Full Coverage: East Africa

05/07/2008 Erive Community Radio is bringing a change in the lives of young girls in Maganja da Costa. The UNICEF-supported station has led to a rise in enrollment in primary schools through its programmes promoting girls’ education. The station is run in partnership with Mozambique’s Social Communication Institute.

05/07/2008 Zimbabweans are increasingly harnessing new technologies -- notably cell phones and the internet -- to challenge the ever more dictatorial nature of Mugabe's regime.

05/06/2008 Zimbabween aseita kuljettava laiva on ollut kuun vaihteesta valmiina rantautumaan Luandan satamaan Angolaan. Satamatyöläiset kieltäytyvät purkamasta lastia.

05/02/2008 Once one of the few Maasai girls able to attend school and now the chairperson of a leading coalition of indigenous peoples' organizations in Africa, Mary Simat embodies the changing gender norms of the Kenyan Maasai community.

05/01/2008 An outreach and education program for youth that have lost their homes and families helps girls like Tryphine Chikabida, 14 years old, overcome the challenges of life in Zimbabwe.