International

COVID-19 means fewer condoms in Zimbabwe

Family planning supplies and contraceptives are sold out or inaccessible as the Zimbabwean government continues to battle COVID-19. “The lockdown has meant that community health workers like myself who have often had to distribute contraceptives like family planning pills and […]
International

Ashes instead of soap: Inside Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 fight

Many of Zimbabwe’s rural communities lack soap. So in the fight against COVID-19, people are using ashes. “Communities are drawing lessons from the 2018 cholera outbreak where villagers who couldn’t afford soap were encouraged by authorities to wash their hands […]
International

Ashes instead of soap: Inside Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 fight

Many of Zimbabwe’s rural communities lack soap. So in the fight against COVID-19, people are using ashes. “Communities are drawing lessons from the 2018 cholera outbreak where villagers who couldn’t afford soap were encouraged by authorities to wash their hands […]
Celebrity

FATOUMATA DIAWARA

If Africa is the future, then Malian singer/songwriter, guitarist and actress Fatoumata  Diawara is a woman ahead of her time. The stunning and socially conscious young artist has used her music to address the pressing issues of arranged marriage, genital […]