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COMMENTARY: ‘Little that is genuinely African’ at African Family Values conference  Alban Bagbin, the speaker of Ghana’s parliament, announces the suspension of proceedings from June 3 to 6 to allow parliament members to attend the 4th African Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family and Sovereignty, which will be held in the Parliamentary Chamber. The LGBTQ rights advocacy group Rightify Ghana commented: As the …

COMMENTARY: ‘Little that is genuinely African’ at African Family Values conference  Alban Bagbin, the speaker of Ghana’s parliament, announces the suspension of proceedings from June 3 to 6 to allow parliament members to attend the 4th African Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family and Sovereignty, which will be held in the Parliamentary Chamber.The LGBTQ rights advocacy group Rightify Ghana commented:As the Parliament of …

What was meant to be a glowing State House photo-op has instead exposed the deep anger many Ugandans are harbouring against telecom giant MTN Uganda. President Yoweri Museveni, today, Thursday 12 Feb. 2026, hosted MTN Uganda Chairman Charles Mbire and the company’s top executives—CEO Sylvia Mulinge and GM Corporate Services Enid Adroma— at State House, Entebbe. Shortly after the meeting, …

Kampala — Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s Court has remanded city lawyer Hassan Male Mabirizi to Luzira Prison on charges of spreading malicious information and hate speech against Chief Justice Dr. Flavian Zeija and Court of Appeal Justice Musa Ssekaana. Mabirizi in court today Mabirizi appeared before Grade One Magistrate Ritah Kidasa but declined to take plea, arguing that he did …

Commentary from Barbados: Freedom of speech is no excuse for violent anti-transgender threats Graham Linehan (Photo courtesy of the BBC) In the wake of the arrest of anti-transgender Irish comedian Graham Linehan for urging women to kick trans women in the genitals, trans activist Alexa D V. Hoffman writes that anti-trans commentators are falsely defending hate speech as it were …