France’s Senate gave its final approval on Wednesday to a bill defining rape and other sexual assault as any non-consensual sexual act, a move that comes after the landmark drugging and rape trial that shook France and turned Gisèle Pelicot into a global icon. Senators voted 327-0 in favor of the bill, with 15 abstentions. The bill was presented in January following the conviction of 51 men for the rape and abuse of Gisèle Pelicot in a case which spurred a national reckoning over rape culture in France. Marie-Charlotte Garin and Véronique Riotton, lawmakers for the Greens and President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist...
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At his book lunch in 2010, Mobolaji Johnson, spoke about how for 8 years as governor of Lagos between May 28, 1967 and July 1975, he could not build a house of his own. He was the very first governor of Lagos.
At the event attended by the owner of Ethnic African Stories, he also spoke of how he was ejected from Lagos House, his official residence within 24 hours after the Murtala Mohammed cøup of 29 July, 1975 and how he had to be rescued by a few friends and firms including Julius Berger, the German construction giant. Here is his touching words at the event: “Many of you may not know that when the cøup happened in 1975, I had nowhere to move when we were asked to move from our residence within a week. I had nowhere to move...
Lt. Governor Of Virginia Winsome Earle-Sears Seeks Prayer Support For “People Of Jamaica And The Caribbean Region” After Hurricane Melissa
“As Hurricane Melissa begins its landfall in Jamaica, we humbly ask the Lord for protection, strength, and mercy over all those in the storm’s path. “Join me in praying for the people of Jamaica and the Caribbean region”










