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Montreal (AFP) – Somali-Canadian artist K'naan, recognized globally for his smash hit "Wavin' Flag," which became synonymous with the 2010 FIFA World Cup, faces charges of sexual assault in Quebec City, as per local news outlets.The 47-year-old musician, born Keinan Abdi Warsame, is accused of assaulting a woman in her 20s back in July 2010, during his stay in Quebec City for a music festival.The alleged incident was reported to the police in May 2022.His legal team entered a not-guilty plea during Thursday’s court session,…

WASHINGTON, United States - US Believes Sexual Violence Against Women And Girls Is Used As New Tool Of War In Tigray Region, With Ethiopian National Defense Forces , with Eritrean troops and Amhara regional forces cited as usual suspects. Several reports by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and other global rights groups indicate that thousands of women have been raped, others killed since November 2020, when Ethiopia launched operations in Tigray in the continuation of the Popular Front for the Liberation of…

According to the Thomson Reuters Foundation and The Humanitarian, no less than 70 women, mostly housekeepers, were forced to sleep with those responsible for the response in Beni and Butembo. The first cases were convicted in September last year in Beni. Today, it is in Butembo that the two media gathered testimonies about the same type of abuse. Several organizations, especially international ones,…

Between January and March, at least 1,300 acts of sexual violence were committed in Kasai Central Province, DRC, mostly on the outskirts of Kananga. NGO Médecin sans frontières relies on the number of victims received at Kananga's provincial hospital and in three health centers. With our special correspondent in Kananga, Sonia…

A senior Comorian official is worried about a sexual assault case. The former ambassador to the Comoros in Paris and chief of staff of several foreign ministers was fired from his post as diplomatic adviser on Monday, March 29, after being heard by the gendarmerie for sexually abusing a trainee at the ministry. The case caused an uproar in the archipelago where sexual harassment is extremely taboo, especially in the public sector. Abdallah Mirghane went free Monday morning to the Gendarmerie Research Brigade to be heard…

Ethiopia on the spot due to sexual violence in Tigray ADDIS ABABA - The federal government of Ethiopia has once again been pointed out at a number of atrocities where human rights violations are at the center, something that could trigger endless wars from the international community. In November 2020, the federal government deployed the Ethiopian national defense forces to the…

A team of young Malagasy people won $ 24,500 from the US State Department for their project "Women Break The Silence", which is due to start in January next year. It aims to support victims of sexual violence and to combat the stigma surrounding sexual assault. with our correspondent in Antananarivo, Like Laetitia"Help victims…

Within the Ivory Coast, the NGO Deal with Africa works to convey messages about sexual well being via soccer workouts. HIV, STIs, gender-based violence, genital mutilation or entry to contraception, many critical and critical subjects are mentioned with main faculty college students in a great temper and with a bullet within the foot. in a main faculty in Grand-Bassam.…

A survey conducted by the Malina network of investigative journalists and published on December 1 reveals that sexual corruption is now common in some university courses. as reported from Antananarivo, Sarah TétaudA fellatio against a good grade in the test, an intercourse to secure a place in such a sector ... It is a creeping…

UNICEF on Wednesday became the third UN agency to launch an internal investigation into the sexual abuse of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and promised "serious consequences" for possible sins. The Children's Fund said in a statement that it was "shocked that people identifying themselves as UNICEF workers have allegedly abused vulnerable women in the Democratic Republic of Congo." It was not immediately clear how many UNICEF staff had been charged. "There will be serious consequences for any staff…