Category: News & Current Affairs

Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir has joined tens of thousands of Icelandic women who have decided to skip work on Tuesday in a show of solidarity against gender pay gap and gender-based violence in Iceland.

The Ikeja Sexual Offenses and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced Olufemi Olaleye, the medical director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, for raping his wife’s niece.

More than seventy people have been arrested by Nigerian security forces on charges that they planned and executed a gay wedding ceremony at a party.

Sadhna Nair, a doctor, was recently promoted to the rank of Air Marshal and took over as the director-general of hospital services.

The poem, Libation, took top honors. It was composed, Booker claimed, “when funeral rituals weren’t possible” during the Covid-19 lockdowns, which led her to ponder the significance of such events.

Google settles out of court with SA’s Dr Janice Duffy, after 12-year defamation battle that cost $5 million in legal fees

Around the World in 5 is an ongoing series that highlights news related to women in five countries, updated every week. This week’s post covers October 15 to October 21.

Nigerian man, Benjamin Best Nnanyereugo, suspected of murdering his girlfriend Augusta Onuwabhagbe Osedion, was arrested in Sierra Leone on October 20, 2023.