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Ugandan court backs government’s refusal to register LGBT organisation
A Ugandan court on Tuesday dismissed a petition by an LGBT advocacy group seeking to compel the government to register...
Read moreDetailsDeath of young Guinean shines spotlight on conditions at Italy’s migrant detention centres
Pressure is building on authorities in Italy to close the notorious Ponte Galeria migrant detention centre near Rome where a...
Read moreDetailsNew $1.3 billion energy fund for transmission links across Southern Africa
The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) and investment advisers Climate Fund Managers on Tuesday launched a new $1.3 billion target...
Read moreDetailsGhana: Finance ministry warns country stands to lose $3.8B over controversial anti-LGBTQ bill
Ghana's finance ministry has warned the country stands to lose a substantial amount of financing from international banks estimated at...
Read moreDetailsICC judges allow in absentia hearings for charges against Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony
Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday ruled that prosecutors can bring a hearing on charges against fugitive...
Read moreDetailsZimbabwe launches an emergency polio vaccination campaign in response to occurrences of the disease linked to a rare mutation
Zimbabwe began an emergency campaign to inoculate more than 4 million children against polio on Tuesday after health authorities detected...
Read moreDetailsSouth Africa asks World Court to find Israeli occupation illegal
South Africa on Tuesday urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to issue a non-binding legal opinion that the Israeli...
Read moreDetailsUK parliamentary watchdog says plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda incompatible with human rights
The British government's plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is "fundamentally incompatible" with the U.K.'s...
Read moreDetailsKenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie charged with 191 murders
A cult leader in Kenya has been charged with murder after more than 400 bodies were found buried in shallow...
Read moreDetailsBurkina Faso becomes 2nd African country to include malaria vaccine in immunization program
On February 5th, Burkina Faso became the second country in the African Region to integrate the malaria vaccine into its...
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