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We must change the status quo, and dismantle laws that hold women back and create inequalities, Senait Fisseha, Director of Global Programs at the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, said during this year's virtual Women Leaders in Global Health Conference. Rumbidzai Chisenga, Director of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Center's Leadership Programs, joined Fisseha to discuss the key opportunities and challenges to African women's leadership. They both agree that sexual reproduction health is
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Seychelles opposition candidate Wavel Ramkalawan has won the archipelago's presidential election with 54.9 percent of valid votes cast, upsetting incumbent President Danny Faure. The opposition, narrowly defeated in a presidential election in 2015 and buoyed by a landmark victory in a parliamentary poll a year later, won its first presidential poll in the 40 years since Seychelles gained independence from Britain.
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Africa needs to prepare better for climate change by responding to a wide range of potential risks, a multi-agency report led by the UN World Meteorological Organization says.The report - the first in a series of continent-by-continent assessments - aims to fill a gap in reliable and timely climate information for Africa, which translates into a lack of climate-related development planning, said Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, Vera Songwe.
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Felicien Kabuga, suspected of having helped to finance the 1994 Rwandan genocide, has been moved from France to The Hague to stand trial on charges of genocide, a UN tribunal has said. The tribunal is handling outstanding war crimes cases for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia. Kabuga, once one of Rwanda's richest men, will face seven criminal charges, including committing genocide and crimes against humanity. He was first indicted by the former UN tribunals for war crimes in Rwanda in November
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Social media has been flooded with tributes for rapper Calvin Nhliziyo, popularly known as Cal Vin, after he was killed in an alleged hit-and-run accident. The rapper was struck by a car when he was on his way home from watching an international soccer match at Emakhandeni Club in Bulawayo. Police say investigations are under way.
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President Emmerson Mnangagwa has tasked parliament to fast track the Private Voluntary Amendment Bill so that his administration can have total control of the operations of NGOs. Mnangagwa has accused the NGOs of deviating from their humanitarian agenda and venturing into partisan politics. Meanwhile, southern African countries have joined calls from Mnangagwa's government for U.S. sanctions to be lifted, saying they are damaging the region's economy.
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The UN Support Mission in Libya has announced the launch of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, following the signing of a permanent ceasefire agreement in the strife-torn country. The Tripoli-based government supported by the United Nations and the rival administration of the self-styled Libyan National Army signed an agreement in Geneva on Friday. UN Libya envoy Stephanie Williams said the parties had agreed that all military units and armed groups on the frontlines would return to their camps
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Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble said the 71 newly appointed minister will strive to tackle the country's most pressing issues, particularly the smooth running of the envisaged parliametary and presidential elections in 2020 and 2021 as well as insecurity. Roble was appointed by President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo on September 17 to replace Hassan Ali Khaire, whose Cabinet lost the vote of parliamentary confidence on July 25. Parliament endorsed him on October 23. The new lineup includes
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MTN faces claims that its Afghanistan operation switched off the cellphone network at the behest of the Taliban and that it paid protection money for its operations not to be attacked. The cellular giant will be tried in a U.S. court in 2021 in a case brought by family members of U.S. soldiers who were killed by the Taliban. The company also faces enormous financial losses if the case is lost, but it has some seemingly strong legal arguments on its side too, writes An Wentzel for
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The election commission published a tally on Saturday showing that President Alpha Conde had won the election, but opposition candidate Cellou Dalein Diallo declared himself the winner, saying he has evidence of fraud and will file a complaint with the constitutional court.
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