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When the women's movement in the southern African kingdom of Swaziland took to the streets in August to challenge what they called extravagance by the royal family, Swazi traditionalists were livid.

It was undoubtedly one of those days when nature surprised both scientists and the religiously inclined.

Girls as young as 14 are routinely taking the morning-after pill to avoid becoming pregnant, ignoring dangers posed by HIV/Aids through unprotected sex, according to a survey by the Sunday Nation and other research.

At the turn of the last century, the African traditional society crumbled under the twin assault of Christianity and colonialism.

Ever since the re-introduction of multi-parties in Kenya, political parties have remained confused, disorderly patchwork of ethnic outfits hastily put together with the sole purpose of winning General Elections and catapulting some tribal chieftain to State House.

A ONE-day symposium entitled, Renal Transplantation in Nigeria: Current Status and Future Prospects, was organised by Saint Nicholas Hospital (SNH), Lagos, last Wednesday. It was time to share experiences and rub minds on the way forward for renal transplantation in Nigeria.

WHAT started as rumour became a serious matter ten days after President Umaru Yar'Adua left Nigeria for Saudi Arabia in what official explanation said was a trip to perform the lesser Hajj, an obligation performed by Muslims but less known than the annual Hajj which every Muslim who has the capacity is expected to perform at least once in a life time.

In each of the past three growing seasons, the family of Bernadette Banda, in Chidambo village in the central region of Malawi, has doubled the maize harvest from the family plot, thanks to a government input subsidy programme.

Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital, (EB-SUTH) at the weekend embarked on an indefinite strike over what it described as the state government's refusal to implement the Consolidated Tertiary Institutions' Salary Structure, the Association of Resident Doctors, (ARD) in the state.

As Nigerians become increasinlgly anxious over the state of health of President Musa Yar'Adua, a royal father in Enugu State, HRH Igwe Patrick Eze (Waziri) has called on Nigerians to offer prayers, instead of politicising the President's health situation.

Mention the word "sugar daddies" and what comes to the mind of parents is that their young girls are not safe. For a long a time, the story of older men who use money as a bait to catch innocent girls has persisted. Sounds strange?

The European Union election observer mission currently deployed in Rwanda for the September parliamentary elections will stick to their mandate of observing the elections.

Barack Senior and I were no Damon and Pythias. I would never have put my life on the line for him.

Barack Obama's foot is said to be size 10. And the way he carries that foot can betray his thought process.

Kenya's Harambee Stars ground out a 1-0 win against Namibia in a World Cup/Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani on Friday.

There was graveyard silence in Aso Rock Presidential Villa yesterday as movement was restricted on a day that President Umaru Musa Yar'adua returned from Saudi Arabia after about 16 days in the Holy Land.President Yar'adua, whose present state of health has been a subject of speculation in the last two weeks, did not receive visitors in the Villa, contrary to previous practices in which top government officials and politicians welcomed him whenever he returned from abroad.

ACCESS to President Umaru Yar'Adua seems to have been restricted after the nation's number one citizen returned to the country in the early hours of yesterday from a trip to Saudi Arabia which sparked off reports of ill health and admission in hospital for renal transplant in the foreign country.

The EPRU Stadium in Port Elizabeth which the South Africans intended as a slaughter house for the Super Eagles yesterday turned into a party ground for Coach Shaibu Amodu and his boys as they virtually shut out Bafana Bafana from the 2010 African Nations Cup with a lone goal victory.

If Robert Greene's seventh commandment of power: Get others do the job for you, but always take credit (or bag the prize) was carved in stone, Mwai Kibaki would be the Moses to take it to the Israelites.

The stage is set for the fourth and final leg of the 2008 THISDAY Music and Fashion Festival tagged African Rising concert with the confirmation of American pop/R&B singer, Christina Aguilera and Nigerian born British soul singer, Seal (Henry Olumide Samuel) for the show.