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Category : Africa
Uganda's anti-gay law stands after top court rejects...
We bring you a week of political and social events from across the African continent. This week, Uganda's constitutional court threw...
Rwanda, 30 years on: France to recognise failure to...
How to prevent a genocide? Rwanda is marking 30 years since the slaughter of an estimated 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus. During...
Burkina Faso expels reporters from French newspapers...
Burkina Faso has expelled correspondents from France's 'Le Monde' and 'Libération' dailies, the newspapers said on Sunday, the latest...
South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius denied parole a decade...
South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius was refused parole on Friday after seeking early release from prison, a decade after...
Ugandan troops join regional force in DR Congo as...
Ugandan troops operating as part of an East African regional military force entered the east DR Congo border town of Bunagana on Friday,...
Seven years on, Ivorian beach resort of Grand-Bassam...
The Ivorian beach resort of Grand-Bassam, some 40 kilometres from Abidjan, has become the symbol of a tragedy – that of the first...
'Hotel Rwanda' hero Paul Rusesabagina arrives in US...
In tonight's edition: Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko is given a two-month suspended sentence in his libel trial. Also,...
Senegal opposition leader trial: Who is Ousmane Sonko?
More protests are expected in Dakar, Senegal today as opposition leader Ousmane Sonko is due in court on libel charges. Yesterday,...
'Hotel Rwanda' hero, released from prison, returns...
The man who inspired the film "Hotel Rwanda" has arrived in the United States, after being released from prison in Rwanda last week....
Lagos: Artist Adebayo Ayodeji keeps Yoruba drimming...
In Lagos, a Nigerian artist is harking back to the rythms of heritage by getting kids to learn the traditional percission of the Yoruba...
War crimes in Libya: UN calls for urgent end to human...
This week, a UN backed fact finding mission in Libya released it's final report on Human rights in the country. After three years...
Nigeria's 'coconut head generation': Documentary debunks...
In Nigeria, a phrase is said to be used by some older people to describe the younger cohort. They call them the "coconut head generation":...