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NCIC Called to Stop ‘Al-Shabaab’ Anti-gay Parade

Kenya Human Rights Commission executive director, Davis Malobe, wrote a letter to the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) on the plann...

3 years ago · By Mercy Vugutsa

Africa

Police Raid Gay Wedding: Arrest More Than 100 Men

Police in Nigeria have reported arresting more than 100 men at a gay wedding. They said that those detained will face legal action in line with the co...

3 years ago · By Ajuma Millicent

Africa

First Ugandan to be Charged with ‘Aggravated Homosexuality’

A 20-year-old man has become the first Ugandan to be charged with 'aggravated homosexuality' after the anti-gay bill was passed in the country. The of...

3 years ago · By Mercy Vugutsa

Politics

MP Mboko: Same-Sex Relationships Will Not Be Allowed

The Likoni Member of Parliament, Mishi Mboko, stated that the leaders in Mombasa County would not allow society to be misled by same-sex relationships...

3 years ago · By Mercy Vugutsa

Africa

Museveni: “Uganda Will Develop With or Without Loans”

Uganda's President, Yoweri Museveni ascertained that Uganda would develop with or without the loans from World Bank. This comes shortly after the Worl...

3 years ago · By Mercy Vugutsa

Africa

World Bank Discontinues Loans to Uganda Over Anti-Gay Act

The new law against homosexuality contains death penalty. This led World Bank to suspend loans to Uganda. Nearly a dozen Members of Congress wrote a...

3 years ago · By Bushnell Prudence

Entertainment

Ne-Yo Apologizes For His Insensitive Gender Identity Remarks

Grammy Award-winning singer Ne-Yo is offering his sincerest apology for the remarks he made regarding gender identity and parenting during his guest a...

3 years ago · By Bushnell Prudence

World

Supreme Court Allows Businesses to Discriminate Against LGBTQ in America

The United States Supreme Court on Friday ruled that businesses in the country can decline to offer services to members of the LGBTQ community. In a r...

3 years ago · By Ajuma Millicent

World

Catholics Call for the Vatican to Include LGBTQ Catholics and Women in Leadership

Catholics call on the Vatican to include LGBTQ Catholics and to uphold women in leadership. There are a few social issues facing the Catholic Church t...

3 years ago · By Mercy Vugutsa

Opinion

Ways We Can Celebrate People with Albinism

Albinism is a rare, non-contagious, genetically inherited difference present at birth. In almost all types of albinism, both parents must carry the ge...

3 years ago · By Eddah Waithaka

Africa

US Consider Visa Restrictions to Ugandans

The US may consider visa restrictions for some Ugandan officials after they decided to pass the world's toughest anti-LGBTQI+ law. Uganda's president,...

3 years ago · By Mercy Vugutsa

News

Uganda’s Anti-Gay Law Sparks International Outrage

Uganda's recent passing of a stringent anti-homosexuality law has ignited international outrage, leading to condemnations and threats of sanctions fro...

3 years ago · By Samwel Eviator