Botswana: Govt Stiffens Gender Based Violence Law
Motopi — Vice President Slumber Tsogwane has urged parents to create a conducive environment in which children are not subjected to abuse. Addressing ...
South Africa: Fixing Minibus Taxi Industry Is Proving Hard – Tracing Its History Shows Why
The South African government has initiated a process to formalise and regulate the country's large, yet informal minibus taxi industry, with a view ...
Sudan: Rebel Faction Denies Signing Peace Agreement
Juba / Darfur / Kounongou — The Sudan Liberation Movement split-off faction under the leadership of Ahmed Ibrahim 'Kazaski' (SLM-AK) has denied it ...
Sudan: ICC Rejects Interim Release Request of Former Darfur Janjaweed Leader
The Hague — The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC), has confirmed that it rejects Former Darfur janjaweed leader Ali Abdelrahman's ...
Africa: Countries Need More Air Quality Data – and Sharing It Unlocks Its Benefits
The harm that air pollution is doing on the African continent seems to be growing. Estimates of premature mortality attributed to air pollution ...
Africa: Positive Death Penalty Decision Undermined By Continued Executions
In the year since the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights gave fresh impetus to the global campaign for the abolition of ...
Mali: Transitional President in Mali Appoints New Prime Minister, Top UN Official Tells Security Council
Mali's transitional President has appointed a new Prime Minister, the UN's top official in the West African country told the UN Security Council ...
Nigeria: Civil War – How Asaba Indigenes Were Massacred 53 Years Ago
Over 1,000 unsuspecting indigenes of Asaba, the present capital city of Delta State were massacred 53 years ago by the Federal troops who ...
Egypt: Court Starts Sex Crimes Trial of Student in #MeToo Case
By Menna A. Farouk Cairo — Ahmed Bassam Zaki is accused of assault at least three women after a social media campaign that ...
Catholic symbols in State schools to be phased out
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