Significant progress has been made in the fight against HIV/Aids because of the "Abstain, Be Faithful, Condomise" strategy, but the Catholic community is in a dilemma over whether ... Read more »
Political rallies are rare in the country and usually heavily policed. But protests in the northern Rif region have been simmering since the death in October of fishmonger Mouhcine ... Read more »
Each candidate must submit a list of at least 600 people supporting them, with signatures against their ID numbers, but Diane Shima Rwigara, the newest voice on the political ... Read more »
The government is set to establish schools for women who abandoned school to get married, Minister of Women Affairs has said. Read more »
The 106 freed Chibok schoolgirls have embarked on a four-month remedial and integration programme to prepare them for academic activities in September. Read more »
A 'period emoji' on mobile devices could help break the taboo of menstruation, according to an international child rights group. Read more »
The South African Law Reform Commission's long-awaited report on adult sex work has been released - findings indicate that sex work in South Africa is driven by a complex interplay ... Read more »
The Makerere Research Fellow Stella Nyanzi, who was recently remanded to Luzira prison for insulting the President, has expressed readiness to work with government if it is willing ... Read more »
During an address on Africa Day, Economic Freedom Fighters Julius Malema said South African men must change their behaviour if they want to avoid being called trash, and that ... Read more »
The social activist and an academic who has approached the Constitutional Court to block the government's move to have her subjected to a mental status test. Nyanzi is facing ... Read more »
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