A CODE of conduct on reporting cases of child sexual abuse and exploitation has been launched. The regulations formulated by the Uganda Media Women's Association, target journalists in Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda.
In the two months since the government of Lesotho launched the county's first national child helpline, almost 500 orphans and vulnerable children have picked up the phone to demand assistance and an ear.
A lethal mix of drought, expanding conflict, rising food and energy prices, disease, and high poverty is pushing children and their families in the Greater Horn of Africa to the brink of disaster. Actions and policies are needed now to
Amassive airlift of the ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) Plumpy'Nut arrived in Addis Ababa last night as part of UNICEF's emergency response to meet the urgent needs of severely malnourished children in drought-affected areas of Ethiopia.
Emmanuel Chibi popularly known as Uncle Jaunda who has been in "hibernation" since his last album - Kule Kule - will soon break the silence with his latest offering titled Uncle Says.
ESTHER Mugizi Nabaasa, the Ugandan Tusker Project Fame winner, returned home yesterday to a hero's welcome. She landed at Entebbe International Airport at 9:45am aboard Kenya Airways and was immediately taken to the VIP lounge, where she hugged family members,
Some of Ghana's young rappers, artists, poets, designers, film-makers, and other creative types gathered to exhibit their talents last Saturday, the first WAPI in Ghana.
The Secretary of the FCT Social Development Secretariat, Mrs. Felicita Olajide says the FCTA was making efforts to develop the Taruga Historical site which she envisaged when fully developed, has the potentials of becoming one of the best tourist resorts
Angolan singer Erica Nelumba is close to fulfil her dream of publishing a second solo album, produced and edited by Home Family Records, expected in the stores on July 26.
PREPARATIONS for the annual Chitungwiza Central Hospital Benefit Concert - billed for July 26 - have gathered momentum with organisers of the fiesta promising it to be bigger and better as compared to the two previous editions.
ALTHOUGH the influx of foreign tourists into the country has declined in recent years, Zimbabwean art, however, continues to enjoy massive popularity on the international art scene.
A lower Shari'ah Court in Shira Local Government Area of Bauchi State has sentenced a 34 year old female singer, Talatu Mai-Gurmi, to two months imprisonment or N5,000 fine for staging a traditional musical concert.
Until recently, Humphrey Nwosu, chairman of the defunct National Electoral Commission, the body that conducted the ill-fated June 12, 1993 presidential election, had been something of a folk hero in Nigeria.
