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The international human rights group, Human Rights Watch, has accused President Yoweri Museveni's government of promoting 'state homophobia' in Uganda and urged the repeal of a colonial-era... 2007-09-05

Kenyan Muslims vowed on August 31 to hold weeks of protests against what they call arbitrary arrests, illegal deportation, torture and harassment suffered in the country. The vow... 2007-09-05

Sudan has delayed until February a national census seen as crucial to the success of democratic elections and a vote on secession for the oil-rich south, according to the United Nations.... 2007-09-05

The DRC and Ugandan governments may have largely patched up their differences for the time being, but significant pressure points continue to exist inside the DRC's own borders, which... 2007-09-03

The ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) is now enjoying better relations with the international community than it has done since the disputed elections... 2007-09-01

The Tanzanian government has recently received praise for making progress on gender issues. Two new reports have been published by the International Financial Corporation (IFC), a... 2007-08-30

The resumption of peace-talks between the government and the Lord's Resistance Army is in for another delay, which the latter attribute to their failure to raise US$2mn to fund travel... 2007-08-01

The political and security environment continues to deteriorate, particularly in the eastern provinces, where the situation is arguably at its most volatile since mid 2004, when Tutsi... 2007-07-27

Tanzania is to close all of its refugee camps by the end of this year and will repatriate approximately half a million refugees. It is thought that the closure of the 10 camps will... 2007-07-05

Following a peace deal which was mediated last year by Eritrea, former east Sudan rebels have left their camps and have been deployed to designated sites around main towns, where... 2007-07-04