James Mwape and Philip Mubiana, both 22, have been charged with four counts of committing “unnatural” sexual acts. Zambia is a socially conservative country and homosexual acts carry a jail sentence of up to 14 years. The government has resisted pressure from campaign groups and Western governments to scrap the law. Amnesty International called for […]
Bangladesh Jamaat leader, Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, sentenced to death
9 May 2013 by
Bangladesh Jamaat leader sentenced to death – Central & South Asia – Al Jazeera English.
Willie Manning granted a stay of execution
9 May 2013 by
A Mississippi man scheduled to be put to death on Tuesday was granted a stay of execution by the State Supreme Court, after the United States Department of Justice sent lawyers and officials involved in the case several letters disavowing the degree of certainty expressed by F.B.I. forensic experts at the man’s trial. About 2 […]
Indictment for killing unarmed Black teen may be thrown out
8 May 2013 by
Prosecutors may have improperly told jurors they did not have to consider what other officers told Haste. BRONX SUPREME COURT — A judge may throw out the indictment of the NYPD officer who shot and killed Ramarley Graham, based on a concern about the way the grand jury was instructed by the Bronx District Attorney’s […]
DNA available, testing denied, execution set for today
7 May 2013 by
Convicted double murderer Willie Jerome Manning, who has been on death row for nearly two decades, is set to be executed Tuesday, after being denied a DNA test that could save him from the execution chamber, the New York Times reports. In a 5-to-4 decision in April, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that there was […]
Residents of Makoko, a Nigerian “water” slum, fight for survival
5 May 2013 by
Authorities destroyed shacks, displacing hundreds, eight months ago. Of all Africa’s slums, Makoko in Nigeria known for its colour, canoes and poverty is one of the more unusual. It’s built on water. For generations the fishing community in Makoko built its homes over water. Makoko’s shacks on stilts are home to an estimated 250,000 people. […]
How Kiswahili stopped being the language of soldiers and prostitutes in Uganda
29 April 2013 by
For many decades Kiswahili was thought to be the language of the “whore” or the “warrior”. This is no more. It is now the language of the educated, the erudite and the entrepreneur. Click here to read the full story.