Far Beyond Oil; Celebrating Kumi Naidoo
Kumi Naidoo is a human rights activist and the International Executive Director of international environmentalist group Greenpeace since November 2009. He is the first African to head the organisation....
View ArticleIRUNGU HOUGHTON – DEFENDER OF THE AFRICAN WOMAN & SOCIETY
Irungu Houghton, aside being the Pan-Africa Director for Oxfam Programme – which works with partners across the continent to campaign and lobby governments and the African Union on many matters, from...
View ArticleA CARRINGTON YOUTH FELLOW ‘BEGS’ TO RAISE MONEY
Tosin Taiwo quit her job as a Software Programmer to focus in her humanitarian causes. She set up the Resource Sharing Network (RSN) in 2009; a non-governmental, youth-centric organization established...
View ArticleGRACA MACHEL – THE ELDER WITH A PASSION FOR CHILDREN
Graca Machel served as Mozambique’s first post-independence Minister for Education and within 10 years, school enrolment doubled to over 80% of school-age children. An international advocate for...
View ArticleA Place Where The End Of Poverty Is Found – Chad Jordan Reveals
As a child, the first time Chad saw poverty up close was in Costa Rica. He was in his early teens and had traveled before, but he had never seen that side of reality. Traveling with his family, they...
View ArticleMeet Egypt’s All-Weather Man
Veteran football administrator Samir Adly has survived generations of Egypt’s football revolution. He is no stranger to both success and failure and would not want to underrate basement side Zimbabwe...
View ArticleLydia Jemba Named Woman Achiever of 2013
Lydia Jemba, a resident of Namyumba Wakiso district, has emerged the winner of the 9th edition of the women’s achievers awards running under the theme Women in Poverty alleviation. The announcement was...
View ArticleMy Years of Pain – Toyin Adesola
Ms. Toyin Adesola is the Executive Director Sickle Cell Advocacy & Management Initiative. She’s also the author of the book ‘Still Standing’ which has suddenly turned out to be a product born out...
View ArticleLibya: Hassan Al-Amin,
Human Rights Watch’s Alison Des Forges Award celebrates the valor of individuals who put their lives on the line to protect the dignity and rights of others. Human Rights Watch collaborates with these...
View ArticleNun Wins UNHCR Prize For Helping Victims of LRA
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR) on Tuesday announced Sister Angélique Namaika, a Congolese nun, winner of the 2013 Nansen prize for her work with victims of the Lords...
View ArticleCelebrating Kenya Activists
The word and tag of activist is liberally applied in Kenya. As I have worked with the civil society, I am labelled an activist. It is a tag I am happy to bear because it is not a negative tag. To be...
View ArticleCongolese Doctor Honored For His Work To Help Rape Victims
Despite threats to his personal safety, Denis Mukwege continues to help women victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He is one of the recipients of the 2013 Right Livelihood...
View ArticleMartin Kobler Congratulates Dr. Denis Mukwege Winner of the 2013 Civil...
Kinshasa — “I congratulate Dr. Mukwege from the bottom of my heart. The Civil Courage Prize is the recognition of his work and of the whole staff of Panzi Hospital. More generally, it honors all those...
View ArticleGerman National Installed Nkosuohemaa In Ghana
The Chief Executive Officer of Madamfo Ghana Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), Mad. Bettina Landgrafe, who doubles as the Nkosuohemaa for the Apewu community in the Bosome-Freho...
View ArticleHuman Rights Defender Jacqueline Moudeïna Honored
A lawyer who has long fought for human rights and justice in Chad will be honored at the Human Rights Watch Voices for Justice Annual Dinner in Paris on November 14, 2013. Jacqueline Moudeïna, a...
View ArticleNigerian Youth Writing Winner – the Battle Against Corruption Starts From Within
If young people want to see change in the world, they have to realise the battle against corruption starts with them – they must resolve to do the right thing. This is the message from Nigeria’s Ugoh...
View ArticleParliamentary Tributes to Nelson Mandela: They Came to Remember – and Settle...
Maybe it was because there was, for all the unanimity, some political edge to the proceedings. Maybe it was because Gillian Slovo, the daughter of those long-time South African comrades-in-arms of...
View ArticlePan African Magazine, New African Names Carlos Lopes Amongst 100 Most...
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Mr. Carlos Lopes has been named one of this year’s 100 most influential Africans in the Pan African Publication, New African Magazine....
View ArticlePakistani Activist Malala Yousafzai among Winners of 2013 UN Human Rights Prize
A well-known Pakistani student activist and an anti-slavery campaigner from Mauritania are among the winners of the 2013 United Nations Human Rights Prize, this week. The Prize, which is bestowed every...
View ArticleHannah Gibson
Irene Karanja is Executive Director of Muungano Support Trust (MuST) – a Kenya-based federation of slum dwellers which works with the urban poor. Through organising savings schemes and community-led...
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