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Travel & Destination: African Countries Often Overlooked by Tourists
January 19, 2021
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| Africa, Destination, East Africa, Economy, News, West Africa, World

Africa is the second-largest continent in the world after Asia, and it is one of the most diverse places, thanks to its cultures and expansive geographic. The continent boasts a warm tropical climate, friendly people and exotic wildlife. It is also one of the most multilingual continents on the planet, with over 2,000 languages. Arabic is the most spoken language, mostly in Muslim African countries. For instance, Nigeria and Cameroon alone have more than 500 and 200 languages respectively….

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Kids’ Corner: Stimulate Your Kids to Become Good Readers and Writers
January 14, 2021
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| Africa, Books, East Africa, Featured, kids' corner, Literary corner, News, World, Young Writers

“The real importance of reading is that it creates an ease and intimacy with the process of writing; one comes to the country of the writer with one’s papers and identification pretty much in order. Constant reading will pull you into a place (a mind-set, if you like the phrase) where you can write eagerly and without self-consciousness. It also offers you a constantly growing knowledge of what has been done and what hasn’t, what is trite and what…

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Human trafficking in Africa: the Multi-Billion Dollar Business Venture
January 5, 2021
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“Maybe slavery has been with us for centuries because of the inclination to maintain economic systems geared more toward commodifying human existence than developing its spiritual, creative, or scientific potentials. Such commodification instantly erases any recognition of humanity as a priceless value unto itself and reduces individuals as well as entire races, or a specific gender, to a bargain-priced ‘other.” ― Aberjhani, Dreams of the Immortal City Savannah The United Nations Trafficking Protocol 2003 defines human trafficking as the recruitment, transportation,…

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The Latest Issue Of Kata Kata Magazine !!!!
December 29, 2020
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Read the latest issue of Kata Kata Cartoon Magazine, including an educational, yet humorous illustrated story about Tuberculosis….. and more…. Log in now and have yourself a laugh. Visit: https://katakata.org/kata-kata-magazine-vol-7-issue-27-digital/

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Bride Price in Africa: He Who Pays The Piper Calls The Tune
December 19, 2020
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| Africa, Culture, East Africa, Economy, Illustrations, News, North Africa, Politics, South Africa, The Torch, West Africa, World

Dowry, a payment made by the family of the groom in the form of money, presents, or a mixture of both, to their future in-laws at the start of their marriage, to enable the groom to marry the bride, has endured the strong wave of westernization in the Africa continent. The long-standing customary practice is shared across the societies from Egypt to South Africa, down to Ghana and Rwanda. On the other hand, in the Hindu culture, the bride’s…

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Talking About Violence Against Women
December 1, 2020
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| Africa, Culture, East Africa, Health, News, North Africa, Politics, South Africa, The Torch, West Africa, World

Being seen (and treated) as inferior, weak, less intelligent than male, a sex object and, in fact, as everything opposite the male, the discriminatory perception and maltreatment of women can itself be a bitter traumatic experience for the female gender. Justifying such perception with the violent treatment of women, and in some cases, being killed for not living up to that patriarchal sex-role stereotype and expectations, can indeed be a nightmare for a woman and a huge stumbling block…

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ICC Prosecutor’s Statement on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
November 28, 2020
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| Africa, Culture, East Africa, News, North Africa, Politics, South Africa, West Africa, World

On the occasion of this year’s Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, I join the calls for a world free of violence against women and children. Women and girls around the world continue to be the victims of unspeakable crimes, from sexual and gender-based violence to harassment, human trafficking, child marriages, and being forced to serve as child soldiers. Despite progress made in the fight against impunity for such crimes, they remain prevalent. These are crimes that…

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Gender inequality and Gender-based Violence
November 25, 2020
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| News, Africa, East Africa, Health, Illustrations, North Africa, Politics, South Africa, The Torch, West Africa, World, Young Writers

While we fight against gender inequality and gender-based violence, many around the world have decided to leave no stone unturned in creating a gender-balanced society. Kata Kata Village is not an exception. A glimpse at the conversations amongst some members of the village tells you how important the subject has become. Hear them: PICCOLO: You mean shouting on your wife frequently till she breaks down emotionally is not a kind of violence against her? MAN: Why is it dat…

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Say No To Gender-Based Violence!
November 17, 2020
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| Africa, Culture, East Africa, Illustrations, News, North Africa, Politics, South Africa, The Torch, West Africa, World

Discrimination against women and girls is one of the biggest challenges the world is facing. Just like elsewhere in the world, women and girls in Africa had gone through thick and thin due to gender inequality on the continent. And the menace is hardly far from being eradicated in modern African society. Gender inequality, which is a by-product of the sexist ideology, which maintains that the female is inferior to the male, persists through the enaction and (re)enforcement of…

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Kata Kata Village Fights Against Gender-Based Violence.
November 12, 2020
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| Africa, Culture, East Africa, Illustrations, News, North Africa, Politics, South Africa, The Torch, West Africa, World

Gender-based violence, which is violence directed against a person as a result of their gender is a serious, yet often neglected human right violation. We cannot talk about gender-based violence without first going back to gender inequality, because gender violence is deeply rooted in gender inequality, which offers the “reality” behind the violence. This kind of violence can be perpetuated physically, psychologically, sexually or economically on the victims through threats, coercion, liberty deprivation whether in public or within the…

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ICC Prosecutor’s Statement on the voluntary surrender of Paul Gicheru to the Court
November 5, 2020
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I welcome the news of Mr Paul Gicheru’s voluntary surrender and transfer to the custody of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or the “Court”). On the 9th of February 2015, my Office requested the judges of the Court’s Pre-Trial Chamber II to issue a warrant of arrest for Mr Gicheru, on charges of interfering with ICC witnesses in the Kenya Situation, contrary to the Rome Statute. On the 10th of March 2015, the judges issued a warrant of arrest…

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Situation in Kenya: Paul Gicheru Arrives at ICC Detention Centre
November 4, 2020
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Today, 3 November 2020, Paul Gicheru was surrendered to the custody of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “the Court”) by the Dutch authorities and arrived at the Court’s detention centre in The Netherlands.  Mr Gicheru, a lawyer formerly based in Kenya, is suspected of offences against the administration of justice consisting in corruptly influencing witnesses of the Court. Mr Gicheru surrendered to the authorities of The Netherlands on 2 November 2020, pursuant an ICC arrest warrant issued in 2015. He…

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