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This woman means business: Cynthia Jadot, DRC shopowner
Thirty-year-old Cynthia Jadot is the woman behind Valancy. The store in Goma, in the DRC province of North Kivu, has done well, appealing to men and women with a penchant for quality clothes imported from
African Union should prioritize women’s reproductive rights
The 10 worst countries to be a mother are all in sub-Saharan Africa. This editorial by two researchers with the Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch urges the African Union, celebrating its 50thRNW Africa on Facebook
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Video: UGANDAN MINISTER TO BAN MINISKIRTS
Ugandan Ethics and Integrity Minister Simon Lokodo wants to ban miniskirts. He says: "Exposing certain parts of the anatomy of a person, I call it..."
Article: Keeping up with the Joneses, Naija style
Status is everything in Nigeria. That’s how many youth see it, anyway.
Article: The child soldiers of Central African Republic's rebels
At 13 years old, Youssouf embodies all the ills that have plagued the Central African Republic in recent years. On 24 March, he helped capture Bangui, the capital, as he fought in the ranks of the Séléka rebel coalition.
Article: Made in America: The Nigerian way
A common idea in Nigeria is that anything American is better. According to our blogger, if you don’t have the hottest US artist or TV personality on hand, your event must not be important: that’s how Nigerians see it.
Article: Life 19 years after Rwanda's genocide
Bernard Kayumba, the mayor of Karongi district in western Rwanda, remembers just what it was like to be caught up in the genocide that claimed the lives of almost one million people in 100 days.
Article: Young DRC refugees want work, not charity
At Mugunga 3 refugee camp in North Kivu, eastern DRC, displaced youth don’t want to be mere beneficiaries of the humanitarian efforts.
Video: HOW TO ROB AFRICA
This week Ikenna asks: why has Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir gone all soft? He also shows us ‘How to Rob Africa’, courtesy the same-named documentary by Zimbabwean journo Stanley Kwenda.
Article: Global Forum on Development urges moving past aid in Africa
Mthuli Ncube, chief economist and vice-president of the African Development Bank, was in Paris last week for the Global Forum on Development.
Article: Musician Tendai Maraire: “Mugabe knew what he was doing”
“I pay homage to the Zimbabweans who fought against foreign domination,” musician Tendai Maraire says.
Article: Life expectancy in DR Congo
This is the fifth of six cartoons that Congolese artist Thembo Kash is unveiling exclusively for RNW.
