SOURCE: The Citizen
Dar es Salaam — President John Magufuli's first days in office have been characterized by his usual management style. Impromptu visits to public offices to catch lazy public servants unawares.

On Friday President Magufuli visited the Treasury and found some few empty chairs. On Monday he paid a visit to the Muhimbili National Hospital. He visit led to the suspension of both the board of directors and the acting executive director.

There is no indication that he would change his management style anytime soon. Tanzanians would keenly watch how effective that style is in improving the ineffectiveness of the civil service.

SOURCE: All Africa
Mali is entering a new era of opportunity, but while significant progress has been made, the international community 'must not take its foot off the accelerator,' a senior UN relief official said today, returning from a three-day visit to the country.

"I'm bringing for once a good news story in terms of the trajectory that Mali is now on," John Ging, the Head of Operations for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), told reporters in New York.

Source: All Africa
The just concluded General Election gave Tanzania among other things; the first female Vice President, Ms Samiah Hassan Suluhu. The outgoing Parliament's Speaker Ms Anne Makinda was among few women in the country holding big government positions.

Source: All Africa
"If women ruled the world, there would be no war, there would be a bunch of countries not talking to each other." So says a "Funny Humour Joke Poster proudly made in the U.S.A", one of several dozen countries that has never had a woman leader.

Source: CNN
Nairobi, Kenya (CNN)The "cutting room" is grim, dark and grubby. Fraying gray ropes are set into the rough dirt floor, and a curtain flutters at the open door.

Source: All Africa
Many young people have limited access to sexual and reproductive health services, making it hard for them to access family planning and HIV services.

Source: all Africa
The Women's Fellowship of United Evangelical Church, founded as Qua Iboe Church, Kaduna Area Conference, has said it will intensify skill acquisition training for its members as a way of strengthening and empowering them.

Source: All Africa
Hundreds of thousands of Namibians continue to languish in extreme poverty, mainly due to the existing unequal income distribution regime. Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila has warned that the situation is not sustainable.

Source: All Africa
Africa is on track with goals such as promoting gender equality and empowering women, according to the 2015 Millennium Development Goals Report released at the 10th African Economic Conference this week.

Source: All Africa
Kenya has won the Commonwealth Businesswomen's Network award for including women in resource allocation and procurement processes.

Source: All Africa
A United Nations-backed toll free hotline has been launched for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Somalia to tackle sexual violence by enhancing timely response to abuse cases and offering information on accessible health services.

Source: All Africa
IN an effort to advance the course of women's rights, a non-governmental organization, Voices for Change (V4C) and Lagos monarchs have agreed to give their support to the womenfolks.

Source: All Africa
Women's Legal Resources Centre (WOLREC) this week has been training chiefs in Lilongwe on the importance of access to land for women.

Source: All Africa
This is one in a series of articles analysing regional progress on gender equality and women's empowerment based on the SADC Gender Protocol. The process towards the review of the protocol has been initiated following a regional meeting held in South Africa, from 26-28 October.

Source: All Africa
Acting Country Director of an international non-governmental organization, Ipas Nigeria, Ms. Hauwa Shekarau has called for a review of the restrictive abortion laws in the country.

Source: All Africa
The Department of Small Business Development, in partnership with the Northern Cape Department of Economic Development and Tourism will host the 2015 Technology for Women in Business (TWIB) and Ligugu Lami Awards ceremony in Kimberly, Northern Cape Province.

Source: Yahoo news
Better laws, concrete data and widespread education are needed to tackle the "disease" of statelessness that blights the lives of more than a million people across West Africa, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday.

Source: All Africa
A number of Zimbabwean artistes have been nominated for the inaugural African Women Awards on a list that also features politicians, religious leaders, philanthropists and business people. The awards ceremony will take place this Saturday at Meikles Hotel, Harare.

Source: Malvern Gazette
FOUR students from Malvern St James are holding a fashion show on Friday in support of a charity which sponsors education for African girls.

SOURCE: Pulse

WOMEN make up 14.4% of boards of blue-chip companies in Africa, data from the African Development Bank (AfDB) shows, the third-highest proportion of any region globally, after Europe and North America. 

Some companies - such as Kenyan mobile giant Safaricom, beer maker East African Breweries Ltd (EABL) and South African food manufacturer Sasko each have more than 30% women representation on their respective boards. All three companies were among Africa’s most admired brands, according to the recently-released Brand Africa 100 rankings.

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