interview

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is set to re-table a controversial anti-gay bill that was recently struck down by the country's constitutional court. The original version of the law passed in February, however it was overturned on a technicality this month. The law had punished gay sex with long prison terms and attracted criticism from Western aid donors. According to MPs backing a new version of the bill, the law will be watered down and focused on the threat of supposed homosexual recruitment of children. RFI’s Daniel Finnan spoke to Medard Bitekyerezo, a Ugandan MP supporting the new bill.

http://www.english.rfi.fr/africa/20140814-don-t-tamper-uganda-s-children-says-mp-backing-new-anti-gay-law

Don’t tamper with Uganda’s children, says MP backing new anti-gay law

In this episode, I'm joined by Allison Downing and Shane Thomas to talk about the recent events in Ferguson. 

The TechSupportRich Show Ep. 8 - Ferguson

Grace Mugabe, the First Lady of Zimbabwe, was awarded a doctorate in the Faculty of Social Studies at the University of Zimbabwe on Friday. Newsday, a Zimbabwe daily paper, notes that Mrs. Mugabe had previously struggled in the past to get a bachelor's degree. It added that no documents have been found yet that she recieved a Master's Degree, the second step to obtaining a PhD. RFI's Laura Angela Bagnetto spoke to Rejoice Ngwenya, the head of COMALISO, a public policy think tank in Harare, who says that issuing PhDs to politicians has been a trend in Zimbabwe of late:

interview

jjnm