TV Schedule
Africa 54: UN Urges Review Of Uganda’s Anti-LGBTQ Law, Sudan Fighting Rips Town Apart and More
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights says that Uganda's anti-LGBTQ bill violates the constitution and urges the country's judiciary to review it. As Intercommunal violence and fighting intensifies in Sudan's Western Darfur, witnesses who have escaped the city of Geneina say their hometown is being ripped apart. And in D-R-C, a homemade innovation, commonly known as Chukudus has become the backbone of the local transportation system worthy of a monument in the city of Goma. These and much more on today’s Africa 54.
Aid to the Horn of Africa & Anti-Gay Legislation in Africa
On this episode of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams talks to United States ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield about humanitarian assistance for the Horn of Africa. Also, Uganda has signed into law the “Anti-Homosexuality Bill” and has members of the LGBTQ+ community and activists concerned about a possible domino effect such legislation might have to other countries on the continent. Erin Kilbride, researcher with the Human Rights Watch, and Livingstone Sewanyana, founder and executive director of the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative, join for an in-depth discussion.
