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In the last two decades, neglect of traditional medicine has been replaced by renewed focus and a raft of policies and new laws.
Understanding the different beliefs about disorders is important in efforts to improve mental health care in developing countries.
Former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga was the earring-wearing, liberal wild card who took Kenya’s judicial system by storm. Not only did his appointment shake the foundations of the system but his views on propriety challenged them entirely as a means to “radically transform the Judiciary”.
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The pidgins spoken in the region are unique, showing that they have come to stay no matter what some say or feel about them.
Pseudo-scientific therapies that claim they can “fix” people who experience same-gender attraction have been proven to be ineffective and inhumane. Why, then, are Ghanaian members of the LGBTQI+ community still being subjected to this form of violence, with the support of organised religion and government? asks Dr Anima Adjepong.
Aida Muluneh is an internationally recognised photographer whose work told the story of Ethiopia long before it became a trend – and long before the tremendous changes the country has seen under the new regime
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How does the black man who is selfish with his body find pleasure? Where does the selfishness come from? Perhaps his destructive kind of ecstasy contributes to the toxic way he relates with other races.
A Black cis bisexual femme shares her experiences with anxiety disorder, and antidepressant medication, and how the treatment has impacted on her sex life. The medication has had side effects including a lack of sexual desire, orgasmic dysfunction (anorgasmia) and sexual frustration.
Masturbation is natural and healthy and benefits our relationships with ourselves and our partners in more ways than one, says Joyline Maenzanise
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Dating in this day and age can be a total nightmare. With so many ways to connect, it can get very confusing – even more so if you are queer. More and more LGBTQI+ people are using the online space to connect. But how convenient and safe is it really?
Sex and pleasure are often so much more than what cis-heteronormativity and even homonormativity teaches. Kgothatso Motshele explores how we can look at our bodies and pleasure through a different lens.
In this open and honest conversation with two women Bel South explores the various faces and forms of queer love from the experiences of two women, and interrogates their subjective realities, living and loving in South Africa.
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In 2018, society is still obsessed with policing women instead of checking men's behaviour towards women. Men need to introspect and reflect on their actions or passivity. How often have you overlooked the behaviour of your fellow men, when they sexually assault a woman or make sexist remarks?
Whether the enduring face of this new politics is Bobi Wine or someone else, Ugandan politics is clearly changing
Many leaders before her have sought to make aid spending all about their own agendas – but there's a new element in this case.
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Following the invasion of villages and killing of local farmers in Benue by Fulani herdsmen , young girls at the Internally Displaced Persons camps are being married off by their families because of the lack of food, clean water and sleeping materials. The Nigerian government is silent about this and these teenage girls are at risk of contracting HIV/Aids.
Zimbabwe's new president promised to deliver the country citizens want but the nation remains on edge.
Recently, the Economist Intelligence Unit published its Global Liveability Index, rating the 10 most liveable and least liveable cities around the world. Of the 10 least liveable cities, six are in Africa. This finding has generated debate. Patrick Egwu takes a look at the realities on the ground.
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The Rwanda Tribunal convicted people for indescribably horrific crimes and some are asking for early release.
Samasource is social enterprise on a mission. Its aim is to reduce global poverty by outsourcing digital work to unemployed people in impoverished countries.
Joyline Maenzanise talks to the young Zimbabwean sportswoman who is breaking down gender-based barriers in sport.
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Dr Richard Munang is a climate change and development policy expert. Here he talks about his latest book.
Fatou Kandé Senghor is a Senegalese artist and filmmaker. She talks about the pan-African icons of her youth, the icons of Senegalese society, and the difficulties of passing on their lessons to her daughters in the digitalised and globalised 21st century.
Mũkoma wa Ngũgi explores a redefinition of what ‘icon’ means in the African context, the unearthing of names that are all too often forgotten, the invisibility of female icons in our historical narratives, and the nature and role of the diaspora in our cultural, political and economic production
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Tidal has partnered with telecommunications company MTN to launch in Uganda, before heading to Nigeria. Tidal will not only make its vast catalogue available to MTN users but it will also host local music in collaboration with local musicians.
The wigs and robes worn by judges and lawyers in former British colonies are among the most glaring symbols of colonial inheritance; an inheritance so old-fashioned and uncomfortable that even British barristers have stopped wearing them.
The German government has returned 25 of possibly hundreds of Herero and Nama skulls taken from Namibia for examination by racial anthropologists in an attempt to justify the theory of European Superiority.
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A research team, led by South Africa's University of the Witwatersrand, has found pieces of an ancient continent, dubbed “Mauritia”, beneath the African island of Mauritius. Although the continent may be lost, it has left traces of its existence to remind us that there is more of Earth to explore
Zimbabwean-born Percelle Ascott is Netflix’s newest young star as he makes his debut on The Innocents. However, the former YouTuber and co-creator of the UK-based comedy web channel “Wall of Comedy” is not a stranger to the small screen.
Kenya's Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mbete Mwilu was arrested at the Supreme Court on charges of corruption. Her arrest has however been seen as nothing but a witch hunt, a fulfilment of President Uhuru Kenyatta's infamous promise to 'fix' the judiciary after his August 8, 2017 victory was annulled.
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