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Jaha Dukureh was a young mother of three with little campaigning experience when she started a movement in the Gambia to end female genital mutilation, backed by the Guardian.In the seven years that followed she advised Barack Obama in the US, where she was then living, helped have FGM banned in her home country, was nominated for a Nobel peace prize and became a UN ambassador.Now 31, she wants to defy expectations again, standing for president in the west African nation on 4 December, despite being a relative unknown on the political scene.“I’ve always known that I wanted to serve,…

While describing heinous crimes committed on all sides of the conflict, including door-to-door executions based on ethnicity, mass rapes and torture, the report did not discuss the proportion of crimes committed by each side, and refrained from naming individual soldiers or commanders who may have been implicated in the 269 interviews that form the basis for the findings. It also did not mention that one of the United Nations’ main investigators was deported from Ethiopia in September without explanation from the government. Source link

This edition features interesting outfits and looks for every woman regardless of personal style. In this edition, you’ll find all the style inspo needed for you to turn up at your office looking stylish and to stand out in the best ways possible. With style inspiration from our favourite celebrities and real-life career women, let us inspire your style! This is the BNStyle Workwear Series – your weekly fix of workwear fashion. Check on real career women with real style below. Consider this your guide to navigating chic, workwear style whenever, wherever. For more workwear inspiration on Instagram, tap that Follow button @BellaNaijaStyle …

Issued on: 03/11/2021 – 16:12 In the far north of Cameroon, Nigerian refugees have been fighting desertification for the past four years. The desert advances by 12 percent every year in the region, which gets on average three times less rainfall than the rest of the country. But the UNHCR is hoping that its programme at the Minawao camp can help turn back the tide. More than 360,000 seedlings have already been grown in the nursery and planted over more than 100 hectares. Our correspondents report. Source link

Standard Bank, Africa’s largest bank by assets, will be participating in the upcoming China International Import Expo (CIIE) for the fourth year. In partnership with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), Standard Bank will host over 50 clients from seven African countries at its networking activities during the Expo. The event will be held between November 5 and 10 in Shanghai and is one of the few international conferences to physically take place – with supporting virtual components – this year following the outbreak of Covid-19 in 2020. Philip Myburgh, Head of Trade and Africa-China, Business & Commercial…

This episode of AIAC Talk is a replay of the launch of issue 78 of Amandla! magazine, a progressive South African publication devoted to advancing radical left perspectives for social transformation. Since 2020, Africa Is a Country has been fortunate to be in partnership with Amandla! (the Nguni word for “power”) and is pleased to expand the range of content shared across both publications. The issue was published on the eve of South Africa’s local government elections, which happened on November 1. While South Africa’s political class has run out of ideas to address the manifold crises afflicting the country’s…

The UN has launched a new short-term lending market for African bonds in a move that it says could trim billions of dollars from government borrowing costs across the continent.The liquidity and sustainability facility (LSF) will allow investors to use African debt issued in foreign currencies such as dollars and euros in repo transactions, the organisation said on Wednesday at the COP26 climate conference. Repo is a key feature of market plumbing in the developed world, but is less common in developing economies. It allows market participants to access funding by exchanging bonds for cash in transactions that are typically…

By Chinonso Ihekire and Victoria Nwosu 31 October 2021   |   7:00 am We all have that one rich Aunty (imaginary or real) that gives off this elegant, relaxed yet affluent vibe with her fashion style. While it’s not cheap to look the part most times, there are very simple tips to help you spark off that vibe on even the leanest of budgets. To begin your transition… We all have that one rich Aunty (imaginary or real) that gives off this elegant, relaxed yet affluent vibe with her fashion style. While it’s not cheap to look the part…

Ghana’s Edmund Addo, Guinea’s Momo Yansane & Mali’s Adama Traore are relishing the Champions LeagueHalfway through the Champions League group phase, not many would have expected Moldova’s Sheriff Tiraspol to be ahead of record 13-time champions Real Madrid or three-time winners Inter Milan. The minnows may have come crashing back down to earth last time out with a 3-1 defeat at Inter, but they are well aware that they stand at a crossroads as they host the Italians on Wednesday. The opening day home win over Shakhtar Donetsk and following seismic victory at Real Madrid have left the Moldovan debutants…

The investigation — which is the only human rights probe to have been allowed into the blockaded Tigray region since fighting broke out between the region’s former ruling party, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), and the Ethiopian government last year — did not lay blame for hostilities and human rights violations at the feet of one group.Instead, it said that all parties to the conflict, including forces from Eritrea and Ethiopia’s Amhara region allied with the government, had “committed violations of international human rights, humanitarian and refugee law, some of which may amount to war crimes and crimes against…