Ethiopia’s Women Vs. Genital Mutilation
IRIN Africa | ETHIOPIA: Empowering women to fight FGM/C | Horn of Africa | Ethiopia | Children Gender Issues Health & Nutrition | Feature. ETHIOPIA: Empowering women to fight FGM/C Photo: UNICEF Egypt/Pirozzi 2005 Longer-term effects of FGM include infections of the urinary and reproductive tracts, infertility and obstetric complications (file photo) AWASH, 19 August … Read more
Kenyan Voters Approved New Constitution
Chairman of Kenya’s election commission announced voters approved the new constitution in the referendum held on August 4/2010. Here is the statement from the official site of the Interim Independent Electoral Commision. Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen … Fellow Kenyans, this is the moment we have all been waiting for. As you are aware, the … Read more
EPRDF – Overhaul or Just another Revamp?
No less than three of ten, on average, EPRDFites holding posts at City, Sub-city and Woreda Administrative tiers of Addis Ababa earned their dismissal in the Gimgema held in the past weeks. The trend appears similar across the nation. Though this has yet to be corroborated by an official statement, there are sufficient reasons to … Read more
KENYA: Divided by the colours of a new constitution
Copied from IRIN Kenyans are hoping not to see a repeat of the violence that rocked much of the country after a 2007 presidential election, but tension is running high in the run-up to the referendum. Less than three years after a closely fought presidential election plunged Kenya into widespread violence and displaced thousands, the … Read more
