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Sexual health is an extra struggle for women with disabilities: findings from 10 African countries
07 Aug 2025 15:02 GMT
Even after more than three decades of global efforts to promote inclusive sexual and reproductive health policies, many women with disabilities in Africa still face serious challenges. Their rights are often overlooked, and they have limited access to …
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South African Farm Worker Testifies He Was Forced to Feed Two Women’s Corpses to Pigs By Christina Coulter
07 Aug 2025 15:01 GMT
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Maria Makgato, 45, and Lucia Ndlovu, 34, were allegedly shot while scavenging nearly-expired dairy
Farm worker Adrian de Wet says Zachariah Olivier ordered him to feed the bodies to pigs
Outrage has erupted across South Africa amid racial …
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New report outlines innovative finance strategies to help close US$77billion investment gap for Africa's agrifood sector
07 Aug 2025 09:00 GMT
… of livelihoods, nutrition, health, employment, and industrialization. While government … studies from Malawi, Morocco, and Rwanda demonstrate that … resilience.
Malawi established the National Economic Empowerment … persons with disabilities, and to support rural economic …
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South African Study Finds 4 Low-Income Communities Can't Cope With Global Warming: What Needs To Change
06 Aug 2025 02:34 GMT
… that their children suffered from ill health. They believed that the heating … children, pensioners, foster parents and disabled people. The grants currently range … offers solutions in drought-hit southern Africa
Examples might be recycling projects, …
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Traorism Fever and the Crisis of Democratic Governance in Africa
03 Aug 2025 13:35 GMT
Boikanyo Nkwatle|Published 3 hours ago
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Boikanyo Nkwatle
Across Africa, a new political wave is capturing public and media attention, the rise of what can be termed Traorism Fever. Named after Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the military leader of Burkina Faso …
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SOZ training boost for athletes with intellectual disabilities
03 Aug 2025 05:13 GMT
The program's goal is to challenge societal misconceptions and focus on celebrating the abilities of these athletes.
Special Olympics Zimbabwe recently hosted a Motor Activities Training Programme (MATP) at Prince Edward High School in Harare, aimed at …
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Midlife and money: Financial survival guide for women over 40
06 Aug 2025 05:57 GMT
… platform that helps South Africans make good choices.
“ … life.
Health issues and rising medical costs. Increased health risks come … Consider income protection or disability cover, especially if you … Financial Planning Institute of Southern Africa (FPI) is a …
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Prevention revolution and policy harmonisation are critical ...
03 Aug 2025 11:56 GMT
Despite having science-based tools for HIV combination prevention, there were 1.3 million people whogot newly diagnosed with HIV in 2023 - and also in 2024 - hardly any decline between the two years. Despite having science-backed lifesaving antiretroviral …
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Why Gaza's genocide ranks among the gravest horrors of human history
07 Aug 2025 15:31 GMT
A prevalent fallacy is to view modern brutal policies as less severe than previous atrocities that have scarred human history, including the horrors of the Second World War.
The core of this fallacy lies in neutralising the element of time, and …
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Universities must lead in reclaiming scientific sovereignty
07 Aug 2025 15:04 GMT
… of the University of Namibia, highlighted colonial legacies … , which raises serious health and ethical concerns. … research systems, strengthening pan-African collaborations through shared infrastructures … noted that persons with disabilities (1% of enrolment …