Maintaining a Focus on Women’s Empowerment
Gender has, in recent years, been a top and cross-cutting priority for Africa, and 2016 is no different. In fact,…
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Leila Alaoui: Tackling Taboos in Art
Leila Alaoui died while on assignment for Amnesty International in Burkina Faso on January 19, 2016 after she was severly…
Somali Children’s Magazine Launched in Sweden
Northern Europe’s first children’s magazine that caters to Somalis has been launched in Sweden. The first issue was published last…
How A Family Of Refugees Finally Found Peace
As the global migrant crisis claims lives and spurs political battles, an Eritrean-Canadian traces her family’s journey. Days after my…
An African Orature Poem in Tribute to Sam Moyo
I met Professor Sam Moyo at a seminar in the 1980s after he joined the University of Zimbabwe where I…
Central African Republic: Heavy Fighting Erupts During Referendum Voting
At least two people have been killed and 20 others wounded when heavy fighting broke out in a Muslim enclave…