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Namibian teenager Christine Mboma, who is unable to compete at certain events due to controversial rules over testosterone levels, continued her sparkling season with victory in the 200m on her Diamond League debut in Brussels on Friday. Mboma’s win in 21.84sec was the stand-out in a high-quality night of track and field in warm, still conditions at the King Baudouin… Read More

A lawmaker in Somalia who became the country’s first female foreign minister is now running for the presidency. Fawzia Yusuf H. Adam is well aware of the challenges in winning votes in a conservative Muslim nation where women have been historically marginalised. Even friends and colleagues see her chances as next to nil because of her gender. But Adam, a… Read More

Congolese Nobel laureate Denis Mukwege on Friday called for an international criminal court for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), whose eastern provinces have been wracked by armed groups for a quarter of a century. In a statement issued in the runup to the annual UN General Assembly in New York, Mukwege said impunity for brutal crimes was entrenched and… Read More

A Zimbabwean court Friday upheld a traditional court’s ruling that the body of former President Robert Mugabe should be exhumed and reburied at a national shrine in the capital. The Chinhoyi Magistrates Court rejected an appeal by Mugabe’s children that the traditional court’s ruling should be ignored, Mugabe family lawyer Fungai Chimwamurombe said. The three children had challenged the exhumation… Read More

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI on Friday named businessman Aziz Akhannouch to lead a new government after his National Rally of Independents (RNI) thrashed the long-ruling Islamists in parliamentary elections. The king appointed Akhannouch “head of the government and tasked him with forming a new government”, following Wednesday’s polls, a statement from the palace said. The RNI won 102 of parliament’s… Read More

With the impact of COVID 19 on women-owned businesses, SME.NG, an e-market that kicked off in August is set to make a difference in the lives of female entrepreneurs in Nigeria. The online platform is expected to give access to finance and e-commerce to businesswomen in the country. The Marketplace is an extension of the services provided by the “She… Read More

Taboos on menstrual cycles among girls have hampered their educational growth in Mozambique. Most of the girls especially from humble backgrounds are unable to fully attend their classes due to the fact that the personal hygiene effects are expensive and at times not available in various rural stores and health facilities. For instance, a 14-year-old Ester João missed 198 classes,… Read More

Alarm as the Togolese coast is eroding very fast. The sea is advancing at greater speed, despite actions taken to slow down the phenomenon. Locals say the erosion has left a worrying terrain along the beach. They claimed the destruction has led to disappearing houses and villages disappear from the Togolese map. An initiative is now in place to help… Read More

Former Ivory Coast prime minister Charles Konan Banny died in a Paris hospital on Friday after contracting Covid-19, close aides said. Banny, 78, who was in office from 2005-2007, was being treated at the American Hospital in the Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine after contracting the disease in Ivory Coast. “He changed my perception of Ivorian politics and of some of… Read More

Investing in women and girls is one of the most effective ways to increase equality and promote sustainable and inclusive economic growth. Investments in programs for women and girls have significant developmental spillover effects, as women typically spend more of their income on health, education, and the well-being of their families and communities than men. The Sahel Women’s Empowerment and… Read More