Yesterday, two Malawian men, Steven Monjeza, 26, and Tiwonge Chimbangala, 20, were convicted of performing "unnatural acts and gross indecency" by engaging in a gay relationship, and sentenced to 14 years hard labour by a Malawian Court. Not only is the verdict of the Malawian court unjustifiable, but the sentence handed down to the two men is wholly disproportionate to their perceived "crime", espec...

25th May 2010

Today is a symbolic day that must focus our attention on celebration as well as stock taking.

It has been just more than 50 years since the first president of a post-colonial African state, Kwame Nkrumah said, "Freedom is not something that one people can bestow on another as a gift. They claim it as their own and none can keep it from them".

Since then Africa, state by state, has systematically claimed its freedom from its colonizers. Sadly many of these states have take...