The Anglican Church of Canada — which has more than 500,000 members — has rejected a motion to modify its definition of marriage to embrace same-sex unions. The motion heard at the church’s general assembly, called a synod, would have changed its marriage canon to remove references to unions between a man and a woman. […]
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Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed has banned the wearing of the niqab in all government offices, citing security reasons. Niqab, is wearing of clothes that cover the entire face, save for the eyes. The directive came following three suicide bombings in a space of one week in the country’s capital, Tunis. However, a human rights […]
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Sudan’s military leaders have agreed with the opposition form an alliance until elections are held. With the mediators from Ethiopia and African Union, the two sides agreed to rotate control of the sovereign council – the top governing body for the next three years. According to the sources, the two sides pledged to form an […]
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Nigeria: It was a sex competition that turned bad for a middle-aged Nigerian man who tragically died during his seventh round. The deceased identified as Davy died while he was on top of his sex contender, who has also been identified as Loveth. Davy reportedly took Lover to a popular hotel located in Lagos, Nigeria […]
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UK: Research shows 71% of teachers have witnessed homophobic bullying, with 35% claiming to have observed it at least once a month. LGBT, or GLBT, stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. In use since the 1990s, as an adaptation of the initialism LGB, which was used to replace the term gay in reference to the LGBT […]
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ASIA – US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have stepped over the border at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that divides the Korean Peninsula meeting on Sunday June 30,2019. Trump now goes down in history as the first sitting US president to set foot on North Korean soil. “It’s a great day for […]
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Northern Africa – Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi was rushed to hospital today in critical condition, a close aide said on Twitter.Essebsi, 92, was taken to a military hospital after suffering what the presidency called a “severe health crisis”. One of Essebsi’s advisers told Reuters he was in a “very critical” condition but was alive. […]
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South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa has pledged to create two million jobs for young people over the next decade. While addressing the nation for the first time since his party the ANC won May’s general election in South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa described the youth unemployment rate of 50% as a national crisis. He promised […]
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The Executive Director of Domestic Workers and Family Justice Alliance (DOWAFA) Mr. Mpamire Rex Richard has challenged bosses to respect and satisfy domestic workers to mitigate possible results of workers mistreatment like poisoning, and others. Uganda will on Sunday June 16 2019 join the rest of the world to commemorate International Domestic Workers Day which […]
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An opposition leader in Sudan says the country’s ruling military has forcibly removed him and two of his colleagues to neighbouring South Sudan, as protesters continued for a second day a nationwide civil disobedience campaign in the wake of a bloody raid on a protest sit-in. The three deported men are part of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North […]
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