of HIV/AIDS. Jackline Ngonyani, the female MP, said that for those who are not circumcised, they should immediately
Will The Gender Equality Gap Ever Be Closed? Why don’t we raise an alarm when Tom earns more than John but do raise a thunderous one when Tom earns more than Sarah? Why don’t we raise an alarm when Tom has access to good education yet John doesn’
On 24 January 2019, Felix Tshisekedi was sworn into office as the president of Democratic Republic of Congo in what The Irish Times dubbed ‘a dubious democratic transition’, and many election observers reported that the elections were marred by irregularities and gross malpractice. Yet, the West and other democracy defenders
Angola has been hailed for removing a piece of legislation that impliedly made homosexuality in Angola illegal. The oil-rich country has done away with the divisive "vices against nature" provision in its law, which was widely interpreted as a blanket ban on homosexual conduct. Discrimination against people based
Zimbabwe is currently in a state of upheaval as it is facing a national shutdown organised by anti-government citizen groups and human rights activists, which in return resulted in the crackdown of the government on its opposition and the shutdown of internet access to the country. We can observe the
The row between Italy and France over migration and foreign policy has taken another turn after France summoned Italy's ambassador, saying that the comments made by the Italian deputy prime minister attacking France were "unacceptable and groundless." Luigi di Maio, who is the deputy Prime Minister
For the last 2 years, the Somali people have been painfully struggling to cope with the shocking reality of leadership failure under President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo elected on high hope of him fostering the state building project (not leading established state) of Federal, Democratic Republic founded on the rule of
The December 30, 2018 general elections in Democratic Republic of Congo have continued to stir controversy over the results announced by the Independent Electoral Commission which declared Felix Tshisekedi winner of the fiercely contested polls. This was contradictory to what many expected, especially as another opposition candidate; Martin Fayulu had
Hardly will a day go by without a terrible report of couples killing each other, sometimes killing their children too. In other instances, suicide deaths are the results of a strain in marriages and all these keep happening at an alarming rate. Families we see today, united and beaming with
Every passport comes with its own level of prestige and whenever you present your passport to immigration officers, you get a certain look - the type of passport you present determines the look you receive. It doesn't seem right to be judged by the cover of your passport
It appears the administration in Gambia is bent on making sure that the former president of the country, Yahya Jammeh, answers to the law despite the ex-leader fleeing to neighboring Guinea after loosing the elections two years ago. Since his exile, there have been reports accusing the ex-president of crimes
The clean up in Ghana's financial sector has seen yet another set of casualties, as two banks got there licences revoked. Central Bank of Ghana on Saturday disclosed the revocation of the operating licences of both Premium Bank and Heritage Bank. For Heritage Bank, Addison explained that while
During his campaign, Muhammadu Buhari had said there will be no office of the first lady or a budgetary allocation to the position if elected into power as Nigeria’s president. According to him, this was one of the many ways in which successive governments looted and misappropriated funds in
They called it "Majik Water". Yes, it is magical, but above all, it is life-saving water harvesting. Cooking up the magical water is Kenyan trailblazer Beth Koigi and her friends - Clare Sewell and Anastasia Kaschenko. If you think these are the true wonder-women of the world, you
Prof. Richard Iyiola Akindele, who was recently sacked as a lecturer in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, Nigeria after he was taken to court by one of his students, Monica Osagie, for demanding sex in return for higher grades has been sentenced to two years imprisonment. The verdict
Zimbabwe’s president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, on Tuesday released the findings of the Mothlante Commission of Inquiry Report that left six civilians killed during the August 1 post-election violence. President Mnangagwa noted that the use of live bullets by the military to quell the demonstrations was “disproportionate and unjustified”. It was
