[ASUU STRIKE] - Protesting Market Women Storm National Assembly

Market Women and Men Association of Nigeria stormed the National Assembly yesterday at about 11:30am over the prolonged ASUU strike which has been ongoing for over 3 months. The market women who spoke with one voice said they were tired of seeing their kids at home and that something should be done about it immediately.

“We are tired of seeing our children at home. We want our children back in school. Enough of this cheap blackmail. Said Mrs Felicia Sani, leader of the group...

Protest in Pakistan over the rape of 5-year-old girl

A 5-year-old girl and her 3-year-old cousin were kidnapped on September 12 from outside her house where she was playing  at Ghausia Colony in Mughalpura. 

The girl was brutally raped before being dumped in a destitute Lahore neighbourhood   at about 8pm (2100 Singapore time) on September 13, a day after the kidnap.

The perpetrators dumped the girl in front of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Lahore, where she battled for life. The boy was found weeping outside the hospital where he had been let off. Doctors said the child was raped several times.