Mozambique: IOM Provides Education Support
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is providing literacy courses to women in Ngalane, Mozambique, through a women participation project. Development Diaries reports that female literacy lags far behind that of males in the country, and around 45 percent of the adult population is illiterate, data from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation […]
Congo: How Conflict is Impacting Children – UNICEF
The armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has disrupted the education of about 750,000 children, the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has revealed. Development Diaries reports that the UN agency made this known in a statement indicating that children have been one of the worst hit demography. Conflict in the North […]
Naira ‘Gbege’ Persists Despite CBN Directive
Mama Ahamefuna, the leader of the market women association, was the first to submit all the old banknotes she had because she did not want to hear ‘stories that touch’. She even convinced the entire market women that it was the greatest thing since sliced bread. But little did she know that ‘kasala’ will soon […]
How Bandits’ Attacks in Kagara Force Students out of School
It is now two years since the attack on Government Science College in Kagara, Niger State, but many residents and indigenes of the town still live in fear. Travelling to Kagara, which is the headquarters of Rafi local government area (LGA), is risky. That’s according to a group of four residents who stood in front […]
‘I Dey Japa’ – More Nigerians React to Tinubu’s Win
Many members of my community have been in a sour mood ever since the kingmakers announced Bola as the new community leader. Just last week, we were all in high spirits, pumped up to go out and choose a new leader. The three major contenders for the kingship had their own groups of supporters who […]
Nigeria: CSOs Make Demand over Sexual Harassment
Gender Mobile Initiative (GMI) has called for the development of a comprehensive sexual harassment policy in Nigeria. The Executive Director of the civil society organisation (CSO), Omowumi Ogunrotimi, made the call at a summit on ‘Anti-Sexual Harassment in Education Institutions’ in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. The summit was organised by the CSO in collaboration with the […]
