A growing number of social media users have turned their profile pictures purple — a move linked to a global campaign highlighting gender-based violence (GBV) and femicide. The online movement was launched by South African organisation Women For Change (WFC), which called for a nationwide “shutdown” on November 21, just …
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Burkina Faso’s unelected transitional parliament has passed a bill banning homosexual acts, a little over a year after a draft of an amended family code that criminalised homosexuality was adopted by the country’s cabinet. The new measure unanimously voted through on Monday imposes punishments of up to five years in …
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By: CNN President Emmanuel Macron has appointed Gabriel Attal, the 34-year-old French education minister, as the country’s youngest-ever prime minister, making history in both age and LGBTQ representation. Attal, a rising star in Macron’s Renaissance Party, previously enacted controversial policies as education minister and now faces the task of forming …
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On Friday, Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye delivered a vehement anti-gay diatribe, proposing that same-sex couples should face public stoning. He also criticized Western nations that pressure other countries to embrace gay rights, warning of aid withdrawal. Burundi, a conservative Christian nation in East Africa, criminalized homosexuality in 2009, imposing prison …
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The Lower Eastern Times Opening The Third Eye