DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The number of children and women who are survivors of sexual violence in Congo surged over four fold over the first half this year, Save The Children said on Thursday, amid a ...

Only two women have been directly elected by their populations to the presidency in African countries: President Ellen Sirleaf Johnson of Liberia in 2006 and President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of ...

On May 2, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights’ (ACHPR) is scheduled to meet for its first public session since the African Union adopted the Convention on Ending Violence Against Women ...

A high-level summit of African leaders has called for an “immediate and unconditional ceasefire” in the Democratic Republic ...

With Ghanaian Vice President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang and Namibia's President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah assuming high governmental positions in their respective countries, it seems the tide is turning ...

NEAR A HILLTOP village of thatched huts and purple cassava fields, young men with Kalashnikovs stand guard by a dirt road. Though the mood is relaxed, the checkpoint in Ituri province in the east of ...

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 03: Ghizlane Chebbak of Morocco celebrates with fans after advancing to the knock out stage after the 1-0 victory in the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 ...

Our book, Gender Equality, Climate Action, and Technological Innovation for Sustainable Development in Africa' was made fully open-access with the support of the ...

University of Johannesburg provides support as an endorsing partner of The Conversation AFRICA. It refers to the systemic inequalities between women and men in accessing, using and benefiting from ...

The woman and girl child of African descent embodies strength, resilience, and untapped potential, yet they remain among the most marginalized groups globally due to the intersection of racial, gender ...