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Rwanda
Economy | Policy | Poverty | Socio-economic
Rwanda's attainment of MDGs still bleak

afrol News, 21 November - Rwanda has shown sluggish progress in attainment of Millennium Development Goals, with poverty, hunger and malnutrition remaining major challenges, finance minister James Musoni told local officials.

Africa | World
Development | Economic rights | Food Security | Nutrition | Policy | Policy | Poverty
African symposium focus on women's role in agriculture

afrol News, 17 November - Women Thrive Worldwide hosts a symposium focusing on gender inequality as a major source of increasing food insecurity in many developing countries especially in Africa.

Somalia
Crime | Law | Oppression | People | Religion | Sexuality | Violence
Somali woman stoned to death for adultery

afrol News, 28 October - Somali Islamists have stoned a woman to death in Kismayo after being convicted of adultery in a Sharia court, local media reports have said.

Egypt
Harmful practices | Health | People
Egypt's 1st Lady targets female genital mutilation

afrol News, 28 October - The wife of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Suzanne, is lending her prestige to a national campaign against practices harmful to women, in particular female genital mutilation (FGM).

South Africa
Crime | Humanistic sciences | Oppression
Cape Town women face record strangulation risk

afrol News, 25 October - No place in the world is the risk higher for a woman to be killed by strangulation than in South Africa's city of Cape Town. While other SA cities are registering lowering rates of violence against women, Cape Town continues to become more dangerous.

Africa | World
Children | Cooperation | Diseases | Finance | Health | People | Poverty | Social services
US to disburse community grants to fight Malaria

afrol News, 23 October - US Agency for International Development (USAID), has today announced over $11 million in grants to eight organisations working in seven countries in Africa to extend coverage of malaria prevention and control activities in communities most affected.

Angola
Development | Economic rights | Finance | Food Security | History | People | Poverty | Refugees - Displaced | Trade
$6.4 Million for rural agricultural project in Angola

afrol News, 17 October - A six-year project to aimed at improving Angola's smallholder farmers' produce and access to markets has received a grant $6.4 million from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Congo Kinshasa
Development | Economic rights | Finance | Food Security | People | Poverty | Trade
DRC rural communities receive farming grant

afrol News, 10 October - Poverty stricken and violence battered rural community in Democratic Republic of Congo has received aid grant to boost food production and security.

Senegal
Economic rights | Finance | People | Policy | Poverty | Trade
IFAD funds poverty alleviating project in Senegal

afrol News, 9 October - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has announced its plan to finance a US$15 million project in Senegal, which aims to assist poor communities living in west African nation's "groundnut basin."

Nigeria | World
Children | Crime | Diaspora | Oppression | People
US-Maryland man sentenced for holding Nigerian girl in forced labour

afrol News, 8 October - Fifty two year-old George Udeozor, formerly of Darnestown, Md. United States, was today sentenced to 97 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for holding a 14-year-old Nigerian girl in involuntary servitude for over one year, he was also ordered to pay victim US$110,249.60 in restitution.

Sudan
Affairs | Crime | Law | Oppression | People | Religion
Trouser-wearing women beaten up in Sudan

afrol News, 7 October - More than 20 southern Sudanese women were arrested and beaten for nude dressing, a defiance of the new moral edict.

Senegal
Affairs | People | Trade
Senegal bans China milk

afrol News, 7 October - Senegal has become the latest African country to ban imports of Chinese milk, with officials describing the move as a "preventive measure to keep tainted products" from being used by citizens.

Rwanda
Democracy - Dictatorship | Elections | Good governance | Policy | Political rights
Women to run Rwanda parliament

afrol News, 18 September - Rwandan women have taken 44 of 80 seats in parliament following Monday polls, preliminary results show. The number is also set to rise if three seats reserved for disabled and youth representatives go to female candidates.

Africa | Cameroon
Affairs | Affairs | Economy | Health | People
Women's health crucial for development

afrol News, 4 September - 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.

Nigeria
Crime | Law | People | Religion
Nigerian cleric accepts to bin 82 wives

afrol News, 1 September - 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.

Gambia
Affairs | Children | Crime | Law | People | Sexuality | Tourism
Tourist paedophile nabbed in Gambia

afrol News, 25 August - A tourist from New Zealand has been arrested on suspicion of engaging in paedophilia activities in The Gambia, police confirmed.

Nigeria
Affairs | Health | People
Nigeria accounts 10% of global maternal deaths

afrol News, 22 August - Nigeria has accounted for 10% of the 5.2 million global maternal deaths, research finding released by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) showed.

Gambia
Affairs | Crime | Expression | Law | Oppression | People | Political rights
Gambian journalist found guilty of sedition

afrol News, 19 August - A Gambian journalist has been fined to pay over US $12,000 or face a four-year jail sentence with hard labour.

Congo Kinshasa
Affairs | Crime | Diplomacy | Law | People | Sexuality | War & Peace
India probes Congo sexual abuse

afrol News, 13 August - The Indian army has embarked on investigations into allegations of sexual abuse by Indian peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Southern Africa
Policy
Women on top of SADC agenda

afrol News / Gender Links, 7 August - At least 60 organisations and individuals convening for Southern African Development Community (SADC) in South Africa would push for adoption of a draft protocol on Gender and Development.

Ethiopia
Development | Education | Health | Social services
Ethiopia seals $7.5 million deal

afrol News, 31 July - The Ethiopian government has secured a US $7.5 million pilot programme agreement today to address gender equality and women empowerment for the next three years.

Mozambique
People | Water | Wildlife
Mozambican women eaten by lions

afrol News, 29 July - Two Mozambican women have been reportedly eaten by lions close to the country's northern national park. The weekend killings had brought the number of people killed by wild beasts in Cabo Delgado province in the last six months to 14.

Zimbabwe
Economic rights | Macroeconomy | Poverty | Trade
Zimbabwe entrepreneurs struggle with hyperinflation

afrol News / Gender Links, 23 July - As hyperinflation has hit Zimbabwe - with price increases in incalculable millions of percent - both consumers and traders struggle to understand pricing, resulting in many small entrepreneurs miscalculating and losing money instead of earning it after a hard day's work.

Kenya
Children | Children | Education | Harmful practices | Law | Violence
Kenyan students charged for inciting violence

afrol News, 22 July - At least 70 Kenyan students face arson charges and fueling unrest at boarding schools across the country, following riots over the weekend which led to a death of a student after setting a dormitory ablaze.

Niger
Children | Education
Niger to benefit from education project

African Future, 21 July - More than 150,000 children in Niger will benefit from an ambitious project aimed at educating one million children in developing countries. The project supported by Dubai Cares through Unicef will provide US$ 1.2 million to fund educational programs in Niger, which will also focus on reducing gender disparity.

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