Countries Tunisia appeal seeks to decriminalise homosexuality Tunis – Tunisian lawyers and rights activists lodged an appeal on Thursday against the imprisonment of two men for same-sex... Read more 17 Dec, 2021
Countries Guinea-Bissau state media staff strike over pay Bissau – Guinea-Bissau state radio and television did not broadcast on Thursday, as public media employees started a three-day strike... Read more 17 Dec, 2021
Countries Two children die in Guinea after sexual assaults, rights groups say Dakar – Two girls, including a 3-year-old, have died in Guinea after being sexually assaulted, rights groups said, calling for... Read more 16 Dec, 2021
Countries Morocco court approves Uyghur extradition to China, says lawyer Rabat – A Moroccan court has ruled that a member of China’s Uyghur Muslim minority, Yidiresi Aishan, can be extradited... Read more 16 Dec, 2021
Countries ‘Beautiful laws’ fail South Africa’s queer migrants Johannesburg – Kenyan asylum seeker Pallo Mandela dreamt of freedom on his seven-day bus journey to South Africa. His... Read more 16 Dec, 2021
Benin Benin’s star slips as beacon of democracy after opposition leaders jailed Cotonou – Benin – once lauded as a poster child of good governance in West Africa – is facing... Read more 15 Dec, 2021
Politics Tanzania marks 60 years of independence as fears grow for freedoms Dar es Salaam – Tanzania marked its 60th independence anniversary on Thursday, with President Samia Suluhu Hassan hailing the country’s... Read more 9 Dec, 2021
Education Moroccan lecturers in ‘sex for good marks’ trials Rabat – Four Moroccan university lecturers appeared in court on Tuesday accused of trading good grades for sexual favours,... Read more 8 Dec, 2021
Politics Gambia’s Barrow vows term limits, reform as part of ‘legacy’ Banjul – Gambia’s newly re-elected President Adama Barrow pledged on Tuesday to introduce a presidential term limit before the end... Read more 8 Dec, 2021
World Tokyo to recognise same-sex partnership, says governor Tokyo – Tokyo will move to recognise same-sex partnerships, its governor said, becoming the largest city in Japan to... Read more 8 Dec, 2021