Gay and lesbian activists attend Uganda’s first gay pride parade in Kampala last year [EPA] Death penalty removed from bill after pressure but life imprisonment set as maximum term for... Read more
The UN says 34,000 people sought refuge at UN bases in three locations across the country [Reuters] Salva Kiir sounds caution as UN says 20 feared dead after one of its compounds was stormed... Read more
By Patricia Luna Uruguay’s new law allows consumers to grow marijuana at home and buy up to 40 grams a month [AP] Montevideo, Uruguay – When Uruguay recently became the firs... Read more
By Cavan Sieczkowski/The Huffington Post “Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson made headlines this week for his anti-gay sentiments in a GQ interview. Now another statement f... Read more
By Alexandra Zaslow/The Huffington Post One man’s traffic inconvenience is another man’s treasure. In August 2013, Abiola Ogungbenle, 25, moved from Nigeria to Hanov... Read more
The landmark ruling comes 34 years after the Supreme Court last upheld Canada’s anti-prostitution laws [Reuters] Landmark Supreme Court ruling says bans on solicitation and brothels vi... Read more
By Ashley Alman/ The Huffington Post Hillary Rodham Clinton The nation may not have to wait much longer to learn the future plans of Hillary Rodham Clinton, the former secretary of state who... Read more
About 60,000 African migrants have arrived in Israel since 2006, fleeing unrest in their home countries. But upon arrival in the ostensibly democratic country, the migrants have faced intens... Read more
By Kayode Ketefe A recent report from the dailies had it that about than 100 women from Enugu-Ezike in Igboeze-North Local Government area of Enugu state stormed the office of the Executive... Read more
By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor/Vanguard newspaper Open Letter to my Father December 16, 2013 “The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.” By Mencius, Chinese Philos... Read more