Sudan women’s activist wins human rights prize
Khartoum – Sudanese women’s activist Amira Osman Hamed has won a Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at... Read more
27 May, 2022
Egypt cuts TikTok influencer sentence to 3 years
Cairo – An Egyptian court has reduced TikTok influencer Haneen Hossam’s 10-year “human trafficking” sentence to three years, a... Read more
19 Apr, 2022
Get this straight: Curls bounce back in Cairo
Cairo – “Shaggy,” “messy,” “unprofessional”. Natural curls were once looked down upon in Egypt, where Western beauty standards favoured... Read more
15 Apr, 2022
Appeal launched over Pakistani brother’s killing of social media star
Islamabad – Pakistani prosecutors said on Sunday they have appealed to the country’s top court after a man was acquitted... Read more
20 Mar, 2022
Kenya court remands 16 in custody over road attack on woman
Nairobi – A Kenyan court on Thursday ordered 16 motorcycle taxi riders to be remanded in custody for a fortnight... Read more
11 Mar, 2022
One woman raped every 10 minutes in Brazil, report says
Rio de Janeiro – A woman was raped every 10 minutes last year in Brazil and there was a femicide... Read more
8 Mar, 2022
Police investigate allegations of rape against Bolt driver – report
Cape Town – A Bolt e-hailing driver is reportedly set to appear in court on Tuesday after he was... Read more
7 Mar, 2022
In Mali, Tuareg filmmaker turns lens on women
Bamako – Fati Walet Mohamed Issa, a young documentary filmmaker from Mali’s volatile north, says her goal is to... Read more
7 Mar, 2022
‘I went through hell!’ – ‘Nightmare’ of underage marriage for Moroccan girls
Tamarwoute – Nadia was just 16 when she was married off to a violent husband old enough to be... Read more
7 Mar, 2022
First woman judge sits on the bench of Egypt’s top court
Cairo – Radwa Helmi made history on Saturday as the first woman judge to sit on the bench of Egypt’s... Read more
5 Mar, 2022
