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SWAZILAND: Go west young man or woman

MBABANE Thursday, October 09, 2008 (IRIN) - King Mswati has directed Swaziland's college graduates to leave the country to find employment, admitting that a lack of jobs at home gives them no alternative. "We can export our skills to other countries and international organisations in order to bring home foreign currencies," said the king, speaking at the University of Swaziland in Kwaluseni, 30km east of the capital, Mbabane. Mswati, sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarch, is the...

‘Our stabbed and beaten daughter has disappeared’

THE family of a Quigney woman who was severely beaten and stabbed on Friday are frantic with worry after she was discharged from hospital and disappeared. The 26-year-old woman, whose name is known to the Daily Dispatch, was stabbed early on Friday morning in Abbotsford at a house she shared with a man. The alleged attacker hasnt been seen since and failed to report to work yesterday. The womans parents said yesterday they were worried she could end up being killed as they had not seen her...

Poverty isn’t all that funny, Fawzeya

What is Fawzeya’s secret recipe? It’s what you get when you throw a humorous spin on “Hena Maysara” with an Egyptian version of “Woman on Top,” a little bit of “Ghost,” a woman playing “El Hajj Metawli” and a few unsexy shower scenes.While Elham Shahin’s debut as a producer and her latest starring role, for which she won the Best Actress Award in the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, in “Khaltet Fawzeya” (Fawzeya’s Secret Recipe) — one of three Egyptian contributions to the festival’s Arab Films...

‘Emergency fuel’ stolen

TWO supervisors were arrested at Mthathas Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital yesterday morning for stealing diesel from the hospitals emergency generator. Eastern Cape Health Department spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo said both supervisors worked in the hospitals maintenance section. One, a woman, had let the other, a man, into the locked generator room where he had already drained 120 litres of fuel when he was discovered by an alert security guard at 2am. Kupelo said the attempted theft was...

MAURITIUS: No longer forbidden love

PORT LOUIS Monday, June 09, 2008 (IRIN) - Last year, Camille Liu's * future was looking good. He had met a woman - "a perfect match" – while working in Mozambique as an electrician. They fell in love, decided to move to his home country – Mauritius, get married and have children. But when Anna Magurra * arrived on the tropical Indian Ocean island, ready to accept her fiancé's proposal, a few bureaucratic issues stood in the way of their marriage - one of them was an HIV test. Anne's test...

‘Violent robber’ beat victim to unconsciousness

A woman, Susan, who is alleged to have suffered a serious beating at the hands of robbers has told the Bundung Magistrates Court, presided over by Acting Principal Magistrate Kumba Sillah-Camara, that she was attacked after she had gone to put off the generator. The person accused of doing the beating is one Newton Nefe. The accused is said to have been assisted by an accomplice who is currently at large. The attack on Susan’s person was said to have occurred during the course of a robbery....

Gambian Woman Cries for President Jammeh’s Intervention

A young Gambian woman, who is married to a Dutch national, is in tears and pleading with President Jammeh to help her retrieve two vehicles. Sohna Sarr was sent two Hyndai H100 cars by her husband Sandar Ferdinand but has still not received them owing to a number of factors. The case was before the courts in The Gambia last year and since that time one of the vehicles has been sitting in the grounds of the Banjul Magistrates’ Court. Sohna Sarr, who is a suckling mother, said, “I am appealing...

Lovelines: Read more

I am dating a married woman Lovelines I am a young man of 26years dating a married woman of 23. She got married last February but after several discussions I was able to convince her to date me. She finally accepted the idea,and even tend to love me more than her husband. Please advice me. Adama Let’s forget about sentiments. Already you know what you are engaged in is what they called adultery. I believe both of you are of the same religion fate. Did you remember the ‘sharia’s stand on...

NIGERIA: Trafficking of girls, abuse worsening

The trafficking of girls from villages to cities in Nigeria is increasing and the state is powerless to stop the trade, officials told IRIN. “The business of recruiting teenage girls as domestic help in rich and middle-class homes is booming despite our efforts to put a stop to it”, Bello Ahmed, head of the Kano office of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons (NAPTIP), told IRIN. Girls aged 12-17 are regularly trafficked from villages and brought to the city to work as...

The Woman Herself - Margaret Badjan

US Based Gambian Lecturer She ranks among the finest US based Gambian lecturers that The Gambia and Africa in general has ever produced. Her capabilities, skills, high sense of discipline and strategic initiatives go beyond lecturing. As a qualified and effective leader, Margaret Badjan (A Gambian by Nationality) would undoubtedly have a moving and inspiring success stories to recount since she shines at any corner of duty call. Born in the year 1973 at Lamin village in Kombo North, Margaret...