The fourth African Regional Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family Values and Sovereignty is convening in Accra, Ghana, this week. There, parliamentarians and civil society leaders from across Africa will seek to respond to the many contemporary challenges affecting African families, cultural identity, and national sovereignty. Topping the agenda at the conference will be a discussion of...

This week, Uganda’s Parliament is considering a bill that would profoundly erode religious freedom protections in the country. The ‘Qadhis Courts Bill,’ published in the Uganda Gazette on February 27, 2026, has been presented as a measure to adjudicate family law disputes through Sharia law. In reality, the bill would establish a nationwide system of...