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Gambia
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Tourist paedophile nabbed in Gambia

afrol News, 25 August - A tourist from New Zealand has been arrested on suspicion of engaging in paedophilia activities in The Gambia, police confirmed.

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Congo Kinshasa
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India probes Congo sexual abuse

afrol News, 13 August - The Indian army has embarked on investigations into allegations of sexual abuse by Indian peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Africa records slow birth rate

afrol News, 11 July - A report published by the World Bank has noted a slow pace of birth rate in sub-Saharan Africa where the population is growing at a rate of 2.5% a year.

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Cameroon
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Cameroon guards killed 16 prisoners

afrol News, 30 June - At least 16 convicts were shot dead by prison guards in the Cameroonian port city of Douala during a jail-break attempt on Sunday.

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Egypt
Society | Gender - Women | Human rights | Health

Egypt lawmakers ban FGM

afrol News, 9 June - Egyptian parliamentarians at the weekend passed a legislation banning the age-old culture of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the country. Under the enacted law, those found guilty of practising FGM could be jailed between three months and two years plus a fine of US$ 900.

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» 27.05.2008 - Peacekeepers "abuse children"
» 13.05.2008 - Djibouti female genital cutting linked to poverty
» 08.05.2008 - DRC projects attract $60m
» 29.04.2008 - ICC unseals DRC warrant
» 28.04.2008 - Kenya army tortures civilians
» 28.04.2008 - ICC cries for Sudan arrests
» 23.04.2008 - Liberia still faces challenges
» 17.04.2008 - UN Congo mission lauded
» 09.04.2008 - 'Rebels beheaded my mother'
» 07.04.2008 - Niger sued over slavery laws
» 03.04.2008 - UN details Liberia violations
» 14.03.2008 - Makeba meets rape survivors
» 13.03.2008 - Genocide priest jailed for life
» 26.02.2008 - AU to diffuse Kenya deadlock
» 08.02.2008 - DRC: UN hails warlord's arrest
» 05.02.2008 - Renewed fight against FGM
» 24.01.2008 - Special Court hails Taylor trial
» 23.01.2008 - Prayer meeting ends in clash
» 21.01.2008 - ICC investigates CAR crimes
» 18.01.2008 - ODM set for economic boycott
» 15.01.2008 - Nigerian traffickers nabbed
» 20.12.2007 - Marriage scourge exposed
» 26.11.2007 - Mozambique: Respecting sex work
» 19.11.2007 - Congo sexual abuse probed
» 19.11.2007 - Somalis launch public gay site
» 05.11.2007 - Zambian First Lady urges women to demand safe sex
» 02.11.2007 - Amnesty seeks justice for Sierra Leone's conflict survivors
» 19.10.2007 - Cry for Ugandan gays
» 10.10.2007 - Joburg Pride magnetises thousands
» 08.10.2007 - Nigeria court bans satirical play
» 30.08.2007 - MALI: Child marriage a neglected problem
» 29.08.2007 - CAR crisis displaces 291,000
» 09.08.2007 - South African lesbians targeted for murder
» 03.05.2007 - Battle over sexual offences bill in Mauritius
» 23.04.2007 - SMS saves Burkinabe girl from forced marriage
» 05.04.2007 - Uganda legalises extra-marital sex
» 05.04.2007 - Eritrea criminalises FGM
» 16.03.2007 - "Alarming" HIV rise in young South African women
» 12.03.2007 - 42 Gambian sex workers jailed
» 09.03.2007 - Kenya's tourist coast attracts youths, sex workers
» 19.12.2006 - Activists scold Gambia for harassing prostitutes
» 19.12.2006 - Child sex booms with tourism in Kenya - UN
» 15.12.2006 - SA ruling party disowns whip over sex scandal
» 01.12.2006 - Gambia pounces on prostitutes
» 16.11.2006 - Egyptian minors sold for prostitution under guise of marriage
» 07.11.2006 - Gambian women cannot negotiate safe sex
» 19.10.2006 - Senegalese AIDS community cries in silence
» 02.10.2006 - 91% of young Cape Verdean males have high-risk sex
» 01.06.2006 - Tanzanian church still opposes condoms, sex education
» 24.03.2006 - Namibia considers legalising prostitution
» 01.08.2005 - Malawi rural men: "Having AIDS is macho"
» 24.01.2005 - Illegal abortions with alarming consequences in Malawi
» 01.12.2004 - Women's vulnerability focused on Botswana AIDS Day
» 09.11.2004 - Lutherans urge African women to speak about sex
» 21.10.2004 - South Africans disapprove of homosexuals, abortion
» 14.06.2004 - "Funky, punchy condoms" for South Africa
» 19.05.2004 - The Kenyan girlchild: "An endangered species"
» 01.12.2003 - Gender violence fuels African AIDS crisis
» 20.05.2003 - AIDS: "Women live with exhaustion, grief and depression"
» 30.04.2003 - Zambian govt responds to sexual abuse report

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