Rwanda has become the first country to scrap the tax on sanitary pads. The move, according to Rwandan authorities, intends to create a favorable environment for poor female students who are often forced to skip school during their periods.
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At least seven children have died after a classroom collapsed at a primary school in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, officials say.
The wooden structure at Precious Talent Top School collapsed just minutes after the start of the school day on...
A Battle Over Precious Water
A dispute between Egypt and upstream African nations has brought to the fore a long-standing controversy over who has rights to the waters of the Nile. The outcome could have profound consequences for the ecological...
Dr. Eleni Gabre-Madhin is founder and CEO of the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange.
A self-appointed coffee tsar in Seattle speaks, rather patronizingly, on behalf of the poor coffee farmer in Ethiopia. In the comfortable latte-infused cafés in which he may post...
Airtel Africa and UNICEF have announced a five-year pan-African partnership to help accelerate the roll-out of digital learning through connecting schools to the internet and ensuring free access to learning platforms across 13 countries. By providing equal access to...
ADDIS ABABA - When Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi came to power in 1991, leaders in the West clamoured to meet the 34-year-old former rebel who had spent 17 years fighting to overthrow a communist regime. Former U.S. President...
Somalia’s Ministry of Communications and Technology is ordering the country’s internet service providers to turn off access for social media companies TikTok, Telegram, and the gambling site 1xBet.
The Minister of Communications and Technology, Jama Hassan Khalif, gave the order...
Key Points:
Approximately 1 million children under 18 are hired as domestic workers.
Over 60% of these children are denied the opportunity to attend school.
Poverty is the main reason why they resort to domestic work....
The official results have not been mentioned yet by Electoral Commission of Kenya in Thursday's poll which has resulted in chaos. Looting, fighting and bloodshed are the order of the day in Kenya. The results that had been released...
The second meeting between Uganda and Rwanda to address the border closure issue has been called off.
According to the Uganda government spokesperson Ofwono Opondo, the meeting was called off at the request of Kigali. Ofwono said via his Twitter...
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