The criminalization of homosexuality around the world remains common today. According to the BBC, as of May 2021, 69 countries still criminalize homosexuality, and more importantly, half of these states are in Africa. In 2019, however, the High Court of the country deemed the law criminalizing homosexuality unconstitutional, which received
Many are familiar with the 1985 cover of the National Geographic in which an Afghan girl is shown staring at the camera, appropriately titled as ‘Afghan Girl.’ The photographer, Steve McCurry, took the photo of the green-eyed girl eyeing the camera intensely in the Nasir Bagh refugee camp located in
Thousands of people are migrating from the Middle East and Asia into Europe, and the pressure on the European Union – Belarus border is escalating rapidly. The Belarus regime has allowed an increased number of migrants to fly into the country only to funnel them westward. The prime ministers of
Western powers have suspended economic aid going into Sudan to condemn the Sudanese military take over. Army Chief General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan declared a state of emergency in October 2021 and dissolved Sudan’s transitional government deposing Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. Opposition to the coup has been taking place regularly in
Last week, Alena Douhan, a United Nations special envoy on unilateral coercive measures, urged the US to lift sanctions against Zimbabwe. Douhan suggested that the sanctions have amplified the ongoing economic and humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe, challenging many aspects of their society. AP News reports that after her two-week investigation,
For nearly two weeks in November 2021, leaders from around the world gathered in Glasgow, Scotland, for the COP26 Climate Summit. The summit was intended to lead to a global initiative to slow climate change when demand for action against climate change has risen. While COP26 is not the first
United States., NATO and Ukrainian officials have raised the alarm in recent weeks over what appear to be unusual Russian troop movements towards the Ukrainian border. Russian forces now seem poised to launch an attack on their neighbour, accusations Moscow has rejected as nothing more than fearmongering. The head of
This past Wednesday, the European Union announced that they would send 700,000 euros worth of food, blankets, and other aid to migrants at the Belarus border. Reuters reported that some two thousand migrants are now gathered at the border between Belarus and Poland in what the EU has called an
