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October 09
Africa: Women With Albinism Vow to Fight on After Kilimanjaro Climb
Six African women with albinism who made an attempt on the continent's highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro, said on Tuesday the trek was just the beginning of efforts to raise… Read more »
Africa: 'War' On Food Waste Can Save Money and Boost Profits, Tech Firm Says
A growing number of impact investors are putting their money into businesses aiming to address climate change and waste. Read more »
Africa: African Women With Albinism Vow to Fight On After Kilimanjaro Climb
In some countries, people with albinism are targeted for their body parts which are prized in witchcraft Read more »
Ethiopia: Great Expectations From Ethiopia's Wheat Initiative
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October 08
Nigeria: Nigeria, Singapore and India Fuel Wealth Gap - Oxfam
The richest 1 percent of the global population nabbed four fifths of wealth created between mid-2016 and mid-2017, while the poorest half saw no increase in wealth Read more »
October 06
Africa: Naturalist Attenborough Optimistic U.S. Will Rejoin Global Climate Pact
British naturalist David Attenborough said on Saturday he was hopeful that the United States would return to an international climate deal to tackle global warning as denying… Read more »
October 03
Africa: Africa Bets On Technology to Lure Youth to Farming
"A simple text to a farmer just to say, 'The weather outlook for the next three days is this' can fundamentally change what they do." Read more »
October 02
Cameroon: Lesbian 'Witches' Chained and Raped By Families
During a dreary Sunday morning church service, 14-year-old Viviane - tired of wrestling with her sexual attraction to girls - resigned herself to an unhappy conclusion: she was… Read more »
Africa: Cooperation, Not Cash, Key to Ending Modern Slavery By 2030 - Experts
Countries should not solely focus on funding but strive to better share information on slavery, experts say Read more »
Africa: Unilever Tops List of Food and Drink Firms Tackling Forced Labour
About 25 million people globally were estimated to be trapped in forced labour in 2016 Read more »
Africa: The Global Compact On Refugees Could Fail Girls and Women - but We Don't Have to
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October 01
Africa: Actress Emma Watson Urges Global Access to Abortion
Actress Emma Watson called for action to end restrictive abortion laws on Monday as she paid tribute to the Indian woman whose death helped overturn Ireland's 35-year ban. Read more »
Kenya: Armed With Award-Winning APP, Kenyan Tribe Fights Forced Evictions
Kenya's Sengwer people will have hi-tech help fighting forced evictions in their forested homeland - an app that will share a $1 million prize announced on Monday by a U.S.… Read more »
Africa: As Climate Risks Rise, Scientists Call for Rules On Solar Engineering
Technologies to reflect some of the sun's rays away from Earth, as a way to cool future runaway climate change, are moving closer to becoming a reality, and rules are needed now to… Read more »
Africa: Newly Announced U.S. Refugee Numbers Deadly for LGBT+ Refugees
The decision by the Trump-Pence administration to radically reduce the number of refugees allowed into the country each year is a national disgrace Read more »
September 28
Libya: Back Home, Cameroon Migrants Grapple With Libya Trauma, Prison Debt
In early January, with Christmas lights still twinkling in the streets of Yaounde, Cameroon's capital, Christelle Timdi received the phone call she had almost given up hope of… Read more »
Africa: The Fight for Abortion Rights Will Never End
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Africa: Transgender Women Should Have Same Rights As Other Women - Poll
Transgender women should have the same rights as other women, according to a global poll of women across five continents published on Friday amid a growing - and sometimes divisive… Read more »
Egypt: Egyptian Filmmaker Aims to Show LGBT+ People Are 'Not Alone'
The director of a new Egyptian movie about a secretly gay man preparing to marry a woman has said he wanted to let LGBT+ people in the Middle East know they are "not alone". Read more »
September 27
Senegal: 'Fighting for Survival', Senegal's Gay Community Is On Its Own
Omar was 10 years old when he was first beaten with sticks and chased from the schoolyard by children shouting "goor-jigeen", meaning "man-woman" in the Senegalese language Wolof. Read more »
September 25
Africa: South Sudan Surgeon Wins UN Prize for Treating War-Hit Refugees
Evan Atar Adaha has been running Maban hospital - which was once an abandoned health clinic - in the northeastern town of Bunj since 2011 Read more »
September 24
Africa: Senegalese Chef Puts Supergrain On New York Menus
A gluten-free grain that grows in Africa's impoverished and semi-arid Sahel region is taking off as a health food in New York, the Senegalese chef who masterminded its revival said… Read more »
Burkina Faso: Farmer Wins 'Alternative Nobel' for Drought-Fighting Technique
A farmer from Burkina Faso who popularized an ancient farming technique to reverse desertification is among the winners of Sweden's "alternative Nobel prize", announced on Monday. Read more »
Africa: K-Pop Band BTS Goes Viral With UN Plea to Young People
Campaigners have stressed the need for the younger generation to get involved in efforts against discrimination and poverty Read more »
Africa: How Young Voices Can Change Perceptions of Obesity
Childhood overweight and obesity is an issue that affects over 350 million children and adolescents worldwide. In many countries, more than a quarter of young people have to… Read more »
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