insert_link Africa Teenage girls in Africa face shocking rates of physical and sexual abuse in intimate relationships – new global report By nthony Idowu Ajayi, African Population and Health Research Center Nearly a quarter of adolescent girls between the ages of 15 and 19 who have been in a relationship will have suffered intimate partner violence by the time they turn 20. This is one of the findings of the World Health Organization’s first detailed analysis of intimate partner violence among girls. Nadine Dreyer, from The Conversation […] today6 August, 2024
insert_link Namibia Psychological Counsellor Marcella Katjjova weighs in on Otjomuise Sex Abuse And Arrest Psychological Counsellor Marcella Katjjova tells us more on the stages of child development and how sexual abuse may affect them. She was commenting on the recent incident that occured in Windhoek's Otjomuise residential area involving 44 year-old woman and a six year old boy in exchange for money. today2 July, 2024
insert_link Africa The rise of African prophets: the unchecked power of the leaders of Pentecostal churches By Josiah Taru, Rice University Over the last 20 years there’s been an unprecedented increase in charismatic Pentecostal prophets – or men of God as they’re called in Pentecostal parlance. Across Africa their unchecked influence has spread into social, economic and political institutions. Pentecostalism is one of the fastest-growing strands of Christianity on the continent. In Zimbabwe, for example, the Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministry claims its membership […] today9 February, 2024
