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Women's health crucial for development

afrol News - African governments have been called to "ensure that women are in a state of physical, mental and social being" capable of carrying out their numerous responsibilities.

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Nigeria
Society | Gender - Women
Nigerian cleric accepts to bin 82 wives

afrol News - A former Muslim cleric and teacher has accepted a decree by the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs that he should divorce all his 86 wives except four.

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Abuse of women escalates HIV infections in Africa

afrol News - Violations of women's rights escalates the rate of HIV infections throughout the continent. Sexual oppression combined with a high biological receptiveness of viral transmission, put women at risk. As a consequence, the violence against women threatens to destroy whole communities.

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Sudan
Gender - Women | Society
Josephine Bakhita - an African Saint

afrol News - "If I was to meet those slave raiders that abducted me and those who tortured me, I'd kneel down to them to kiss their hands, because, if it had not have been for them, I would not have become a Christian and religious woman." A few years ago, Bakhita was the first person ever from Sudan to be canonized (made a Saint). She also is the first African to be canonized since the early centuries of Christianity and has become a symbol of faith and unity for Catholics in war-ravaged Sudan.

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