SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin sought Friday to reassure gay visitors to the Sochi Games that they are welcome in Russia despite a law banning gay “propaganda... Read more
By Jaye Gaskia Let us be clear, sexual orientation, and in particular among consenting adults is neither a crime nor inhuman. To be sure variations in sexual orientation is as old as t... Read more
Months after it was passed in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, a bill that criminalizes homosexual relationships in Nigeria has been signed into law by President Goodluck Jo... Read more
By Maggie Michael Egyptian women flash a ‘V for Victory sign’ as they wait in line to vote Photo: EPA CAIRO (AP) — An overwhelming majority of Egyptians who voted on t... Read more
By Ilya Gridneff JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Officials in South Sudan say the U.N. has gathered evidence of gruesome attacks being carried out in the country’s month-old conflict. The off... Read more
By Chinweizu “If you can’t understand it, you can’t change it” –Eric Evans, Software Design Technologist. Two of the peculiar aspects that make Nigerian “corruption” intractable derive direc... Read more
By Krista Larson and Rebecca Blackwell A child sits in a hospital bed with his father, on December 4, 2013 in Bangui, after he was injured with a machete in Boali following an attack i... Read more
By Jaye Gaskia Perhaps it is appropriate and quite significant that as we set about embarking on the next 100 years [century] of Nationhood, we want to start with a National Dialogue. If the... Read more
By Nate Rawlings Dozens have reportedly been arrested the day after Nigeria’s president signed legislation criminalizing homosexuality. One day after Nigerian President Goodluck J... Read more
By Kingsley Obom-Egbulem I’ve been trying to keep my cool with the recent anti-gay law. But it appears I need to break this silence by simply asking this question: If your brother or s... Read more