Women are at the beating heart of agrifood systems in sub-Saharan Africa. They lead through innovation, entrepreneurship and ...

DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - From crowded cities to far-flung villages, women with unwanted pregnancies across West Africa are resorting to clandestine and unsafe abortions - driven by shame, ...

ECOWAS delegation has arrived in Guinea-Bissau on Monday, as the military government which seized power in the country banned ...

Carleton University has empowered West African women scholars under its Carleton QES West Africa Scholarship Programme. The Scholarship Programme is made available to West African women in the final ...

As the world marks the 2025 International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (IDEI), the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is calling for urgent action to confront a growing ...

Armed attackers abducted 13 women and an infant during an overnight raid in northeastern Nigeria, marking the latest in a ...

The Continental Network for Women’s Business Associations in Africa (CONWOBAA), which aimed at promoting intra-African trade, has officially unveiled at the inaugural Global SME Ministerial Meeting ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,” which opened on Broadway in 2023, just staged its L.A. premiere at Mark Taper ...

ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The first ladies of Niger, Burkina Faso and Benin promised on Monday to "end the scourge of female genital mutilation" (FGM) in their countries amid warnings the ...

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