There are eleven candidates running for president in Uganda’s January election but just one - Nancy Kalembe – is a woman. Kalembe says Uganda needs a change of leadership after 34 years of President Yoweri Museveni and she believes she’s the right woman for the job
Washington has condemned Beijing for a since-removed tweet that sought to justify repressive family planning policies in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) by suggesting they make Uyghur women more independent, prompting calls to shutter China’s embassy and ban its Twitter account
Heavy rain and snow have brought devastating floods to thousands of hectares in western Kosovo…There were no opposition parties in Kazakhstan’s parliamentary elections, but the voting booths were open anyway to make sure people voted for the “right” candidates
A contest, which, in view of the reinforcement of psychological and psychotherapeutic support for children and young victims of domestic violence treated and / or received in the National Support Network for Victims of Domestic Violence (RNAVVD), was launched this January by the Secretary of State for Citizenship and Equality in Portugal.The proposal, which comes under the Operational Social Inclusion and Employment Program, takes on an allocation of 2.78 million euros and aims, as stated in a statement by Rosa Monteiro’s secretary’s office, to “address the need for specialized support services , privileging psychotherapeutic approaches focused on trauma, and which assume the designation of RAP – Responses of Psychological Support for children and young people killed from domestic violence
Politically motivated mob violence in Washington, D.C., has sent a shockwave through the country, where Americans continue to grapple with the assault on the U.S. Capitol, and what it means for the country moving forward
A nightly gathering of thousands of birds called a “murmuration” has captured the attention of entertainment-starved people in Northern California
Portugal, which took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, during the Covid-19 pandemic crisis, faces the challenge of strengthening international security, defense, capacity
With in-person coaching off the table because of the COVID pandemic, hundreds of companies nationwide are using virtual reality training to help employees master some essential skills
A day after a mob breached the U.S. Capitol building, sending legislators into a lockdown, lawmakers are outraged and security is increasing. VOA’s Carolyn Presutti reports from Capitol Hill, where she spoke with some of the pro-Trump crowd who still lingered after Wednesday’s chaotic scenes
A ray of hope emerged Thursday for the Rainbow Nation, which has seen a massive spike in confirmed COVID-19 cases, as South Africa’s health minister announced a large shipment of vaccines is coming this month