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Finally! Man held over forcing daughters to undergo FGM in Tanzania

I have been following the Female Genital Mutilation crime for quite some time now, trying to do my best to promote, support, and talk...

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Mexico: farmworkers crowded into border tunnel despite high contagion risk

Typical, but dramatic and silent. Hundreds of farmworkers in Mexico crowd for hours in a cramped tunnel to a border station to reach day...

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Nigeria: Cameras roll again in Nollywood but cinemas still dark

Nigeria’s film industry is creeping back to work after lockdown, and one of the first productions to resume is a new television series...

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Africa's female journalists use radio to dispel coronavirus fake news and sexism

From rural villages in Malawi to the war-torn streets of north-west Cameroon, rising numbers of female radio hosts are taking to the air...

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Haiti: voodoo leaders prepare temples for Covid-19 sufferers

Haiti’s voodoo leaders have trained priests of the Afro Caribbean religion to concoct a secret remedy for the novel virus and to prepare...

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South Africa: the wine industry on its knees as lockdown set to ease

Two years ago, South Africa’s first black female winemaker Ntsiki Biyela watched anxiously as the worst drought in a century scorched...

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Zimbabwe: Electric motorbike gives women a path out of poverty

In the rural Zimbabwe district of Wedza, a new electric-powered motorcycle is helping bring income to poor women and easing the burden of...

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Uganda: father burns daughter for reportedly converting to Christianity

A 24-year-old woman in Uganda, unable to travel due to coronavirus restrictions, was burned by her father for purportedly converting to...