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South Sudan: Worlds Newest Country Will Persecute It’s LGBT Citizens

South Sudan: Worlds Newest Country Will Persecute It’s LGBT Citizens

7-25-11 By LGR World News Staff The world’s newest country, South Sudan, which came into formal existence earlier this month, has announced it will still be a criminal offense to…

Ghana Joins In On “Kill The Gays” Mania In Africa

Ghana Joins In On “Kill The Gays” Mania In Africa

21 July 2011 by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Ghana appears to want to one up the danger that lesbians and gays face in Uganda with leaders in that nation starting up…

South Sudan Becomes Nation #196

South Sudan Becomes Nation #196

07-09-2011 by Linda S. Carbonell   After more than 50 years of civil war, which cost over 2 million lives, the third largest country in Africa is now two independent…

Monaco Royals Headed For South Africa

Monaco Royals Headed For South Africa

07-04-2011 by Linda S. Carbonell It’s not a honeymoon trip, in spite of the timing. Prince Albert and Princess Charlene of Monaco will be arriving in Durban, South Africa, on…

Jolie, U.N. Refugee Chief Land In Lampedusa

Jolie, U.N. Refugee Chief Land In Lampedusa

06-19-2011 by Linda S. Carbonell Seventy miles northwest Tunisia is the 7.8 square mile island of Lampedusa, the southern-most portion of Italy. The normal population of the island is around…

Third Al-Qaida Leader Killed

Third Al-Qaida Leader Killed

06-11-2011 by Linda S. Carbonell There is an old saying that deaths come in threes. For al-Qaida, that saying has just come true. Following the killings of Osama bin Laden…

SA Uganda Ambassador Wants Hate Speech Ruling Overturned

SA Uganda Ambassador Wants Hate Speech Ruling Overturned

06/06/11-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Jon Qwelane, South Africa’s ambassador to Uganda, is planning on applying for rescission of the judgement by the Johannesburg Equality Court that found him guilty of…

Nigeria Shuts Down Human Trafficking Baby Factory

Nigeria Shuts Down Human Trafficking Baby Factory

06-02-2011 by Linda S. Carbonell Nigerian police rescued 32 pregnant teen-aged girls from a baby factory in the city of Aba. The girls would have had their babies seized and…