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South Africa
SA’s Zuma confirms fathering a child

afrol News, 4 February - South African President, Jacob Zuma has confirmed fathering a child in an outside marriage relationship with the daughter of a local soccer boss, Irvin Khoza.
Egypt
Egyptian women to appeal niqab ban

afrol News, 4 January - Egyptian female students have vowed to appeal a total ban of niqab, the full face veil imposed by the government last October, rights activists have said in a statement.
Kenya
Kenya urged to adopt marriage bill

afrol News, 15 December - The Kenya Law Review Commission has urged the government to adopt the draft Marriage Bill of 2007, under which couples will not have to pay dowry to get married if the Bill is passed by Parliament into law.
Egypt
Threatening population boom for Egypt

afrol News, 11 June - Egypt is facing a double population boom by 2050, a threat that could have President Hosni Mubarak's government enforce tough family planning policies to curb the looming crisis.
Malawi
Miss Malawi contests in parliamentary elections

afrol News / Gender Links, 22 May - The reigning Miss Malawi Perth Msiska is contemplating to ditch the beauty pageants arena for a place in politics, as a contestant for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for the Blantyre West constituency the country’s 2009 parliamentary elections.
Somalia
Somalia's celebrated woman presenter escapes murder

afrol News, 7 May - A celebrated woman TV presenter of Puntland's privately-owned Eastern Television Network (ETN) on 4 May escaped murder attempts on her life.
Ghana
Ghanaian wins Caribbean & Commonwealth pageantry

afrol News, 25 April - A 20-year-old Ghanaian law student at the Univesity of Kent (Medway Towns), Shirley De Lawrence, has kept the title in West Africa by winning the 19th Miss Caribbean & Commonwealth contest, in succession to Uchenna Obika of Nigeria, at the Polish Centre in Hammersmith, West London.
Liberia
Publisher escapes death trap

afrol News, 1 February - The publisher of Liberia's 'Independent Newspaper', Sam Dean, narrowly escaped a death trap on 30 January. Several attempts to lure Dean into an ambush had failed.
Somalia
Somalis launch public gay site

afrol News, 19 November - A group of Somalis wrote their names in the genesis book of history at the weekend by launching the first-ever gay website [www.somaligaycommunity.org].
Uganda
Cry for Ugandan gays

afrol News, 19 October - The rising homophobia by Ugandan officials and the media against the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people is believed to be undermining the East African country's HIV prevention.

» 01.06.2007 - Tanzanian women getting ready for World Cup 2010
» 04.04.2007 - Gambian leader threatens judiciary
» 28.03.2007 - Zambia's female boxing star challenges stereotypes
» 22.01.2007 - 15 million diabetics in Africa by 2025
» 04.01.2007 - 55% of Swazi women are overweight
» 17.11.2006 - Veil controversy grips Egypt
» 19.10.2006 - Zim women face tough career or mothering decision
» 16.06.2005 - Aka Pygmies "best dads in the world"
» 04.10.2004 - Preparations for "Miss Francophonie" in Burkina Faso


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