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Pambazuka – Uganda to ban NGOs accused of promoting gay rights

June 29, 2012

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Pambazuka – Uganda to ban NGOs accused of promoting gay rights.

‘KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda said on Wednesday it was banning 38 non-governmental organisations it accuses of promoting homosexuality and recruiting children.

Homosexuality is illegal in Uganda, along with more than 30 other countries in Africa, and activists say few Africans are openly gay, fearing imprisonment, violence and losing their jobs.

Ethics Minister Simon Lokodo told Reuters the organisations being targeted were receiving support from abroad for Uganda’s homosexuals and accused gays and lesbians of “recruiting” young children in the country into homosexuality…

German court bans circumcision as assault on children via @independent_ie

June 29, 2012

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German court bans circumcision as assault on children via @independent_ie.

JEWISH and Muslim groups in Germany condemned a court ruling yesterday that deemed circumcision to be equivalent to grievous bodily harm.

The court in Cologne declared that the procedure violated a child’s “fundamental right to bodily integrity”. Religious groups claimed the ruling could lead to “circumcision tourism”.

The court said the right of the child outweighed that of parents in what legal experts said could be a landmark case.

Human trafficking – One of the great crimes of our age | Irish Examiner

June 22, 2012

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Human trafficking – One of the great crimes of our age | Irish Examiner.

The EC reported that hundreds of thousands of people are trafficked — kidnapped — in the EU every year. Women and men, boys and girls, invariably poor and vulnerable, are traded for sexual or labour exploitation, removal of organs, begging, domestic service, forced marriage, illegal adoption or other abuses.

Asylum is still a relevant issue in post-boom Ireland

June 20, 2012

Peter Singhatey Irish News Gambia, peter singhateh Leave a comment

Asylum is still a relevant issue in post-boom Ireland.

OPINION: On World Refugee Day, the UNHCR urges Ireland to update an asylum procedure that was adopted as a temporary measure six years ago

EACH YEAR on World Refugee Day, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees shines a light on the courage and perseverance of refugees around the world. Tragically, 2011 was a record year for forced displacement across borders, with more people becoming refugees than at any time since 2000.

allAfrica.com: Africa: What Does China Want in Africa?

June 20, 2012

Peter Singhatey African Center for Strategic Studies Africa, Gambia, People & Society, peter singhateh Leave a comment

allAfrica.com: Africa: What Does China Want in Africa?.

Recent stories about China’s growing interest in Africa are worth commenting on. For China, Africa is a source of cheap coal and oil, two vitally important resources for its energy needs. As for African states, China is the ideal commercial partner that seldom slaps special political pre-conditions upon its readily available suppliers, and regularly gives the continent diplomatic backing. …

United States’ new sub-Saharan African plan: trade not aid

June 20, 2012

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United States’ new sub-Saharan African plan: trade not aid.

The Obama administration is signalling that the US is changing the way it does the aid business, promoting bilateral trade rather than one-way grants and loans.

United States’ new sub-Saharan African plan: trade not aid

June 20, 2012

Peter Singhatey African Center for Strategic Studies Africa, Gambia, People & Society, peter singhateh Leave a comment

United States’ new sub-Saharan African plan: trade not aid.

The Obama administration is signalling that the US is changing the way it does the aid business, promoting bilateral trade rather than one-way grants and loans.

4,000 people from 110 countries delighted to receive Irish citizenship via @independent_ie

June 15, 2012

Peter Singhatey Irish News Gambia, People & Society, peter singhateh Leave a comment

4,000 people from 110 countries delighted to receive Irish citizenship via @independent_ie.

SOME had come looking for work and found love as well. Others had found love over the internet and crossed the ocean to settle in Ireland. How all of the 4,000 people who officially became Ireland’s newest citizens yesterday came to set foot on Irish shores may have varied. Yet, they all had something in common, they had already become just a little bit Irish.