Nairobi, Kenya's capital is facing a shortage of water supply due to factors such as changes in weather patterns and ageing water processing facilities.
According to a BBC News report, residents in informal settlements like Kibera have to pay private vendors for water.
However, for women and girls, there is more than just the expectation…
Acclaimed performance poet and journalist Wana Udobang will be holding a mixed media art installation from 28-30th April at Whitespace, Ikoyi.
This is in honour of the release of her third poetry album titled Dirty Laundry.
The travelling exhibition, in partnership with Ford Foundation, is curated by Naomi Edobor and is slated to take place…
Rapper and actor on "Superfly" Kalaan Walker, has been found guilty of raping six women. Three of them include 16 year old aspiring models. He has also been found guilty of sexually assaulting a seventh woman. Prosecutors on his case said these were "sophisticated" attacks occurring from 2013 to late 2018.
According to a report…
In 2021, the United States Government recorded that there were over 500 human rights violations against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Nigeria.
In a report recently published by the United States Department of State, there were about five hundred and twenty human rights abuses towards LGBT+ persons.
It went on to say…
Somalia's first all women media outlet has just launched in the capital city of Mogadishu. Supported by the United Nations, it is the first solely female run radio and television outfit to come from the heavily conservative country of Somalia.
According to a report by VOA News, the news outlet is named Bilan Media and…
History has been made as the Federal High Court, Abuja ruled in favour of the demand for 35% Affirmative Action for Nigerian women in politics.
This has come following weeks of protests at the National Assembly by women's groups led by Nimisire Emitomo and Chioma Agwuegbo.
The protests which were galvanised under the hashtag #NigerianWomenOccupyNass…
An LGBT Conference slated to take place in the United Kingdom may be cancelled following its exclusion of transgender people from plans to ban conversion therapy.
According to a report by The London Economic, the possibility of the conference occuring has been called into question especially seeing as at least one hundred LGBT groups have…
Flutterwave, a Nigerian fintech company providing payments infrastructures for global merchants, has pledged $50,000 to support women-led businesses across Africa. This is to be part of their contribution to the International Women's Day celebrations.
The grant, announced on Wednesday via LinkedIn, was made in light of the $42bn financing gap for women in business across…
Professor Grace Alele-Williams, the first woman to become Vice Chancellor of a university in Nigeria is dead.
News of Ms Alele-Williams' death was reported on March 25 by News Here and There. Ms Alele-Williams, who once occupied the role of former Vice Chancellor of University of Benin, died at the age of 89.
Ms Alele-Williams…
On 24th May 2020, Amarachi Nickabugu, a Nigerian feminist and lawyer started a project on Twitter called #EverydaySexism. In it, every day she made a thread where each day a sexist law from countries around the world was highlighted with a primary focus on African countries.
In an interview with Meeting of Minds UK, Ms…