More than 30 girls apparently refused to take part in the annual Reed Dance where virgins from all over the kingdom are required to dance topless. Read more »
IRIN looks at some of the successes, failures and pitfalls in resilience planning. Read more »
The Chibok girl, who was released by Boko Haram insurgents, has been discovered to be four months pregnant, confirming fears that the schoolgirls who were kidnapped more than five ... Read more »
One of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls has been found after she was allegedly thrown off a truck by Boko Haram militants in Mubi, Adamawa State. Read more »
The army's headquarters is refuting claims from social media that some abducted Chibok School have been released. Read more »
The 2014 Miss Uganda pageant is particularly trying to recruit women aged between 18 and 25 into farming. There's also a new, unlikely sponsor: the Ugandan army, writes InterPress ... Read more »
South African Nobel peace prize winner Desmond Tutu has called for a worldwide end to child marriages on his four-day visit in Zambia. Read more »
A human rights group, "Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict", has released a report blaming Boko Haram, the Nigerian security forces and self-defense militias for turning ... Read more »
The country marks 140 days since over 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram militants in Borno State. Read more »
King Mswati III has taken a 19-year-old former beauty pageant contestant as his newest wife shortly after thousands of girls participated in the kingdom's annual Umhlanga or Reed ... Read more »
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