Christmas 2023 happened under a heavy cloud of contestation in Kenya as the Archbishop of Nairobi rejected the pope’s edict requiring priest to bless gay couples as the Vatican had directed on December 18^th. As we await for the New Year, concerns of whether Christmas or the church will maintain its historical sense is pertinent, amidst Neoliberals’ Legitimizing Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transsexuals, and Queer (LGBTQ) movement. Similarly, the question of whether societies will continue creating people capable of reproducing, with stable sexual and religious identities…

We sincerely wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2024! The passing year of 2023 has been filled with many challenges and difficulties. Crises in the political process in a number of regions of the world led to armed confrontations, terrorist acts and exacerbated the already difficult economic and energy situation in many countries…

The last year was marked by a number of important events that NEO’s been covering daily due to the valiant effort of all of our authors. The ongoing armed conflicts — that is the outcome of the short-sighted policies employed by certain countries...