Members of the clergy and some human rights activists in Kenya have raised their objections to recommendations last week that homosexuality be de-criminalised in the East African country. The recommendations are proposed in a report on safeguarding sexual and reproductive health rights. The report, launched on Thursday, is as a…

South Africa’s LGBTI community has reacted strongly against a statement made by ANC MP and Congress of Traditional Leaders of SA (Contralesa) president Patekile Holomisa on the rights of gays and lesbians. …

Filed: Friday, May 4, 2012 Since the end of Apartheid and the inception of South Africa’s new constitution some twenty years ago, the country has been lauded for its lead on the entrenchment of anti-discrimination rights that renders it one of the few in the world to protect sexual orientation…

Nikita Ramkissoon | 08 May, 2012 13:21 The House of Traditional Leaders in South Africa is petitioning for the ‘sexual orientation’ clause to be removed from the bill of rights contained in Chapter 2 of the Constitution. The removal of the term will mean LGBTI citizens will face homophobic discrimination,…

Written by Ruth Olurounbi The African society views same-sex relationships as repulsive. Yet in Nigeria, homosexuals live among us. A few hide their status from the world's prying eyes, while the majority however do not care. Some of…