The University of Buckingham and their partners, Edulink, have decided to shut down Victoria University in Kampala, which they own. This is as a result of the proposed anti-gay ... Read more »
Mohamed Sabri, a freelance journalist, will be tried by before military court after filming a report in a Rafah military zone. Read more »
An appeals court has acquitted two men who were jailed for "looking gay" because they wore women's clothes. They are among numerous people who have faced persecution in the country ... Read more »
Suspected armed robbers attacked and raided three villages, killing at least seven people and wounding several in Zamfara State. Read more »
The Committee to Protect Journalists has spoken out against investigations by the government into independent newspapers accused of insulting the president or reporting false news. Read more »
Environmental organisation groundWork has nominated Lonmin as one of the world's worst companies of 2012. An inquiry is still under way after 34 miners were shot dead when police ... Read more »
A surge in violence between ethnic groups has displaced thousands of people, creating a serious humanitarian crisis, according to the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the ... Read more »
Despite a new constitution that grants equal rights to men and women, activists say discrimination has continued. Many women have joined hands to promote their rights and welfare. Read more »
People living with albinism face discrimination in many parts of Africa because they are "whites" born of black parents. For some Albinos in Cameroon, singing is a form of therapy ... Read more »
International organizations have said that the government's move to transfer thousands of Somali refugees to camps in northern Kenya could tip an urgent health and safety situation ... Read more »
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