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Ritual Killers Target Albinos’ Body Parts in Zambia0
- Human Rights, Society, Zambia
- 11.11.2019.
Parents of children born with albinism across Zambia are having to employ extra security for their children following a number of cases in which people with albinism are being killed or brutally attacked by suspected ritual killers. Fortune seekers believe that using albino body parts can make one rich. This myth has led to many
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Crackdown on Betting Firms in Kenya, Hurting Sports and Economy0
- African Football., Economy, Kenya, Society, Sports
- 04.10.2019.
Kenya’s biggest sports betting firm, SportPesa on Wednesday fired all of its 400 employees. This came after the government failed to renew the firm’s license in July, on tax evasion allegations. The money in question involves tax withheld from winners following the introduction of a new law that requires betting firms to withhold 20 percent of
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Electricity Cuts, Lifestyles and Modified Behaviour in Zimbabwe0
Electricity and access to it is a big issue in Zimbabwe at the moment. Not least by admission of our own government but more importantly by the lived realities of many urban based Zimbabweans, civil service workers, social service providers, informal traders and formal or informal private business owners. I have mentioned ‘urban’ Zimbabweans because
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Rethinking Unemployment, Skilling the Youth and Refugees in Uganda0
- Innovation, Society, Uganda
- 19.07.2019.
On 15th July the world celebrates World Youth Skills day, this is particularly important for Africa where majority of the world’s young people live. Uganda is among African countries with youngest populations, with over 78 percent of its population below the age of 30; almost eight million youth are aged 15-30. The country also happens to
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A Pride Month Message From Uganda0
- Social Justice, Society, Uganda
- 05.07.2019.
Uganda is a beautiful country known for many good things, but not its treatment of the LGBTI+ community. Like many African countries, Uganda’s policies were inherited by colonialists and religious leaders. These influences have led to the LGBTI+ community being considered illegal and unacceptable. On 14 October 2009 Anti-Homosexuality Bill, 2009 was introduced in the Ugandan parliament,
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Tales of Triumph Over Cancer Despite Depressing Cost of Treatment in Kenya0
- Society
- 16.11.2018.
The doctors told my dad to take me home and make me comfortable. There was nothing else they could do, I had about 14 days to live. I had gone to the hospital able to walk on my own but now I had to be wheeled out in wheelchair – the death sentence from the
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The varied facets of marriage in Uganda0
Getting married in Uganda is becoming a trick. It has of late become very expensive. Couples these days are going all out and all in, to have very lavish weddings. $5000 decor and $1000 suits for the groom plus off course a $3000 wedding gown and that’s just for the first attire. The bridal entourage
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Africa: Out of Many, One People0
- Africa, Development, Social Justice, Society, Travel
- 17.10.2018.
Traveling across Africa can be very hectic, logistics of travel visas aside; transit hours can be cumbersome and at times outright ridiculous. For some of us the consolation is that travelling across Africa is more often than not an enriching experience. As you travel across Africa you soon realise that out of the continent’s huge
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Tanzania at the T-Junction0
The protagonists of the recently premiered film, T-Junction, are a marvel to watch. Although dubbed “An Amil Shivji’s film”, it is a collaborative work that brings Tanzanian talents as they attempt to make sense of our society. What is particularly impressive is the way the scriptwriter who also happens to be the director has juxtaposed
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