Tanzania: Marriages of convenience
It is 12.30pm and an older woman emerges from her tiny mud house. A younger woman is making some porridge outside. These two women are husband and wife: they are traditionally married and they have...
View Article‘Bad’ children condemned as witches
Bedwetting, disagreeing with parents or being left-handed are considered relatively normal features for many children, but in some African countries, these are grounds for sometimes deadly accusations...
View ArticleTanzanian lawyers say up to 50 women divorced for defying husbands in vote
Up to 50 women in Zanzibar have been divorced for taking part in the recent Tanzanian elections against the will of their husbands, according to lawyers and women’s rights campaigners. Mzuri Issa,...
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