Prominent Foe Of Female Genital Mutilation Wins Prestigious ...
Dr. Edna Adan Ismail
Edna Adan Ismail, a nurse-midwife, hospital founder, and health care advocate who for decades has combated female genital mutilation and strived to improve women's health care in East Africa, was named Tuesday as winner of the 2023 ... Read More
South Africa Military Delegation In Russia To Discuss Combat...
South Africa's main opposition party is demanding to know why there is a high-level defense delegation in Moscow discussing increased cooperation and combat readiness. The news comes just days after the U.S. ambassador accused South Africa of selling weapons to ... Read More
African Heads Of State To Present Peace Initiative To Russia...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, R, and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong attend a media briefing and signing ceremony at Tuynhuys in Cape Town, South Africa, May 16, 2023.
South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, says a delegation of African leaders ... Read More
Sudan Fighting Prompts $3 Billion UN Aid Appeal
The United Nations appealed Wednesday for $3 billion to help those affected by the conflict that erupted last month in Sudan.
The U.N. humanitarian agency said it needs $2.6 billion to help those still within Sudan, saying 25 million people in ... Read More
Ethiopian Journalist Melkamsew Puts Women At Show’s He...
Melkamsew Solomon (2nd from right) interviews women of the Benna tribe in the south of Ethiopia, in 2020. (Photo courtesy of Solomon Yohannes)
Ethiopian journalist Melkamsew Solomon broadcasts a weekly radio program, Yimechish, which focuses on rural women in Ethiopia.
But for ... Read More
South Africa Army Chief Visits Moscow In Wake Of US Weapons ...
Russian, Chinese and military officials from other countries attend a South African Armed Forces Day parade in Richards Bay, South Africa, in February, 2023
The commander of South Africa’s ground forces has visited Moscow for talks with Russian counterparts just ... Read More
Last Known Speaker Fights To Preserve South African Indigeno...
Ouma Katrina Esau, the last known fluent mother-tongue speaker of the indigenous N|uu language looks on during her interview at their house in Upington, in the Northern Cape province, South Africa, April 18, 2023.
When she was a girl in South ... Read More
South Africa Summons US Ambassador Over Russia Weapons Row
A war of words is brewing between the U.S. and South Africa after the U.S. ambassador to the country said he would "bet his life" on U.S. intelligence that South African weapons were loaded onto a Russian vessel when it ... Read More
UN Calls For Effort To Push Sudan’s Warring Sides Toward R...
United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk urged countries with influence in Africa to encourage Sudan’s warring sides to end the fighting that began last month.
Addressing an emergency session of the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, Turk said the ... Read More
France Calls On EU To List Wagner As ‘Terrorists’, UK Co...
Visitors to the 'PMC Wagner Centre', operated by founder of the Wagner private military group Yevgeny Prigozhin, in St Petersburg, Russia, in November 2022
The French parliament has adopted a resolution calling on the European Union to formally label Russia’s mercenary ... Read More