The practice of sacrifice has claimed the lives of many innocent children. The Police report of 2008 alone indicated that ritual murders rose by 80% from the previous years. Media reports hit the headlines daily reporting ritual sacrifice. Today in Uganda, it is commonly believed that for one to gain wealth, they need human ritual sacrifice. Please keep alert Ugandans, as a changing world comes with changing vices.

Over forty African civil society organizations, in a statement released on the 28th of January 2010, expressed their deep concern at the imprisonment and prosecution of Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga under provisions of Malawi's penal code criminalizing private sexual behavior. They called on the Malawian government to drop all charges...

What a kind of life do young people in Tanzania have -- and maybe in East Africa if not Africa at large? Maybe Tanzanian youth symbolises all of them, in life styles and systems. Uneducated young people are looking for opportunities to study, and those who totally fail to get the chance for schooling are sick and worried about why they lacked a golden...

It is so sad to see and hear about journalists in Zambia not being part of the team that covers the Zambian President when he travels outside the country. This is apparently because of financial constraints. Some media houses also say that only certain media houses with a particular viewpoint get access to the President. I took it a step further and caught up with Mr Dickson Jere,...

The culture of silence amongst African lesbians has been an area of concern and interest to me as everything that happens or affects the lesbian community, always boils down to the fact that it is very difficult for us to speak our true feelings. l’d like to start from the beginning of time, when a girl child is born into a family. Silence is golden, but is it worth it?

A peaceful march to commemorate Africa Human Rights Day on 21 October 2009 was marred when the police prevented activists and ordinary Zimbabweans from marching. This was a rather disturbing and sad development signaling an insult to Zimbabweans’ constitutional liberties. The march, facilitated by ZimRights and the Zimbabwe NGO forum...

We love because he first loved us. If anyone says,"I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. And he has given us command:Whoever loves God must also love his brother.
(1 Jonh 4:20)

“Keith challenged all of us. He recognised in each of us, our individual moral weaknesses, our flaws and doubts, and he went for the jugular. In doing so he forced us to confront the parts of ourselves in need of examination and scrutiny, forced us to question, the way the world is, everything. He had a fearlessness in his convictions that bordered on the reckless, and the

A Copperbelt University student has committed suicide in Kitwe’s Riverside Extension. A CBU student hanged himself on Tuesday 26th January at his parents home after the Zambia National Football Team went down 4 -5 in a post-match penalty shoot-out with the Super Eagles of Nigeria. The student was complaining about why Zambia’s defender failed to convert the penalty that lost them the game.

ZAMBIA has become one of the seven countries worldwide, most seriously affected countries by HIV. This is according to the recently released Zambia Demographic and Health Survey statistics. According to the final report released by the Zambia National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council, almost 1.6 percent of the adult population becomes newly infected each year.

The former Prime Minister of Britain, Neville Chamberlain, stated in 1937, “For any government deliberately to deny to their people what must be their plainest and simplest right (to live in peace and happiness without the nightmare of war) would be to betray their trust and call down upon their heads the condemnation of all mankind.” He further stated, “I do not believe that such a government anywhere exists among civilized peoples..."

The debate of 50%+1 currently before National Constitutional Conference (NCC) is one of the most regretful moments of this constitution making process. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of whether this nation shall have a constitution that begins with “We the people” or “We the government in power.” The magnitude of this subject demands that the commissioners quickly go back to the people they are representing

Women of Uganda Network with support from the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP–EU (CTA), holds a bi-annual event called the Lango Forum on e-agriculture. This event is held twice times in a year in Apac District, Northern Uganda. This year the third Lango forum on e–agriculture will be held on the 18th February 2010.

I have traveled to almost all parts of Uganda but never have I seen a rural area which has basic needs for a normal living like Wainah Village in Mayuge District, in Busoga Region. What I call basic needs for a normal living are shelter, clothing, good roads, safe water, schools, hospitals or health centres and not forgetting about enough food. People in Wainah can either afford or have them by just the fact that they are located in the right place.

UGANDA: Following this year’s theme for Worlds Aids day, which calls for Universal Access and Human Rights, Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) has demanded non discriminatory HIV and Aids approaches to health care for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) people in Uganda.
 
“LGBTI people living with HIV and Aids have been victims of human rights violations based on their sexual orientation, and this is a battle yet

Army offficers from the Tanzania People's Defence Force (TPDF) are accused of hitting to death a son of the late chief, Fundikira. According to the local media three TPDF officers punched Swetu Fundikira to death after he overtook the car they were driving, and he refused to give them the right of way. Various cases are reported from these fellows who are recruited specifically for maintaining peace, ensuring the security of people...

What a kind of life do young people in Tanzania have -- and maybe in East Africa if not Africa at large? Maybe Tanzanian youth symbolises all of them, in life styles and systems. Uneducated young people are looking for opportunities to study, and those who totally fail to get the chance for schooling are sick and worried about why they lacked a golden...

The Tanzanian development NGO TaTEDO implemented a number of projects in Sumbawanga District, Rukwa region, over the two weeks from from 27th November to 16th December 2009. This included the installation of a Multifunctional Platform/ Energy Service Platform (MFP/ ESP) at Laela Village, located at Laela ward in Sumbawanga District Council. This represents the continuation of a series of installation of MFPs for better access to energy and rural electrification systems

During Christmas day, our beloved ones living abroad used to send us some pair of shoes no matter what size fits you. It was like a comedy show as we walked to church. Everybody had a new walking style. Some would limp; some would walk as if they were preventing their shoes from leaving their legs. Some of us wore sandals for the first time.

Over forty African civil society organizations, in a statement released on the 28th of January 2010, expressed their deep concern at the imprisonment and prosecution of Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga under provisions of Malawi's penal code criminalizing private sexual behavior. They called on the Malawian government to drop all charges...

SWAZILAND: The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) has accused the media and the public of ‘trying and convicting’ Thulani Rudd, accused of murdering the woman she was engaged to, before the investigation has even been completed. This, after Rudd (37) was arrested while entering Swaziland on 29 December 2009 and charged with the murder of Pitseng Vilakati (22) who was found dead with a stab wound to her neck...

As the 2010 Soccer World Cup approaches, expected to bring an influx of gay tourists to South Africa, Health4Men, a health centre for men who have sex with men (MSM) in Cape Town has urged entertainment venues in all cities to promote responsible sex among gay men. Themed Responsible Sex Promotion by Gay Venues, this initiative is targeting night clubs making available free condoms, lubricant sachets,

With only six months until South Africa hosts the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the nettlesome question of how to deal with sex workers looms. "There are actually almost no sex work programmes in place at the moment," said Marlise Richter, a sex work researcher and member of the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC). She was speaking at a recent consultation in Cape Town on HIV, sex work and the World Cup.

Moçambique já conta com uma linha telefónica para a recepção de denúncias de abuso, exploração e todas as formas de violação dos direitos das Criança. A linha telefónica gratuita, 116, foi lançada no dia 16 de Novembro, Dia Mundial de Prevenção contra o Abuso de Crianças.O serviço ora lançado é baseado no lema “juntos encontramos a solução”, e pretende

Maputo é uma das mais belas cidades capitais africanas. É tida como a cidade das acácias, que não somente oferecem sombra aos citadinos como conferem uma beleza ímpar com o seu verde, tornando a cidade diferente de muitas cidades africanas e até do mundo! Maputo tem ainda o privilégio de ser banhado pelo Índico, possuindo uma orla marítima excelente, ponto de atraccão

O Desafio Das Mudacas Climaticas Em MOÇAMBIQUE. As alterações no clima resultantes da emissão, para a atmosfera, de gases com efeito de estufa constituem uma das principais preocupações do Homem à escala global. Com efeito, todas as atenções estão viradas para a 15ª Conferência das Partes (COP-15) da Convenção - Quadro das Nações Unidas sobre.....

A Rede CAME – Rede contra Abuso de Menores em parceria com a Associação Livre de Mahubo promoveram, recentemente, na provincia de Maputo uma formação em permacultura (cultura permanente) que beneficiou 46 pessoas, entre técnicos, camponeses, gestores e oficiais de projectos provenientes das diferentes províncias de Moçambique. O curso foi realizado em ...