Headlines: France Proposes Extension of Muslim Headscarf Ban Egyptian Government Offers Muslim Brotherhood Ministerial Posts Rebels Gain Control of Government Air Base in Syria Wary of US' 'Asia Pivot' Strategy, China Keeps Eye on Kerry's Pakistan Visit Details: France Proposes Extension of Muslim Headscarf Ban France's official council promoting integration has struck a raw nerve by proposing that Muslim headscarves, already banned in the civil service and state-run schools, also…

Event: The Standard Newspaper of 1st August 2013 reported that the National Association of Human Rights Activists (NAHRA) now wants all laws that discriminate lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) repealed. The association admitted that LGBTI persons were on the increase in the country and it is time their rights were recognized. Association chairman Ken Wafula expressed concern over laws that inhibit the rights of the LGBTI. Commentary: The…

UK journalist and feminist campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez began receiving a barrage of online abuse after the Bank of England announced author Jane Austen would feature on the next £10 note - which had been the goal of her most recent campaign.  She reported receiving around "50 abusive tweets an hour" with graphic rape and death threats, saying that she was made to left feeling ‘under siege'. A debate has ensued: …

I had just over five minutes to address a diverse audience about the overnight killing of protesters in Rabaa Al-Adawiya in Cairo. The news from Egypt had made this a sad day. Some reports said over 120 people had been killed in Rabaa Al-Adawiya, many of them Morsi supporters. A few hours before, just after fajr, early news was trickling through of some deaths in Cairo but it did not…