If I don’t pay her, she can’t be a sex worker, can she?

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

IRIN reports on African long haul truck drivers who entertain monogamous relationship with a girlfriend whilst they are on the road and their wife is a home. "I decided to have one girlfriend, because if you go out with so many women then you risk getting HIV or other diseases," ...

Of King, Cows, Virgins and BMWs

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

Once upon a time, in a far far away kingdom, there was a young king who had 13 wives, young and beautiful, more than 25 children, 20 new BMW, a personal Maybach with television, DVD player, a 21-speaker surround-sound system, fridge, cordless telephone and sterling silver champagne flutes, several palaces, ...

If the Church supported condoms…

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

Photo Credit: saveitforparts @ Flickr While visiting Sydney for World Youth Day, Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier explained that if the church had not instructed its followers to use condoms to slow the spread of HIV it was because such a call would make little difference The cardinal compared the situation in Uganda ...

Photoshock: Simonga, Zambia

Friday, July 18th, 2008

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Africa, HIV, The Church and the Gay Bishop

Monday, July 14th, 2008

The Guardian reports that “in an interview with the Ugandan publication the Daily Monitor, the Archbishop of Uganda, Henry Luke Orombi, said: "They [the progressive churches in the northern hemisphere] have money and will do whatever it takes to make sure that this vice [homosexuality] penetrates Africa. We have to ...