Through radio women refugees at Dadaab now know their rights and how to fight...
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They are converging...
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Rorya, Tanzania — At Koryo village, in Tanzania’s northern Rorya district brightly dressed women flock to the river with piles of their laundry bags.
Some of them walk for...
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Education crisis: Surge in armed insurgents’ in Kenya’s arid north push education system to...
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Escalating Discrimination Against People With Albinism In Zimbabwe
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Former Tanzanian Opposition Leader Granted Asylum In Canada
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Zimbabwe’s Vice President Resigns Over Sex Scandals
Harare, Zimbabwe — Embroiled in a litany of sex scandals accusations, Zimbabwe’s Vice President Kembo Mohadi on Monday this week resigned from his job.
Mohadi, aged 71, handed his resignation...
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