Women barred from front seat of trucks in Ugandan city
Kampala – A traders association in northern Uganda has banned women from riding up front in trucks after deciding that... Read more
20 Jan
Irish police arrest man over teacher killing
London – Irish police on Tuesday said they had arrested a man suspected of the murder of a primary school... Read more
18 Jan
Viral Egypt dance video fuels women’s rights debate
Cairo – A video of an Egyptian mother-of-three dancing that went viral online prompting her husband to divorce her... Read more
13 Jan
Arrests in Egypt after girl’s suicide over internet shaming
Cairo – Two youths were arrested on Thursday over the suicide of a schoolgirl whom they were allegedly blackmailing with... Read more
7 Jan
Husband’s ‘arms were like jail’, says South African violence survivor
Johannesburg – As a paramedic, Nathalie knew all about the scourge of violence against women in South Africa. Yet for... Read more
20 Dec, 2021
Two children die in Guinea after sexual assaults, rights groups say
Dakar – Two girls, including a 3-year-old, have died in Guinea after being sexually assaulted, rights groups said, calling for... Read more
16 Dec, 2021
WATCH | Disabled models breaking taboos on Ivory Coast catwalk
Abidjan – Twenty models with disabilities have taken to the catwalk in Ivory Coast in a ground-breaking assault on... Read more
9 Dec, 2021
Moroccan lecturers in ‘sex for good marks’ trials
Rabat – Four Moroccan university lecturers appeared in court on Tuesday accused of trading good grades for sexual favours,... Read more
8 Dec, 2021
Mozambique jihadists kidnap 600 women, girls since 2018, HRW says
Johannesburg – Islamist militants waging a brutal insurgency in northern Mozambique have abducted more than 600 women and children over... Read more
7 Dec, 2021
Tunisia women mix beats and break taboos
Tunis – Fouchika Junior adjusts her headphones, flicks a slider and seamlessly drops the next tune: one of Tunisia’s... Read more
2 Dec, 2021
