A Human Rights Watch report calls for an international inquiry into the killing of more 1,150 protesters which they say was planned "at the highest levels of the Egyptian ... Read more »
A new bill, tabled at parliament, proposes that any foreigner caught committing acts of homosexuality be stoned to death, while Kenyans will be jailed for life. Read more »
The government has denied claims that it is not able to foot the bill of deporting illegal immigrants arrested during operation Usalama Watch in April 2014. Read more »
Scores of gays marched in Entebbe town for the first gay parade to be held in the country since a court ruling overturned an earlier law passed by parliament. Read more »
After decades battling high maternal death rates, the government took a stand: it prioritized newborn and maternal health, and in 2005 it relaxed its abortion law in an effort to ... Read more »
A photograph of two white female students wearing domestic worker outfits and black paint on their faces has prompted the University of Pretoria to launch an investigation. Read more »
Amnesty International has implicated the military and Boko Haram of war crimes, including extrajudicial executions, and other serious human rights violations in the north-east of ... Read more »
The Law Society of Swaziland is taking on the kingdom's judiciary, arguing that King Mswati III has appointed judges in violation of the constitution. Read more »
According to the United Nations Refugee Agency, more than 100 Ugandans are seeking refuge in Kenya to escape extreme homophobia in their country. Read more »
A wide range of civil society organisations and coalitions are competing with business and other interests to promote their concerns at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. Read more »
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