Volunteers and NGOs Work to Eradicate Gender Violence in Mozambique

The recent achieve­ment of a group of female vol­un­teers opposed to ‘vio­lence against women’ in cen­tral Mozam­bique pro­vides a good chance to exam­ine the coun­try’s gen­der-based vio­lence prob­lem in greater depth. Rec­og­niz­ing the defi­cien­cies and a lack of progress in human rights in Mozam­bique, Mariem Marouani takes a look at the crit­i­cal impact that these…

In Case You Missed It: 12/7/15 — 12/13/15

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and con­cern­ing Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. In this week’s news, farm­ers in Burk­i­na Faso take a risk, South Africa appoints a new Min­is­ter of Finance, and Burundi’s cri­sis con­tin­ues. Farm­ers In Burk­i­na Faso Reject Indus­tri­al Farm­ing Farm­ers in Burk­i­na Faso are tak­ing what…