By Iminza Keboge Published July 19, 2019 A 26-year-old mid-wife has won the BBC News Somali Young Female Poet 2019 award. Kaltun Nasir Hussein, from Bur’o in the self-declared Republic of Somaliland, becomes the third person to win the award…
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By Iminza Keboge Published May 28, 2019 BBC invites entries from Somali-speaking female poets for its 3rd BBC News Somali Young Female Poet of the Year award. Saying no previous experience is required, BBC says it welcomes original works of…
By Iminza Keboge Published February 24, 2019 Do you ever long for a flight that is planned and operated by women from flight deck all the way to the ground including airport operations, flight dispatch, load control, ramp operation, on-board…
By Abdi Ali Published November 22, 2018 Sub-Saharan Africa not only has the highest number of of child marriage in the world but the practice also costs the continent a fortune in lost earnings and human capital. More than three…
By Khalifa Hemed Published September 10, 2018 A story that highlights the plight of a girl in a traditional African setting has won its writer the 3rd BBC Hausa Short Story Writing Contest for Women. The story, ’Ya Mace or…
By Abdi Ali Published August 12, 2018 A western Kenya-based musician has released a new hit in Kiswahili titled Chini ya Maji that is expected to readily connect with fans of rap music. Working as an unsigned artist under close…
By Abdi Ali Published July 18, 2018 An 18-year-old girl has won the BBC News Somali Young Female Poet 2018 award. Shugri Jama Ibrahim, a form three Student from Bosaaso, has won the award with a poem that explores traditional…
By Iminza Keboge Published May 21, 2018 A writing contest for young women invites original works of poetry in the Somali language. The annual BBC News Somali Young Female Poet of the Year Award, that began in 2017 as part…
By Iminza Keboge Published February 24, 2018 Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) shall celebrate the annual International Women’s Day with a women’s rugby festival. KRU, that governs rugby football matters in Kenya, says it shall use its Women’s 10-a-Side festival at…
By Irene Gaitirira Published December 5, 2017 Two US Sports Envoys are on a seven-day working tour of Tanzania. Olympic Gold Medalist and FIFA Women’s World Cup champion Alex Morgan and Orlando City SC midfielder Servando Carrasco of Major League…