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One hundred women were in front of the courthouse in Ndjamena this morning to protest against violence against women and the impunity that the perpetrators of these crimes enjoy. The protesters were furious after a new rape case. The message was sung by some thirty protesters dressed in black and a sign in their hand, describes…

In Ethiopia, the conflict in the north has been going on since November. By the end of three weeks, the federal government had declared victory, but the fighting continued. The war has claimed thousands of lives. But rapes are also very numerous. Report in one of the only centers in Tigray that handles cases of sexual violence. Onestop center, in Mekele, the regional capital.…

Until then, there was little information about the role of women in armed groups Boko Haram and Katiba Macina, but a recent study by the Institute of Studies and Security (ISS) looked at the subject. They collected many testimonies from men and women who were or had been associated with the armed groups Boko Haram in Niger and Katiba Macina in Mali.…

In Uganda, the list of the new cabinet prepared by President Museveni overnight was published and there are many women in strategic positions. To help him in the presidency,Yoweri Museveni chose Jessica Alupo. Retired from the army, she was Minister of Education in 2011 before Janeth Museveni. The latter was finally appointed…

"The power of my hands" brings together 16 artists, only women and only from Portuguese-speaking or English-speaking countries, which are almost never shown in France. An original exhibition in more ways than one at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris. Painting, embroidery, photography or ceramics, neither evoke everyday life or the woman's history, intimate or more political issues. Odile Burluraux is one of the exhibitors' curators. “One of the goals of the exhibition is also to bring out what has been hidden,…

Muse Bihi's Kulmiye loses North Western of Somaliaelection as women miss parliamentary seats HARGEISA - Abdirahman Irro, the chairman of the Waddani party, who is also targeting a stab in the 2022 presidential elections, caused a major shock in the last elections in North Western of Somaliaafter his party managed to overtake the ruling Kulmiye party. More than a million people had the…

With Senegal, Dougou Camara intends to tackle the Women's Handball CAN in Cameroon (8 to 18 June) with the ambition of going to the end and bringing down the unsinkable Angola. The former captain of the Lions, who missed the latest edition, is more than ever motivated to guide Senegal to his first title as African champion.…

In an open letter to Kristalina Georgiva, Executive Director of the IMF, 19 women, political and civil society figures in Cameroon ask the financial institution not to grant a new loan to the state without all the transparency and openness. so-called "Covidgate" cases. A report by the Supreme Court of Cameroon, dated March last…

In Tunisia, which is facing the country's very low breastfeeding rate revealed by a Unicef ​​study (13.5% 2018), women are trying to change the situation and increase awareness of the benefits of breast milk. At the mother's bubble, a start-up that prepares women for childbirth and breastfeeding, Dorra Ladjimi, breastfeeding…

He dreams of opening a beauty salon and is passionate about care, makeup and hairdressing for women. Vodounou Hector foams parties, weddings or funerals in Porto Novo or Cotonou. A touch of make-up, a scarf that is union-bound on the heads of these ladies, everything that concerns women's beauty interests him. And even if it means meeting the sometimes serious eyes of those who wonder what a man can do in this sector, he assumes his passion. .