The African Development Bank unveiled on Monday, May 25 the first-ever Gender Equality Index for Africa, aimed at informing policies to transform economies and to propel ... Read more »
The ranking was based on mutual love and respect between partners, freedom from sexual dysfunction, frequency of sex and foreplay and an exciting sex life by citizens. Read more »
A military spokesperson says that it is unclear whether schoolgirls abducted from Chibok a year ago were among those freed. Read more »
Oluremi Olayinka was also ordered to return the stolen money. Read more »
As one of the few female guides operating in East Africa, Zoe Wanjiru has faced skepticism and downright discrimination. But she has now hit her stride and knows how to deal with ... Read more »
On the first anniversary of the abduction of the Chibok girls in Nigeria, the rights group Amnesty International says Boko Haram has abducted upwards of 2,000 girls during its ... Read more »
Some of the freed hostages are providing useful information, the army reported. Read more »
Though disappointed by the refusal of Charles Taylor's request to be transferred to Rwanda, the wife Senator Jewel Howard Taylor still believes that he will one day be ... Read more »
Africa needs huge financial investments to achieve its development goals, delegates attending the high-level meeting on Africa's development priorities were told. More than a ... Read more »
This follows reports that Taita Taveta Women MP Joyce Lay was sexually harassed by a male colleague while on a parliamentary mission in Japan. Read more »
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