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Abia State to Honour 1929 Aba Women’s Heroines with Monuments
Summary: Alex Otti has announced plans to erect monuments honouring the heroines of the Aba Women’s Riot of 1929 and other notable women, while also calling for greater female inclusion in governance. Abia State has…
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“Part of Feminism Is Challenging Harmful Cultural Narratives,” African Feminist Jenifatu Yakubu
Summary: Jenifatu, a legal practitioner, researcher, and writer, speaks on exclusion within feminist spaces, the weaponisation of poverty against women, the limits of legal reform without cultural change, and the courage required to build principled…
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Tanzanian President Slashes Convoy, Orders Officials to Travel by Bus to Reduce Govt Spending
Summary: President Samia Suluhu Hassan has ordered government officials to travel by bus during official trips to reduce fuel consumption amid rising energy costs. She equally slashed her convoy from 30 to three. As part…
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Leader of UK Conservative Party Kemi Badenoch Calls for Ban on Doctors’ Strikes
Summary: Kemi Badenoch has called for a ban on doctors’ strikes and the reintroduction of minimum service levels in the NHS amid ongoing industrial action and a pay dispute with the British Medical Association. Leader…
