AFRICA: Men ‘walk a mile in her shoes’ wearing women’s high-heels in protest

Men from 'A Common Future' Cameroon wear women's high-heels during a protest

WNN Breaking (WNN) Bamenda, CAMEROON AFRICA:  In a striking show of solidarity, a group of men from Cameroon who have named themselves ‘A Common Future,’ are showing the world they mean business when it comes to equality of the sexes in West Africa. Wearing women’s high-heeled shoes as they marched in protest down a public [...]

Integrated dynamic data mapping brings climate change impacts into focus

Somali refugee children share a meal inside a tent in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia.

WNN Breaking (WNN) AFRICA: The Strauss Center’s Climate Change and African Political Stability (CCAPS) program has just released a pilot version of its new dynamic mapping tool which is set to revolutionize data analysis worldwide. In partnership with AidData, CCAPS has developed the online data portal to enable both researchers and policymakers to visualize data [...]

Africa child education advocates Project Creed create books for health Rwanda

Project Creed book for Rwanda children

Lys Anzia – WNN Breaking (WNN) LOS ANGELES, California: Project CREED, a social enterprise providing locally-inspired health education books and materials to children in developing countries is gearing up for a stronger outreach to Rwanda for 2012. The launch includes a new website with Project CREED’s focus on books, education and literacy in Africa to [...]

New report reveals use of mobile devices for tweeting shows large increase in Africa

Ugandan refugees use mobile devices

WNN Breaking (WNN) Nairobi, KENYA: Young people tweeting from mobile devices across the region are the current driving forces that are creating a rise in the growth of Twitter in Africa, says How Africa Tweets, which has just launched its findings from Nairobi, Kenya. In the first ever attempt to comprehensively map the use of [...]

Celebrity singers help United Nations slow famine in Horn of Africa

Somali refugee children share a meal inside a tent in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia.

WNN Breaking (WNN) NEW YORK: As the effects of drought continue to wreck havoc in the Horn of Africa for 13.3 million people who have faced changed lives in the worst climate the region has experienced in decades leaving 250,000 displaced Somalis in urgent need of famine crisis assistance, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) [...]

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