Half of the world’s population are women, but today women only hold 24.3% of all seats in parliaments and senates globally. And the most recent world rankings from the Inter-Parliamentary Union show that the countries doing well are not...
Despite Africa’s effort to be at par with their international communities, there are still traditions that hinder the success of achieving global goals, especially regarding the girl - child.
Below are some of these traditions:
Borana Oromo People, Kenya
In southeastern Kenya,...
At a time when human contact and fellowship is said to lengthen the lifespan, there is a tribe in the tiny North Sentinel Island of Andaman and Nicobar in the Indian Ocean that is devoid of modern human contact.
While...
Sex as a unique expression of intimacy appears to have numerous benefits for one’s life and health (and also risks), as many studies have shown: it’s a stress reliever, it reduces the risk of cancer (especially prostate cancer in...
Gender equality is a critical component of economic growth and yet it is still far from a reality. We still have the gender pay gap, which shows no signs of closing any time soon, and many other things that...
Former Ivorian international and Arsenal defender, Emmanuel Eboue, who was in the news two years ago for being broke after a bitter divorce, has remarried in his home country Cote d’Ivoire.
Eboue is reported to have married his ex-fiancee, Stephanie...
Africa is home to armed conflicts, government corruption and extreme poverty. Consequently, many people are living in or seeking to escape these conditions. By trying to get out of the continent to a better place, these people face a...
Cape Town was recently identified as the city that provides the best quality of life in the whole of Africa on Numbeo’s 2019 global Quality of Life Index.
Numbeo allows people to see, share and compare information about quality of...
To Mark Its 10th Anniversary, Independent Film Initiative ('Diversity in Cannes') Promoting Inclusion at Cannes Film Festival Celebrates Diverse Filmmakers With Top Ten Filmmaker Series.
In celebration of Black History Month and it’s 10th anniversary, Diversity in Cannes, the independent...
Nigeria has overtaken Egypt as the largest rice producer in Africa, Director-General, Africa Rice Center, Benin Republic, Dr Harold Roy-Macauley has said.
Roy-Macauley, revealed in a recent interview that Nigeria is now the largest rice producer at 4 million...
Anele is a web developer and a Pan-Africanist who believes bad leadership is the only thing keeping Africa from taking its rightful place in the modern world.
