Police in Uganda have prevented women from marching through the streets of the capital, Kampala, in protest at new laws…
A Zambian court has acquitted a human rights activist on charges of promoting homosexuality, in a ruling hailed as a…
When Parliament of Uganda spent one billion shillings on procuring iPads for Legislators, Speaker Rebecca Kadaga justified it saying the…
The Nigerian president has defended the army's efforts against Islamist militants in the north, after over 200 civilians died in…
Egypt's interim Prime Minister Hazem Beblawi has unexpectedly announced the resignation of his government. He gave no reason in his televised…
South Africa’s retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu urges Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni not to sign into law the harsh Anti-Homosexuality Bill…
President Yoweri Museveni is asking the US to advise Uganda's scientists about homosexuality, as he considers whether to sign a…
A huge car bomb has exploded at the gate of Somalia's presidential palace, followed by a fierce gun battle inside,…
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe who turns 90 on Friday says there is no need to talk about his succession because…
A court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has imposed a life sentence on a British former soldier for killing…