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Kenya Ban On Lesbian Romance Film Challenged
The Kenyan maker of a film about a lesbian romance has gone to court to challenge the constitutionality of its banning in her home country.
Wanuri Kahiu's film Rafiki could not be shown in Kenya because the Kenya Film Classification Board…
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Saying Goodbye To ‘A Proud African’
Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo has been speaking at the funeral service for the former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, which is taking place in Ghana's capital, Accra.
The president said that Mr Annan had "brought renown to our…
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South Sudan Leaders Reach ‘Final Final’ Deal
South Sudan warring parties have signed a final power-sharing agreement meant to end five years of civil war.
The ceremony on Wednesday evening in the Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, follows an agreement reached last month by President…
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UK Poisoning Suspects: ‘We Were Tourists’
Two men named as suspects in the poisoning of a Russian ex-spy in the UK claim they were merely tourists.
The men, named as Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, told the RT channel that they went sightseeing in Salisbury but returned to…
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US Hurricane A Looming ‘Disaster’
Hurricane Florence has been downgraded to a category two storm as it approaches the US but officials still warn of a "disaster at the doorstep".
Florence's winds may have dropped to 110mph (175km/h) but its slow-moving nature could mean it…
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Suu Kyi Defends Jailing Of Journalists
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi has defended the jailing of two Reuters journalists, despite international condemnation.
She said Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo had broken the law and their conviction had "nothing to do with freedom of expression at…
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Migrant Crisis: Scores Drown Off Libyan Coast
More than 100 migrants died in a shipwreck off the Libyan coastline earlier this month, an aid agency says.
Two rubber boats set off on 1 September but one of the vessels deflated and sank, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) says.
The 276…
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Hurricane Florence: Warnings of Life-Threatening Surge
Hurricane Florence, the most powerful storm to threaten the Carolinas in nearly three decades is expected to strengthen, say forecasters.
Officials warn there is a chance of "life-threatening inundation from rising water" over the next…
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Sri Lanka Women Selling Kidneys To Repay Loans
Sri Lankan war widows and women in former conflict zones are being forced to sell their kidneys to pay loan sharks, a UN expert said Tuesday, urging government intervention.
Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, the UN's independent expert on effects…
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Global Hunger Increasing, UN Warns
The number of people suffering from hunger has increased during the past three years, after years of decline, a UN report suggests.
According to the analysis, 821 million people globally were undernourished in 2017 - about one person in…
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