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Nigerian senator convicted, MPs beg for UK mercy
Lawmakers in Nigeria have appealed to the UK justice authorities to “temper…
South Africa’s National Assembly passes bill to make sign language official
A bill that will make sign language the twelfth official language in…
South Africa mulling law to indemnify Vladimir Putin
Ronald Lamola said there were a number of options they were looking…
Burkina Faso: Famous whistle blower released after 4 days in custody
A famous whistleblower in Burkina Faso, Wendpouire Charles Sawadogo, arrested and suspected…
Kenyan doomsday cult leader freed and rearrested
The leader of a Kenyan cult group and six others have been…
Uganda parliament waters down anti-gay law
Parliament in Uganda has watered down an anti-homosexuality bill that originally criminalised…
Uganda parliament passes harsh anti-LGBTQ bill mostly unchanged
Uganda's parliament on Tuesday passed one of the world's strictest anti-LGBTQ bills…
Kenyan cult leader’s wife arrested in coastal town
The wife of a Kenyan pastor who is scheduled to appear in…
Kenyan cult leader appears in court over mass deaths
The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult has appeared in court, after…
Al Jazeera journalist freed from pretrial detention in Egypt
An Al Jazeera correspondent has been released from about four years' pretrial…