BOTSWANA’S OWN MISS CALIFORNIA
Sumaiyah Marope, a business student from Gaborone, has been crowned Miss Botswana 2009 despite her anti-gay comments.
UK AGAINST BURUNDI’S ANTI-GAY LAWS
Britain’s international development minister Ivan Lewis has spoken out against Burundi’s decision to adopt a law which criminalises gay sex.
RUSSIA FACES UN COMPLAINT OVER PRIDE
The United Nations Human Rights Committee has given Russia six months to explain why it banned a picket by gay activists in Moscow.