Exclusive Factbox – Which Are the World’s 10 Most Dangerous Countries for Women?
India named as the world’s most dangerous country for women in a survey of global experts India was named as the world’s most dangerous country for women in a survey of global experts released on Tuesday. The Thomson Reuters Foundation survey of about 550 experts on women’s issues ranked war-torn Afghanistan and Syria in second […]
Sharp rise in number of Islamist militant attacks in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa suffers under a sharp rise in the number of Islamist militant attacks. In its report Changing Patterns in Terrorism and the Threat to Business, Control Risks (www.ControlRisks.com), the specialist global risk consultancy, finds that the number of incidents rose from 317 in 2013 to 1,549 for the period April 2017 to April 2018. […]
Nairobi Sexologist Matheka Explains Why Nairobi Cold Won’t Lead to Baby Boom
Nairobi sexologist Maurice Matheka has demystified the common notion that cold seasons are always accompanied with baby making. In an interview with Nairobi News, the sexologist said the notion has been overused by men as a pickup line when trying to draw women into a conversation during cold seasons. “The cold season will off course […]
Former DR Congo Child Soldier Works to Normalize Peace Not War
Michel Chikwanine is a long way from where he grew up in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, but not from the memories of war. They haunt him every night — ever since he was captured by rebels in the city of Beni at the age of five. Chikwanine’s father had an imposed an early-evening curfew, […]
My Dear Zambia – Please Forgive Me
In this emotive open letter to Dear Zambia, Jera reflects on past and present relations between the two southern African countries. For Zimbabweans who saw the 80s and 90s, their most vivid memories are of playing Pacman and Space Invaders at the video arcade and gathering around the black and white television set to watch […]
The Limits of Imagining Pleasure – Writing the History of African Sex
Is kissing unAfrican? Is foreplay unAfrican? These questions speak to ideas which view certain aspects of pleasure and sexuality as foreign. Through fiction, Rafeeat Aliyu says African writers can challenge stereotypes and assumptions of the place of both romance and pleasure in history by creating stories that push at imposed boundaries. Is kissing unAfrican? Is […]
Principles of Modern Day Slavery and Soft Colonization as Implemented by Donald Trump
I was prompted to write this article as a result of a horrible dream I had. In this rather amazingly bizarre dream of mine, we were back in colonial times and white people were making us their slaves and at one point I remember myself hiding in a curve together with my family. In my […]
Zimbabwe after the 2017 military coup: Prospects for real change
IN November 2017, the winds of change were blowing in Zimbabwe. The political terrain underwent seismic shifts following “Operation Restore Order”, the veto- and palace-coup that led to the resignation of Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s political patriarch of 37 years. Mugabe’s former vice-president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, who had been fired from the government on 6 November, was […]
‘It’s a Big World, Everyone Shits, and Everyone Needs a Toilet’
What is a compost toilet and how does it relate to Africa? That was the focus of my month-long trek through Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya in March 2018. Since I’m considered a compost toilet “expert,” my job was to spread the word about composting as a sanitation solution, introduce people to compost toilets, design and […]
Zimbabwe 2018 election date set for July 30
ZIMBABWE will hold its general elections on July 30, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Wednesday, the first since the army forced 94-year-old former president Robert Mugabe to resign last November. Mnangagwa, who became president following the military take-over, has promised to deliver on free and fair elections to win over Zimbabwe’s critics at home and […]
