Sources: Human Rights Watch
The Government of Angola says that former President of Gabon Ali Bongo, along with former First Lady Sylvia Bongo Ondimba and their son Noureddin Bongo Valentin arrived last night in Angola, where they received asylum "for humanitarian reasons", days after their release from prison, where they had been since the 2023 coup. 2025-05-16
Five people are killed and eight others injured when police open fire on taxi drivers protesting against high fuel prices in Huambo, Angola. At least 34 others were arrested during the protest, which was in response to the government's decision to cut fuel subsidies. 2023-06-6
The Lulo Rose, a pink diamond, the largest in 300 years, is discovered at the Lulo mine in Lunda Norte Province, Angola. 2022-07-27
Thousands of people protest in Tunis against a government report on gender equality that proposes, among other things, to legalize homosexuality and to make the sexes equal in inheritance matters. 2018-08-11
The Russian Duma rejects a Communist Party bill banning homosexual expression. 2016-01-18
Angola becomes the first modern country to outlaw Islam, along with other religions unapproved by the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. Mosques are being destroyed. 2013-11-24
The same-sex couple, who recently came to international attention when they were convicted of homosexuality under a British colonial law, tell Malawi's "The Nation" that they have separated and that one of them now lives with a woman. 2010-06-9
President of Malawi Bingu wa Mutharika pardons a gay couple sentenced to 14 years in prison for "gross indecency and unnatural acts". 2010-05-29
U.S. defense secretary Robert Gates announces new rules that make it more difficult to expel gay service members. 2010-03-25
The Ugandan death penalty for homosexuality may be declared "not necessary". 2010-01-8