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Chinese couple keeps 92 year old mother in pigsty

Chinese couple keeps 92 year old mother in pigsty

Images of an emaciated elderly woman have rattled Chinese social media users, after papers in the southern Guangxi region reported that the 92-year-old had been kept in a pigsty by her son and daughter-in-law “for years”. The woman, whose surname is Yang, lived in a padlocked 10-sq-metre cell and slept on a wooden bench, says […]

Africa Metro Wishes You a Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year

Africa Metro Wishes You a Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year

It is that time of the year where some people celebrate Christmas, others enjoy the holiday season, a few laze around while for some it’s just another week in the year. For those of you celebrating at this time of the year, we at Africa Metro wish you a Merry Christmas. For those who just […]

Nigerian farmers, fishermen sue Royal Dutch Shell in UK over pollution

Nigerian farmers, fishermen sue Royal Dutch Shell in UK over pollution

Emere Godwin Bebe Okpabi, leader of Nigeria’s Ogale people, unpacked four bottles of water from his homeland and lined them up on a table to show why his subjects are suing Royal Dutch Shell in a London court. The Nigerian water is contaminated with oil and cancer-causing compounds such as benzene. It’s what his people […]

Industrializing Africa – The Green Way

Industrializing Africa – The Green Way

When industrialization is mentioned I get a bit uncomfortable. Don’t get me wrong I’m not “anti-progress”. It’s just that that word conjures up images of big polluting factories, low-wage labour and soul-deadning boredom. But as Meghan Trainor says: “You need to let it go, you need to let it go”. On the sides of COP22, […]

Child Marriage Threatens Future of CAR Refugees in Cameroon

Child Marriage Threatens Future of CAR Refugees in Cameroon

Gado-Badzere — For refugee girls from Central African Republic, hospitality in Cameroon comes at a price Alone, hungry and traumatised having watched her parents die in war-torn Central African Republic, 14-year-old Koulsoumi believed the worst was behind her when she was taken in by a family in Cameroon after fleeing across the border last year. […]

When Marriage Takes Away Your Right Over Your Body

When Marriage Takes Away Your Right Over Your Body

She still remembers that day clearly, when she locked herself in the bathroom and did a pregnancy test. At 33, Beatrice Frank* (not her real name) had just got a new job in an administrative position in Mbeya. Her daughter was almost two and her husband’s business had not picked up yet. Two strong lines […]

Mercer’s Global Talent Trends Study Spills the Key to “Future-Proofing

Mercer’s Global Talent Trends Study Spills the Key to “Future-Proofing

2016 Global Talent Trends Study examines the top trends impacting today’s workforce and how organisations are responding. The study, which incorporates the views of both employers and employees on key workplace issues and priorities, is based on the perspectives of more than 1,730 HR leaders and over 4,500 employees in all industries across 17 countries. South […]

Tigo Tanzania Show-Cases Transformative Financial Inclusion, Innovative Services at the M360 Africa GSMA Conference

Tigo Tanzania Show-Cases Transformative Financial Inclusion, Innovative Services at the M360 Africa GSMA Conference

Millicom, of which Tigo is a subsidiary, was the Platinum Sponsor of the three-day Mobile 360 Africa international summit Tanzania’s leading digital lifestyle company, Tigo has outlined its strategic priorities that are meant to drive the company’s long-term social investment objectives. Speaking at the just-ended Global System Mobile Association (GSMA) Mobile 360-Africa Conference held on […]

The Nature conservancy and how its providing a safer and progressive community for animals, people and its natural habitat

The Nature conservancy and how its providing a safer and progressive community for animals, people and its natural habitat

The dwindling numbers of the Elephant is in need of serious protection. Not only could we lose the largest living land animal on the planet. The elephant is an empathic and intelligent creature and its existence is vital for nature, mankind and more notably for other animals in its surrounding habitat.   To celebrate world […]

Ethiopia Receives 14 Million Praziquantel Tablets

Ethiopia Receives 14 Million Praziquantel Tablets

Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced that the largest delivery of praziquantel tablets ever shipped to Ethiopia recently arrived in Addis Ababa, the capital of the East African country. Ethiopia has received around 14 million tablets for mass distribution to school children. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Ethiopia is one […]

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