Women are pushing for donor investment in projects that will that ensure women get an equal share of development as the country maps out its economic future. Read more »
Bostwana's President Ian Khama says he regrets the AU's decision "not to cooperate with the ICC over indictments and arrest warrants", calling it a "serious setback in the battle ... Read more »
A major challenge facing Libya as it emerges from a civil war will be reconciling and integrating minorities accused of killing residents of Misrata on behalf of deposed leader ... Read more »
U.S. President Barack Obama (file photo): The leader's call on agencies to protect and promote the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons abroad, has ... Read more »
MP David Bahati said Uganda will not accept any aid with homosexuality attached as a condition. Read more »
Exiled Rwandan journalist Charles Ingabire, an outspoken critic of the Rwandan government, was killed in the Ugandan capital of Kampala. Read more »
Tradition has triumphed over law as hundreds of girls, some as young as eight years old, faced the knife in a procedure that is internationally loathed and outlawed. Read more »
A Kenyan judge's ruling that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is subject to arrest if he visits Nairobi has triggered a confrontation between the two countries, with Bashir ... Read more »
Although at first glance male circumcision may not be the most obvious entrée to get people talking about gender equality, activists in the Western Cape in South Africa are ... Read more »
The country's Senate today passed the Same-Sex Prohibition Bill which stipulates a 10 to 14 year jail term for offenders - Senate president David Mark says marriage between same ... Read more »
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