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Quinta Health's vaccine advocacy for secondary schools (QVACS). Photo provided by Dr. Adewumi Babatunde, used with permission. Sub-Saharan Africa, Central America and South-East Asia have the highest rates of cervical cancer incidence and mortality in the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women globally. In Nigeria, it is the third most common and the second most frequent cause of cancer deaths among women aged between 15 and 44 years. Current estimates indicate that every year 12,075 new cases and about 8,000 deaths ar...
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Illustration depicting (L-R) Jesus Christ, a nun, and a masculine-presenting woman all holding hands. The nun in the middle is split into two, with one half wearing a habit and the other half wearing regular clothing. Illustration by Minority Africa, used with permission. This story was originally published by Minority Africa in collaboration with FairPlanet, and a shorter version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. Awele (whose name has been changed to protect her identity) describes her childhood as very happy, protected, and comfortable. She praises her p...
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Members of communities affected by agro-industrial expansion. Photo by Greenpeace Africa, used with permission. Land grabbing is a major concern for communities in forested zones in Cameroon, where the government granted concessions to create large-scale industrial agriculture projects. Local communities say this deprives them of their traditional way of life, which includes subsistence farming and using the forest for foraging and rituals. As a result, members of 30 communities threatened by agro-industrial expansion, including the Indigenous Bakas) of the East Cameroon) region, came together...
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Ibrahima Yakubu, the Team Leader of NPJ, makes a point during a meeting. Photo by Mohammed Ibrahim, used with permission. This story was written by Mohammed Ibrahim and originally published by Peace News Network. An edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. Nigeria, a country of over 200 million people with more than 250 ethnic groups, has consistently made headlines because of various crises. In northern Nigeria, religious or ethnic conflicts have resulted in the loss of countless lives and property. Some blame the media for fueling societal divisi...
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Illustration by Minority Africa, used with permission. Grace Nyarangi decided to enter the sex work industry when she was just over 18 years old. In her early years, she managed to support her children, put food on the table, and provide for all their necessities solely through her earnings. Despite facing significant backlash and stigma from her family and community when they learned about her choice of profession, Nyarangi remained resolute. “After giving birth and being abandoned by my partner, I struggled to secure employment with no success,” she shares. “That’s when I turned to this line...
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Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) voting station. Image by warrenski on Flickr (CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED). After three decades of democracy under the rule of the African National Congress Party, South Africans are preparing to head to the polls to elect a new president. In an interview with eNCA news, some young influential people on social media shared their expectations for the upcoming polls and their aspirations for their country. According to Reuters, 14,889 candidates, nominated by 70 political parties, will contest 887 seats in the forthcoming election. For the first time, voters will rec...
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Illustration by Minority Africa, used with permission. This story was written by Yusuf Adua and originally published by Minority Africa on May 2, 2024. An abridged version is republished below as part of a content-sharing agreement. In February this year, 27-year-old Abdulqudus Jimoh, who had just gained direct entry into the 200-level archaeology department at the Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, north-central Nigeria, gave a presentation about data collection and handling in the field of archaeology. “I was struggling to speak,” he recounts. “I understood what I wanted to say but couldn’t a...
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Illustration by Minority Africa, used with permission. This story was written by Mzizi Dawa and originally published by Minority Africa on April 22, 2024, and an edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. Sabel, a gay man living in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, uses pseudonyms to engage with other LGBTQ+ people online. Despite feeling somewhat anonymous, the fear of being arrested is ever-present. “Online, we are free to express our identities under anonymous names, but people have and are still being arrested, so a Virtual Private Network (VPN) provides ...
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Woman with henna-painted hands in Sudan, February 11, 2005. Photo by Steve Evans on Flickr(CC BY 2.0.) This article was written by Weam Al-Bashir and was originally published on Raseef22 on March 19, 2024. An edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. I recently found a photograph of me as a baby, and on the back, scribbled in my father’s handwriting, were the words: “Our daughter is blue.” He had intended to send it to his siblings in Sudan with one of the pilgrims returning from Mecca, along with a letter announcing the arrival of his new “blue” ba...
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Illustration by Minority Africa, used with permission. This story was written by Regina Pasipanodya and originally published by Minority Africa, and an edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. On a November night in 2023, Mercy Matovera escaped from the relentless brutality within the walls of her own home. For far too long, she had endured her husband’s frequent fits of rage, with physical blows that came two or three times a week. But on this fateful night, Matovera reached her breaking point. Desperate to shield herself and her nine-month-old ba...
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