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LGBT in Africa: 'Persecution at home made me an immigrant'
Faced with persecution, LGBT members in Africa are often left with no choice but to seek asylum in other countries.
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The Nigerian filmmakers risking jail with lesbian movie Ife
The film board in Nigeria, where same-sex relationships are banned, says the film violates strict laws on homosexuality.
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The Covid 'virus blockers' that do not do anything
BBC Africa explains the facts behind 'protective badges' that some politicians have been wearing.
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Nigerian porn star arrested 'for filming' at sacred Osun Osogbo ground
Nigerian Tobiloba Jolaosho was detained for recording at his country's revered Osun-Osogbo grove.
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Egypt’s organ traffickers: ‘I woke up screaming’
BBC Panorama talks to a crime gang that organises 20-30 illegal operations a week.
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Ugandan carrying child's severed head arrested outside parliament
He was stopped trying to enter parliament, but it is not clear what he was doing there.
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Paul Rusesabagina: Hotel Rwanda hero charged with terrorism
Paul Rusesabagina declined to enter any pleas in court but his lawyers denied the charges against him.
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Mercy Baguma: Woman who died with crying baby in Glasgow buried in Uganda
Mercy Baguma was found next to her crying baby - her case sparked criticism of Britain's asylum system.
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Khalifa Haftar's rival Libya government resigns after Benghazi protests
The headquarters of strongman Khalifa Haftar's government are torched in his eastern base of Benghazi.
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Nigeria's slave descendants prevented from marrying who they want
Campaigners fight to overturn customs and a caste system that discriminates against some Igbo people.
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Uganda and Tanzania sign $3.5bn oil pipeline deal
East Africa's first major oil pipeline is expected to create tens of thousands of jobs.
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Migrants allowed off Maersk tanker after 40 days at sea
The migrants land in Sicily after what the UN called "a diplomatic game of pass the parcel".
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Mali coup: Opposition rejects transition deal as 'power grab'
The country's military leadership is accused of ignoring demands made by other groups during talks.
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Letter from Africa: Behind Ghana and Nigeria's love-hate affair
Why the current tensions over the closure of some Nigerian-owned shops in Ghana should come as no surprise.
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Mali coup: Military agrees to 18-month transition government
The announcement follows a military coup in August which ousted the country's president.
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DR Congo gold mine collapse leaves 50 feared dead
Up to 50 people, "most of them young", may have been killed by the mine collapse in DR Congo.
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Nigeria's opportunity for return of Benin Bronzes
With European museums on the back foot following Black Lives Matter protests, the emphasis moves to Nigeria.
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Attenborough and the special moment fuelling his hope
Sir David Attenborough and the mountain gorillas that have won the fight against extinction.
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Several African countries hit by devastating floods
Millions of people have been affected by floods in sub-Saharan Africa; in Senegal a year's worth of rain fell in just 24 hours.
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Nigeria's Kaduna passes law to castrate child rapists
Lawmakers in Kaduna state want convicted rapists to be surgically castrated to prevent them raping again.
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