African Royalties

A Happy birthday to Her Royal Highness Olori Obazuaye N’erie, Queen Mother of the Benin Empire.

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Her Royal Highness is the first wife of His Majesty Oba Ewuare II of the Benin Kingdom. She is the mother of Prince Ezelekhae Ewuare II, the Crown Prince of Benin,


The Queen Mother was formely known as Princess Iroghama when her husband was still The Crown Prince of the Kingdom and when was inducted the title of Obazuaye N'erie on March 30th 2017 by the Oba of Benin when he inducted his first three wives into the royal court of the Kingdom, following the conferment of traditional titles on them in Benin.

Many royals from around the continent attended the African Union 2nd Dialogue with Traditional and Religious leaders on retention of Girls and young women in Education system conference at Speak Resort Munyonyo in Uganda.

Her Royal Highness Queen Mother Best of Tooro Kingdom and Her Royal Highness Princess Sekhothali of the Kingdom of Lesotho were amongst the attendees where the Ugandan Speaker of Parliament The Right Honorable Rebecca Kadaga gave the opening speech at the beginning of the conference urging leaders to put great emphasis on educating their communities about the importance of educating their female citizens.

The conference which was held from June 19-20th was organised by the African Union International Centre for Girls’ and Women’s Education in Africa (AU-CIEFFA), a dedicated organisation of African Union dedicated to the education of girls.

Its main objectives of this dialogue is to bring the key players at community level to the frontline to accelerate the desired changes Africa wants for its development and the welfare of its populations. It has become urgent to take an in-depth look at the issue of girls' and women’s education in general and their retention in educational systems in particular.

Leaders came from African Union member states which include Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritania, Niger, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda and Zimbabwe.