A young woman in a tight-fitting top with silver sequins in the shape of a heart shakes her head vehemently and breathes heavily. "Men who want to rape women who wear miniskirts ... Read more »
Amina Mohammed, the Deputy Secretary-General of the UN and Nigeria's former minister of the environment, says that her team visited Acting President Yemi Osinbajo. Addressing State ... Read more »
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has condemned what he called the "atrocious and cowardly" abduction of women by Boko Haram militants last month in Borno state. Osinbajo has ordered ... Read more »
The 46-year-old gender activist became a leading voice in the country's struggle for HIV treatment after she was one of the first women to publicly disclose her HIV-positive status ... Read more »
Hundreds of people gathered at the Grand Parade in Cape Town to mark Mandela Day. Led by The Elders, a forum of former leaders founded by Nelson Mandela a decade ago, the ... Read more »
Another woman has been found stripped and killed at Nakule zone in the Nansana municipality in Wakiso. Police spokesperson Asan Kasingye said Teddy Nakacwa, who is in her early ... Read more »
A video said to have been released by Boko Haram has surfaced, showing women who were allegedly kidnapped by the militants in Borno State pleading with the government to negotiate ... Read more »
Former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor has predicted that the ruling party will suffer a major split at its next national elective conference. This came when she spoke to the Cape Town Press ... Read more »
Every eight hours a woman is killed and at least half of these women die at the hands of their intimate partners, Minister Nathi Mthethwa has said, but are these claims true? ... Read more »
The government has criticized the circulation of a graphic tape on social media which depicts a man and a woman, believed to be supporters of ruling Unity Party, in a sexual ... Read more »
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