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Top Headlines
- Uganda: MP Resurrects Anti-Gay Bill (Monitor)
- Egypt: Stop Holding NGOs Hostage (AI London)
- Uganda: Anti-Homosexuality Bill 'A Grave Assault On Human Rights' (AI London)
- Cameroon: Coup Charges Against Writer Dropped, Still Faces Military Tribunal (IFEX)
- Zimbabwe: Teachers Report Interrogation By CIOs Over Elections (SW Radio)
- Ghana: Bank Donates to the Akropong School for the Blind (GoG)
- Africa: French Journalists Detained, Thrown Out of Restive State (IFEX)
- Kenya: Disabled Blast TJRC Team for Skipping City Meeting (Nairobi Star)
- Kenya: Lobby Cries Foul Over Basic Rights (Nairobi Star)
- Uganda: Uganda Anti-Gay Bill 'Grave Assault' On Rights - Amnesty (Monitor)
- Uganda: What It Means to Undergo the Cut (Monitor)
- Kenya: Nation Leads in Abandoning Female Cut, Says UN Agency (Nation)
- Nigeria: Redemption Song (Leadership)
- Gambia: Gamcotrap Marks Universal Zero Tolerance to FGM (Daily Observer)
- Liberia: Children's Rights Are Human Rights (New Dawn)
- Congo-Kinshasa: Bemba Trial Continues in Closed Session (Bemba Trial Website)
- Zimbabwe: Sanctions Standoff (ICG)
- Angola: Inadec to Make Known Consumer Protection Law (ANGOP)
- Uganda: Locals in Diaspora to Mark Jubilee in Oslo (New Vision)
- Mozambique: Japanese Aid for Disaster Victims (AIM)
- Malawi: New Report Highlights Press Freedom Challenges (MISA)
- Somalia: Calls for Independent Probe of Journalist's Murder (IFJ)
- Egypt: Rights Activists At Risk of Prison (HRInfo)
- Liberia: President Sirleaf Launches Children's Law (Unicef)
- Central African Republic: Upcoming Prosecution Witness to Testify Via Video Link (Bemba Trial Website)
- Nigeria: Poisoning Epidemic Affects Thousands of Children, Says Rights Group (HRW)
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AfDB
- Agriculture Strategy to Focus On Drought Resilience Building Programme
- Kanu: Resource Requirements Are Needed By Sub-Saharan Africa's Agriculture Sector
- AfDB-IFPRI Stakeholder Consultation Meeting On Agriculture Biotechnology
ACBF
- ACBF Commits U.S.$ 2 million to Strengthening Capacity of the West Africa Monetary Institute
- ACBF Further Invests in Strengthening the Public Sector in West Africa
- ACBF's African Membership Increases Ethiopia Becomes the 36th African Member
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