Igbo women campaign for rights (The Women’s War) in Nigeria, 1929

By November 1929, Igbo women in southeastern Nigeria had had enough. From the perspective of the British colonizers, the women became loud, angry, and disruptive. They marched through cities and towns and demanded political leaders to step down. The women took their British rulers completely by surprise. The British were ignorant of the discontent among …

Nigerian forces free 241 women, children in Boko Haram camps, arrest kingpin

(CNN)The Nigerian military rescued 241 women and children in a raid on two camps controlled by the Boko Haram terrorist group, the country’s military said Wednesday. (24-9-2015) The Tuesday operation unfolded in the villages of Jangurori and Bulatori, the statement said. The operations also netted the arrests of 43 militants belonging to the Islamist group, …

Oscar Pistorius parole: a symbol of being rich and white in South Africa

“Oh, how fast five years passes in South Africa … feels like 10 months,” one Twitter user wrote in response to the news of Oscar Pistorius’s imminent release. It was a response which summed up the prevailing public sentiment in the country: resignation, cynicism, and a touch of dark humour. For blood-fatigued South Africans, the …

Nigeria: Abducted women and girls forced to join Boko Haram attacks

At least 2,000 women and girls have been abducted by Boko Haram since the start of 2014 and many have been forced into sexual slavery and trained to fight, said Amnesty International on the first anniversary of the abduction of the Chibok school girls. Based on nearly 200 witness accounts, including 28 with abducted women …