On May 29th, 2023, the President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, signed an Anti-Homosexuality bill into law. This bill is considered one of the harshest anti-LGBTQ laws in the world, as homosexual acts in Uganda can now receive a life prison sentence. The law goes further than this, with “aggravated homosexuality”
In the village of Ban Napia, Laos, it is common to find houses, canoes, and tools built from pieces of bombs that were dropped on the country during the Vietnam War from 1954 to 1975. Ban Napia is one of many villages in Laos where this is the case, as
Mahsa Amini was a 22-year-old woman, arrested on September 13th, 2022 for having hair visible under her hijab. Amini fell into a coma shortly after being arrested, and three days later, on September 16th, died in police custody. Police claim that Amini died of a heart attack, but witnesses claim to
August 15th marked one year since the Taliban took control of the Afghanistan government. Today, millions of Afghan citizens are going hungry, the rights of women and girls are severely restricted, and there are limitations on the freedom of the press. Because Afghanistan has been a war-ridden country for over
Ecuador has entered its second week of protests, which began peacefully on June 14th but have since involved several violent events. The protests are led by the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), with demands for a drop in gas prices, price controls on agricultural products, and a larger
On Saturday, May 14th, ten people were killed and three injured in a racially motivated shooting at Tops Friendly Market supermarket in Buffalo, New York. 11 of the 13 people shot were Black; the Justice Department has stated they are investigating this as a hate crime. The suspect, Payton Gendron,
On Friday, April 29th, 500-1000 motorcycles and other vehicles made their way to Canada’s capital city, Ottawa, as part of the Rolling Thunder protest. For many citizens in Ottawa, major protests have become a regular experience in the past few months, following the Freedom Convoy protest which lasted for over
In October 2020, South Africa and India presented a proposal to waive the World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement for COVID-19 protected intellectual property rights. The goal of this proposal was to increase the speed at which COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines could be
Before 7 a.m. on the morning of February 2nd, Minneapolis police officers fatally shot 22-year-old Amir Locke. The officers were executing a no-knock warrant, a search warrant which allows police to enter a private residence without knocking. Bodycam footage shows the police yelling as they entered the apartment where Locke
On May 9, 2022, the Philippines will hold their next presidential elections. In an attempt to minimize election-related violence, the government has imposed a national firearms ban as of January 9, 2022. January 9 was the official start of the 150-day election period; the ban will remain in place until
“I believe the world is now a more dangerous place for children living in conflict zones than it was in 1945 [at the end of the Second World War]. And it is getting worse.” This quote from an opinion piece written by Henrietta Fore, the Executive Director of UNICEF, speaks
It has been over a year since some areas of Kenya have seen rainfall. As resources grow scarcer, more people go hungry and more animals die. The already severe consequences of the drought have led to an increase in conflict along Kenya’s borders with Uganda and South Sudan. Kenyan citizens
Between the increasing global food prices, and barriers to food access caused by climate change, conflict, and COVID-19; the levels of global hunger are rising at alarming rates. According to the United Nations (UN) report on The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, between 720 and 811
On December 24th, Libya is scheduled to hold parliamentary and presidential elections. The High State Council (HSC) has now recommended that the elections be pushed to February to minimize the risk of failure of the elections. These elections were scheduled following an agreement with the United Nations (UN), to return
On November 24th, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) received the first report of the B.1.1.529 variant of the coronavirus, also known as the Omicron variant. The WHO has declared this a variant of concern, and experts worry that there is an increased risk of reinfection and the possibility of
11,000 people fled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) this week in response to an increase in armed conflict in the country’s eastern area. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said that the majority of those fleeing the country were women and children and that
Lebanese Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, has called on the Information Minister, George Kordahi, to “listen to his conscience, take the position that should be taken and give priority to national interests.” This was a hint at the need for the Minister to resign from his position due to comments made
On October 18th, three children were killed, and 10 other civilians were injured in two airstrikes in Ethiopia. The airstrikes were carried out by Ethiopia’s government to destroy a communication facility run by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in Mekelle, the capital city of Tigray. The TPLF is a
The current conflict in Yemen is one of the greatest humanitarian crises of all time. Indeed, it is the most pressing one blighting our modern world. Since its beginning in 2014, at least 100,000 people have been killed and 4 million people displaced. In addition, the devastation of Yemeni agriculture
