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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

human rights

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Africa

Women’s Rights’ Coalition issues a strong appeal to African Governments for swift action against continued women’s rights violations

In a firm and unequivocal declaration, the SOAWR Coalition, a consortium of over 70 women's rights organizations in 33 African countries dedicated to advocating for women’s rights in Africa, launched a Call for Action and Accountability in harmony with the objectives of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. The Coalition expresses profound concern about the delayed realization of the promise of gender equality made to African women and girls by the AU […]

todayDecember 4, 2023 11

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South Africa

Sharpeville: new research on 1960 South African massacre shows the number of dead and injured was massively undercounted

Nancy L Clark, Louisiana State University and William H. Worger, University of California, Los Angeles On 21 March 1960 at 1.40 in the afternoon, apartheid South Africa’s police opened fire on a peaceful crowd of about 4,000 residents of Sharpeville, who were protesting against carrying identity documents that restricted black people’s movement. The police minimised the number of victims by at least one third, and justified the shooting by claiming […]

todayDecember 1, 2023 10

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Zambia’s foreign debt tragedy – what needs to happen to resolve the crisis

By Danny Bradlow, University of Pretoria Three years after defaulting on its foreign debt, Zambia is still trying to reach agreement with all its creditors on how to manage this situation. This has left the southern African country in a state of development finance limbo. It is handicapped in raising the funds needed to generate jobs, build infrastructure, provide health, education and social services and deal with climate change. Its president, […]

todayDecember 1, 2023 7

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Namibia

EU remains committed to protecting women and girls: Martins

The European Union (EU) will remain at the forefront of the international effort to defend the rights of every woman and for every girl to live free and safe. This was stated by the head of the EU delegation to Namibia, Beatriz Martins, here on Wednesday. Martins said the EU has a policy that promotes the rights of women and children, as well as economic, social, and cultural rights. She […]

todayNovember 30, 2023 15

World

Fast-fashion giant Shein applies to go public in US: report

ATTENTION - ADDS Shein declined to comment /// Washington, Nov 28, 2023 (AFP) - Chinese-founded fast fashion giant Shein has confidentially applied to go public in the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday, calling the move potentially one of the biggest IPOs in years. The offering could come next year, the newspaper said, citing people familiar with the matter and adding that Chinese media had also reported on […]

todayNovember 28, 2023 5

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Entertainment

This runway model is campaigning against gender-based violence in the fashion industry

Driven by a passion for humanitarian causes, runway model Sharon Okubo is championing a campaign that uses fashion to fight gender-based violence in Kenya. Atieno Odera, bird story agency Entering Watamu town in Kilifi County, north of Mombasa on the Indian Ocean, it is immediately apparent that an awareness of gender-based violence is widespread. The ‘RED CARD CAMPAIGN FASHION SHOW’ advertised loudly on a billboard at the town's entrance displays […]

todayNovember 27, 2023 10

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South Africa

South Africa’s immigration proposals are based on false claims and poor logic – experts

By Loren B Landau, University of the Witwatersrand and Rebecca Walker, University of the Witwatersrand The South African government recently issued a long-awaited policy statement – called a White Paper – outlining proposed changes to the country’s asylum and immigration system. More than 20 years after its first post-apartheid immigration legislation in 1998, immigration remains a pressing concern. Getting this policy right could help with South Africa’s economic recovery, increase […]

todayNovember 27, 2023 9

Lymphatic Filariasis
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Patients’ beliefs about illness matter: the case of elephantiasis in rural Ghana

Kristi Heather Kenyon, University of Winnipeg; Alexander Kwarteng, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST); Colleen McMillan, University of Waterloo; Mary Asirifi, MacEwan University, and Regiane Garcia, Simon Fraser University Would you take medication for an illness you didn’t believe you had? Or if you disagreed with healthcare workers about the cause of your condition? This is the dilemma of many people who live in areas of Ghana where […]

todayNovember 23, 2023 6

Uganda’s massacre
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Black November: remembering Uganda’s massacre of the opposition three years on

By Luke Melchiorre, Universidad de los Andes November marks a sombre anniversary in Uganda’s recent political history. In 2020, the east African country’s leading opposition politician, Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, was arrested. He was on the campaign trail ahead of the 2021 presidential elections. Mass demonstrations demanding the release of the popular musician-turned-presidential-candidate broke out in and around the capital, Kampala. Over two days, security agents of the regime of […]

todayNovember 21, 2023 4

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