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Two health centers for victims of violence called "One stop center" opened this week in Bamako. On August 5, eight more will be made available to the Malian government in the Kayes, Koulikoro, Ségou and Sikasso regions, as part of the Spotlight project. A joint initiative of the European Union and the UN to try to "eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls".…

Loïc Djeukam, known as "Shakiro", and Roland Mouthé, known as "Patricia", had been weakened in prison since February. Shakiro and Patricia were arrested on suspicion of homosexuality in February last year while eating at a restaurant because they were wearing dresses, stilettos and make-up. They were sentenced on April 11 to a maximum sentence of five years and a fine of 200,000 CFA francs in the first instance for "attempted homosexuality". The two transgender women were finally released on bail by the judges on…

A local NGO has identified 169 cases of pregnancy among minors aged 13 to 17 in four locations in the Lubero territory of northern Kivu, including the capital. as reported from Kinshasa, Sonia RolleyIn the eastern part of Congo-Kinshasa, this study is disturbing. If we sum up this entire population, the proportion is one…

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.…