Category: Special Features
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Despite violence, abandonment, and inequality, Feregou managed to escape an abusive husband through social and professional reintegration. The security situation in the Atacora and Alibori departments in northern Benin has become a breeding ground for worsening child rights violations, especially against girls. The rise in gender-based violence (GBV), child marriages, and family separations, worsened by the crisis in neighboring Sahel countries, makes…
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Along a dusty street in Bambari, in the heart of the Central African Republic (CAR), 14-year-old Zénabou, who was born deaf and mute, watched every morning as children set off for school. “I always felt a deep pain watching the other children leave with their backpacks. It tormented me, because even though I was eager…
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An Oncology Nurse Specialist & Head of Nursing, National Radiotherapy Oncology and Nuclear Medicine Centre, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Ghana, Nurse Naomi Oyoe Ohene Oti is the winner of the Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award 2025, receiving the prestigious USD 250,000 prize at a grand ceremony held in Dubai, UAE. The award was presented by…
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Makuochi Okafor BBC Africa health correspondent, Lagos At the age of 24, Nafisa Salahu was in danger of becoming just another statistic in Nigeria, where a woman dies giving birth every seven minutes, on average. Going into labour during a doctors’ strike meant that, despite being in hospital, there was no expert help on hand…
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The first player to score two consecutive hat-tricks at the Olympic Games, Barbra Banda continues to push the limits.● Just weeks away from the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations 2024, the Zambian captain reflects on her deep connection with Africa.● In this exclusive interview with CAFonline.com, the 2024 African Women’s Player of the Year shares…
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The Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Dr. Natalia Kanem has revealed that her outfit together with the United Nations Children’s Fund(UNICEF) in a Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation, has developed strategies to end this harmful practice and provide care for women and girls living with its consequences. UNICEF/Holt Fatima, 7,…
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#ForAllWomenandGirls is a rallying call for action on the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. In Tanzania, the African Girls Can Code Initiative (AGCCI), implemented by UN Women in collaboration with the Ministries of Gender, ICT, and Education in Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar, the African Union Commission, and the International Telecommunication…
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Midwives in Sudan work to ensure that every childbirth is safe (file photo). Womi sat on the edge of the hospital bed, her newborn nestled beside her, tears quietly streaming down her face, not from pain or joy, but from an overwhelming wave of exhaustion, fear, and isolation. Despite the flood of congratulatory messages in…
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