Namibian Rastafarians are celebrating after a child with dreadlocked hair, who was once suspended from school for his unconventional hair style, returned to school. Mr. Ras Hanse from the Walvis Bay Rastafari Association said that it is in their religion to have dreadlocks and smoke marijuana. The incident, which took place in the Namibian coastal town of Walvis Bay during February 2009, ignited questions that asked,: what exactly is a religion rights?

With the theme “Maternal infant and child health and the development of Africa” the forth coming 15th African Union (AU) summit scheduled for 25th to 27th July in Kampala Uganda is meant to find solutions to reduce on the high maternal deaths in Africa. Uganda has been chosen as the host for the 15th African Union summit because of her effort and contribution towards the fight for peace and stability on the continent.

As the world turns its attention to the 2010 FIFA World Cup currently underway in the country, the Anti-Eviction Campaign has organised the ‘Poor People’s World Cup’ (PPWC). The PPWC brought together 36 teams and poor communities who struggle against water and electricity cut-offs and against evictions from their homes and working places. On the 13th of June 2010, the Poor People’s World Cup successfully kicked-off their first day of matches at the Avendale soccer fields, next to Athlone stadium in Cape Town.

After reading the June 2, 2010, Saturday Post editorial on the conviction and imprisonment of Mr. M’Membe for contempt of court I cried. I cried because with this conviction the dedication of The Post in the last twenty years to the betterment of Zambia can be instantaneously destroyed. Regardless of how faltering the Post Newspaper has been in some of its reporting...

“There has been the re-establishment of torture bases in commonly known farming communities where there is a high number of war veterans and they are holding meetings on a daily and weekly basis, forcing people to attend,”

In general, any Constitution that is worth its salt will provide an equality clause. This talks about being equal before the law. On that basis, one can argue that everybody – including the minorities, including the vulnerable groups – are protected. This is the beginning. But the reality is different, because some groups are more vulnerable than others.” In general, any Constitution that is worth its salt will provide an equality clause

The Vagina Warriors is a rendition of the Vagina Monologues. In their act the women highlight the plight of women and how patriarchy always find its way in the lives of many women regardless of social standing. Highlighted is the issue of how culture and religion are often used as a tool to suppress women and their bodies. However some of the women openly declare that “my vagina is tired” an indication that women have had enough of pleasing other people,

The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (ZHR) has castigated the churning out of homophobic speech by political leaders as this fuels hate and violence against Lesbian Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBTI) people. This was said during a press conference organised by the Forum in collaboration with the Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) recently.

Thanks to the chief host and major organizer the Highway Africa for the purely African welcome and excitement that was exhibited all through our stay, also the Rodese University for its hospitable students who made us be at home away from home due to the extreme care and behaviour exhibited. The entire crew of chauffeurs by their patience, the caterers played a great role, and the entertainers and the whole Zambian Delegation by their great dancing that welcomed everybody into twisting.

After reading the June 2, 2010, Saturday Post editorial on the conviction and imprisonment of Mr. M’Membe for contempt of court I cried. I cried because with this conviction the dedication of The Post in the last twenty years to the betterment of Zambia can be instantaneously destroyed. Regardless of how faltering the Post Newspaper has been in some of its reporting...

The majority of Zambians, including Christians living in low income urban communities, believe it is not possible for them to actually influence or even redirect their government’s policies. Many believe that, like their vote, their voices don’t really count. One reason why corruption is so rife during election campaigns is because people know that their voice will not count after the election; therefore, they might just as well sell their vote to the highest bidder for instant gratification.

Poverty, HIV and AIDS, education, tribalism, orphans and vulnerable children, corruption, roads, and water and sanitation are among the overwhelming problems of Zambia. A number of these problems are now at crisis stage, and they need leaders of heroic stature. But who has the wisdom, the passion, the integrity, and the compassion to provide the leadership required to successfully combat these socio-economic challenges?

Watching the world cup on African soil for the first time and may be the only and last time for most of us who have been following and enjoying the beautiful game, has really been exciting when you look how African’s could rally behind their fellow African teams, the unite amongst them as they blow the vuvuzelas’ this we shall really miss since we have seen our last hope drop out in a very unfair manner

With the theme “Maternal infant and child health and the development of Africa” the forth coming 15th African Union (AU) summit scheduled for 25th to 27th July in Kampala Uganda is meant to find solutions to reduce on the high maternal deaths in Africa. Uganda has been chosen as the host for the 15th African Union summit because of her effort and contribution towards the fight for peace and stability on the continent.

Locally known as Omolomol in luo language, the disease is rampant in many parts of the world, including Uganda.It affects cattle, goats, sheep and other hoofed animals. It is highly contagious, but rarely affects human beings. Symptoms include high fever, blisters inside an animal’s mouth, excessive saliva secretion and ruptures and blisters on the hooves. The animal also drools instead of eating.

Technological innovation is taking place at a breath-taking pace. Simple, open source internet-based applications and services designed to enhance on-line collaboration are now available to the wider public at little or no cost at all. These new online services known as Web 2.0 applications have enabled people, especially citizen Journalists to collaborate remotely in creating, sharing, networking, lobbying and publishing information about the FIFA 2010 worldcup .

Tanzania will soon embark on the second phase of a pilot project of HIV vaccine conducted by the Mbeya Medical Research Programme (MMRP). The programme’s director Dr Leonard Maboko said on Friday that the project would be implemented in Mbeya and Dar es Salaam regions. The vaccine known as ‘TaMoVac-1’ will be tested on 120 people, including 60 from Mbeya and 60 from Dar es Salaam,” he said, adding that results of the trial vaccination exercise would be announced after six months

ENVIROCARE through the support from Foundation for Environmental Education is implementing a project on Learning About Forests. Already, 50 pupils from Mlimani Primary School have started to learn about the forest. This is necessary for both teachers and pupils to understand forests, develop an awareness of forests and also respect the forests.

As the world marks International Women's Day, activists, politicians and diplomats have called on the government to channel its efforts of empowering women to rural areas where majority of them live in extreme poverty. The Tanzania Media Women Association (TAMWA) Executive Director, Ananilea Nkya, said Tanzania has made significant steps towards the liberation of women since the Beijing conference in 1995.

Addressing the sustainable use of mangrove forest ecosystems is very important to the people who rely on them for their livelihood in terms of food, health, income-generation and biodiversity conservation. This has been recognized by Envirocare who are implementing the project on Restoration of the Mangrove Ecosystem in Mkinga District, Tanga region.

It is not fair for businesses to criticise civil society organisations (CSOs) for not operating like them. Unlike businesses, CSOs do not exist for profit but are about social change. The claim that non-profits pay their staff excessive salaries is not true since these organisations are accountable to various stakeholders, including their boards, beneficiaries, the public and donors.

Cape Town Men irrespective of their sexual orientation will be baring it all in front of a camera at the: Taking a Risk for Safer Sex exhibition, organized by Health4Men, a non-profit organisation that provides free healthcare to men, including access to ARV treatment at the Ivan Toms Centre for Men’s Health in Woodstock. The exhibition will be on display from 1 July 2010 at Café Manhattan in Green point, a popular restaurant and pub located in Cape Town’s gay village area.

Religious leaders and organisations have greatly fuelled homophobia in Burundi. These are the findings of a report titled Religion and homophobia, released recently by the Movement for Individual Freedoms (MOLI), a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) organisation in Burundi. The report states that religious leaders, by uttering hate speech against homosexuals and by describing homosexuality with words such as “ignoble practices”, “abnormality”, or “practices against nature”, have knowingly

The recently concluded e-Learning Africa 2010 Photo Competition saw two Ugandan citizen Journalist featuring among the top ten finalist taking up the 4th and 6th position. The photo competition aimed at finding out "How ICTs Are Changing the Way We Live". To know what this has meant for the African continent and to learn more about how digital media have changed the lives ...

Moçambique já conta com uma linha telefónica para a recepção de denúncias de abuso, exploração e todas as formas de violação dos direitos das Criança. A linha telefónica gratuita, 116, foi lançada no dia 16 de Novembro, Dia Mundial de Prevenção contra o Abuso de Crianças.O serviço ora lançado é baseado no lema “juntos encontramos a solução”, e pretende

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