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“Before, farming was an unattainable dream. Today, I feed my children from the land.” These words from Assia Obakar Hassan, a mother from the village of Kalaf, epitomize the profound transformation benefiting part of rural northern Djibouti thanks to a regional project implemented by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) with funding from the African Development Bank through the Africa Climate Change Fund (ACCF).
Berik sub-zone in the Central Region was officially declared free of female genital mutilation (FGM) on 30 April during a…
The bureau plays a crucial role in ensuring that issues affecting women remain central to the IPU’s priorities.
Africa is 75 years away from achieving gender parity in its parliaments due to the slow pace of progress in increasing women’s representation.
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Olayemi Cardoso, has reaffirmed the commitment of the CBN to gender inclusion in the financial sector.
On the 17th of March 2025, ECOWAS Commission Vice President Damtien Tchintchibidja, participated in a High-Level meeting of the African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) Group of Friends to the United Nations in New York.
Nigeria’s Bank of Industry (BOI) has assured the Women’s Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (WCCIMA) of its commitment to providing financial solutions for female entrepreneurs in the sector.
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a law suit against the Preaident of the Nigerian Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, for his failure to reverse the suspension of a female Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from the Nigerian Senate.
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has backed a Lagos-based National Youth Service Corps member, Ushie Uguamaye, also known as Raye, who claimed to have received threats for criticising President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana says that multilateral institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank should not interfere in cultural matters, including Ghana’s Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, commonly referred to as the anti-LGBTQ bill.