When 1,700 vulnerable and mentally ill people were moved from specialised care facilities to unlicensed organisations in a bid to save money, nearly one in 10 died.
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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is paying off Nigeria’s $76 million polio debt | Quartz Africa
As Nigeria’s battles on to become a polio-free country, Bill and Melinda Gates have taken an extraordinary step to give Africa’s largest economy a helping hand through their foundation.
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We Will No Longer Be Silenced in the War on Women’s Bodies
[two_fifth padding=”0 25px 0 10px”]BY Mamello Sejake | PUB OkayAfrica In the op-ed below, Mamello Sejake discusses the war on women’s bodies in South Africa and taking part in yesterday’s silent protest at Wits University in Johannesburg.[/two_fifth][three_fifth_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”]Most days, before I get dressed, I have to ask myself how much I can take. […]
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Meet Buhle Ngaba, the South African Storyteller Helping Young Black Girls Find Their Voice
From Bogota to Stratford to Cape Town, Buhle Ngaba is amplifying the voices of young women of colour the world over. The South African actor, author, activist’s first book is a mixed-media work about a young Black girl who finds her voice.
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‘Sometimes when I’m alone with my baby, I think about killing him. He reminds me of the man who raped me.’
Members of a U.N. peacekeeping force in the Central African Republic allegedly turned to sexual predation, betraying their duty to protect.
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New Film By Ethiopian Nurse Combats Mental Health Stigmas In Africa
“Chula” is changing the narrative around mental health across the African diaspora.
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