Politics and society

Sex outside marriage and homosexuality will be banned at the next FIFA World Cup which will take place from November 21 to December 18, 2022 in Qatar. For this world celebration of football, only married couples will be able to afford moments of sexual pleasure. Sexual relations for unmarried people …

The English language will replace the French language from the primary cycle in Algeria, the presidency announced in a press release on Sunday. This is the result of the work of the Council of Ministers which took place under the leadership of the Head of State, Abdelmadjid Tebboune. The decision …

Two people died and six others injured when suspected militants opened fire on a bus in southwestern Rwanda, Reuters reported, citing a police source. Saturday’s attack, which killed the bus driver and a passenger, was carried out by the National Liberation Front (FLN), the armed wing of the anti-government Movement …

US President Joe Biden signed an executive order to protect LGBTQ+ people from laws in force in Republican-controlled states. To this end, a reception was organized this Wednesday at the White House in honor of LGBTQ+ people. “My message to all young people: just be who you are, you are …

Tetraplegic for 12 years, a 40-year-old died peacefully at home after receiving the lethal drug and a self-injection device in Italy, a first in the country. The Luca Coscioni Association, which campaigns for the right to assisted suicide and euthanasia, has received funds to provide this 40-year-old with the device …

Zimbabwean nurses’ unions called on their members to go on strike next week to protest low pay and demand better working conditions. “Our members will not be able to turn up for duty starting on Monday June 20,” Zimbabwe Professional Nurses Union president Robert Chiduku said. The government and health …

The World Health Organization (WHO) is procuring thousands of monkeypox tests for Africa and working to ensure Africa has equitable access to vaccines when needed, the WHO director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti. Dr Moeti said eight countries in Africa including Nigeria, Cameroon and Democratic Republic of Congo where it is …

The powerful Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) union said all international flights to and from the country will be canceled on Thursday as part of a nationwide strike to protest President Kais Saied’s policies. The UGTT trade union is demanding salary rises for employees in the public sector after a …

The World Health Organization (WHO) is working with experts to come up with a new name for monkeypox, its director general , Dr Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus, said. It comes after more than 30 scientists wrote last week about the “urgent need for a non-discriminatory and non-stigmatising” name for the virus …

A Zimbabwean freelance reporter working for the New York Times was on Tuesday convicted and fined after he was accused of obtaining fake accreditation documents for two of the U.S. newspaper’s journalists on a visit. Jeffrey Moyo, a 37-year-old Zimbabwean, spent three weeks in jail last year and his trial …