At the Africa Union Summit last week, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged all African leaders to show more political leadership by emphasizing an end to male violence against women and girls in their home countries by endorsing the UNiTE campaign.
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Africa: UN Secretary General Launches Unite Campaign at Summit
Thirty-six governors have unanimously agree to dumping of President Umaru Yar’Adua.
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Nigeria: 36 State Governors Call For Yar’Adua to Go
THE murky details of SA’s multibillion-rand arms deal are unlikely ever to come to light after weapons maker BAE Systems last week cut a deal with UK and US officials to plead guilty and pay fines on some charges in exchange for the dropping of probes on others.
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South Africa: Arms Deals Covered Up as UK Firm Pays Fines
The Republic of Congo’s civil war may have ended in 2003, but violence against women continues, according to civil society activists and aid workers.
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Congo-Brazzaville: Peace in the Land, But Not in the Home
Mauritania formally adopted the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women in 2001, but in the eight years since, it has had limited effect on the status of women.
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Mauritania: Women Struggle for Equality, Says Rights Lawyer
The Beijing Platform for Action in 1995 set out an agenda to address gender equality in priority areas, including poverty, education, and health care. It also committed governments to address violence against women, equitable access to economic resources and decision-making power.
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Africa: Women Assess Continent’s Progress Since Beijing