Angola has adopted a new penal code, dropping the “vices against nature” provision from its colonial era, and decriminalizing homosexuality. The country’s new law will see people who discriminate against members of the LGBT community be subject to up to 2 years in prison, Human Rights
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected Oby Ezekwesili‘s withdrawal from the 2019 presidential race. It is too late for any candidate to withdraw, INEC has said, as it is only 3 weeks away from the presidential elections, The Cable reports. Ezekwesili had withdrawn from the race on Thursday
Angola has finally shed the divisive “vices against nature” provision in its law, widely interpreted to be a ban on homosexual conduct. Taking things one step further, the government has also prohibited discrimination against people on the basis of sexual orientation. And so anyone refusing to employ
Mava Fundakubi, a 52-year-old man in South Africa, has been beaten to death after he was falsely accused of rape by a 7-year-old. The child had accused Fundakubi of raping her and vigilantes in Motherwell, Port Elizabeth, had taken the law into their hands, dragging
Presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) and former Minister of Education Obiageli “Oby” Ezekwesili has announced that she’s stepping down from the race. She made this known in a series of tweets on Thursday morning. She wrote: Following the reactions of Nigerian citizens at home and abroad