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Uganda's Constitutional Court has annulled tough anti-gay legislation signed into law in February.It ruled that the bill was passed by MPs in December without...

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered the repossession of 70% of the land in Lamu, where there has been deadly violence since June.He said...

The South African cabinet has agreed to renew nearly all permits issued under the Zimbabwe Documentation Project.The special dispensation permits allowed about 270,000 previously...

A senior diplomat from the Philippines is flying to north Africa to supervise the evacuation of 13,000 citizens from Libya after a Filipino worker...

Cairo - A rights activist has called for including sex education in school syllabi to promote awareness among students and educate them on the...

Tunis - Tunisia cannot cope with any massive influx of refugees who might seek to enter the country from strife torn neighbouring Libya and...

Unknown gunmen kidnapped and raped a Filipina nurse Wednesday in the Libyan capital, medics and security officials said.The woman was seized early in the...

Sierra Leone's president has declared a public health emergency to curb the deadly Ebola outbreak.Ernest Bai Koroma said the epicentres of the outbreak in...

Liberia's government has announced that it is closing down all schools across the country to stop the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.Some communities...

Doctors in Ivory Coast say all measures are being taken to avoid Ebola spreading from neighbouring Liberia and Guinea, as the region struggles to...