Girls experience gender and sexual violence in schools around the world, and South Africa is no exception. Research has shown how learners, and girls in particular, are vulnerable to violence. Despite the country’s political response to violence against women and girls, school-going girls struggle with male violence in and out of school. Learners who are victimised at school often show poor […]

Climate change effects such as droughts, flash floods, erratic rainfall, disruption to the monsoon seasons, strong winds, cyclones, sandstorms, dust storms and increased temperature are being experienced across Somalia. These effects are affecting livelihoods, and contributing to local grievances and community tensions. Some of these insights and conclusions were reached based on a special report done by […]

  Two Leaves is the melodic, jazzy new single by award-winning Brendan Adams. Originally from Cape Town, Adams now resides in Austria. His previous collaborations include working with 10 x Grammy winner Alvaro Alencar and South African icon, Grammy-winning Jonathan Butler. Two Leaves released in April 2021 and is a soulful, jazz-tinged ballad sure to […]

By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA, April 13 (Reuters) – Uganda, Tanzania and oil firms Total and CNOOC on Sunday signed agreements that will kickstart the construction of a $3.5 billion crude pipeline to help ship crude from fields in western Uganda to international markets. France’s Total and China’s CNOOC own Uganda’s oilfields after Britain’s Tullow exited […]

By Emma Farge GENEVA, April 13 (Reuters) – The head of the World Trade Organization said on Monday a meeting this week to tackle “glaring” inequity in COVID-19 vaccine allocation will be attended by major manufacturers and look at solutions such as firing up idle or under-used manufacturing plants in Africa and Asia. WTO Director-General […]