At 72, Nandi-Ndaitwah takes office as Namibia’s fifth president, succeeding Nangolo Mbumba, who had been serving as interim ...

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has been sworn in as Namibia’s first female president. She reaches the highest office in her land ...

However, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, still controls large parts of the country after almost two years of ...

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah etched her name into the annals of history on Friday after being sworn in as the first woman president ...

Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee. She's the first woman and first African to ...

It’s one story among too many. Another woman, raped—used as a weapon of war in an endless conflict in Kivu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. To reach Chegera, a village in Kabare ...

"Life is dangerous for women in this camp," said Mariam Zakaria, 32, who recently fled brutal violence and conflict in Sudan, returning to the Central African Republic, her home country. "If you want ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation in U.N. peacekeeping and political missions topped 100 for ...

Dream Count is another bold, honest endeavour from Adichie to cut through hackneyed schema and really see people.

We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.

The crisis in eastern DRC has left deep scars, but the resilience of affected communities remains strong. With sustained ...

Africans could be incredibly hard on themselves. We complain about bad leadership, corruption, the economy, the weather, and ...