Archive for the 'Africa' Category
A Catholic parish in Pretoria in South Africa held its first-ever Flores de Mayo, a popular Filipino tradition held in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Having undergone rape by her husband while her uncles pinned her down, 19-year-old Mary Solio continues to struggle for her rights in an indigenous community in Kenya where illegal rites of passage like female circumcision persist.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday the six Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) officers who are in strife-torn Cote d’Ivoire in West Africa under the United Nations (UN) mandate are safe.
NAIROBI, Kenya — Somali pirates seized a tanker carrying crude oil from Saudi Arabia to the United States in the increasingly dangers waters off East Africa, an official said Monday, an attack that could pose a huge environmental or security threat to the region.
Senator Richard Gordon wants the Senate to look into the trafficking of Filipino women to work as prostitutes in Ivory Coast in West Africa.
The Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) assisted three overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were victims of sex trafficking in Ivory Coast in West Africa.
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