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Society Human Rights Watch lauds Malawi on homophobic law moratorium Malawi's Justice Minister and Attorney General Ralph Kasambara last week told a public debate on minority rights that the police have been ordered not to arrest anyone suspected of engaging in homosexuality. Malawi's buggery, gross indecency and carnal knowledge against the order of nature laws are some of the toughest homophobic laws in the world. Anyone convicted under these laws can get up to 14 years in jail with hard labour.

Politics Formation of new party by Jumbe not solution to Malawi's problems--Chinsinga The announcement came after leadership wrangles in UDF between Jumbe’s faction and that of Secretary General Kennedy Makwangwala which organized and staged the national convention where Atupele Muluzi was elected the party’s national chairperson and presidential candidate for 2014 presidential elections. But Chancellor College political scientist Chinsinga said the party will augment political bickering between the leadership of the two parties.

Politics New UDF leader Atupele faces challenges as seasoned MPs fail to win positions

Politics UDF gears up for convention; Dossi ready to take on Atupele, Ntafu

Rwanda - “A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot” These investigations came after the World Bank discovered that the Government of Rwanda (RPF) is worth hundreds of millions of US dollars. Reliable Sources from the Rwandan intelligence have reported that his killing was planned and carried out by Rwandan service men due to his knowledge of where the money had gone and the risk of him giving information to the IMF and the World Bank.

Egypt - Egypt's prosecutor defies President Morsi order calling for his ouster CAIRO  - Egypt's prosecutor general on Thursday defied his president's order to step down to defuse public anger over acquittals in a case of brutality against protesters during last year's uprising that topped the regime of Hosni Mubarak. Critics accused President Mohammed Morsi of exceeding his mandate.

Biographies - Biography Frederick Chiluba April 30, 1943 – June 18, 2011) was a  Zambian  politician who was the second President of Zambia  from 1991 to 2002. Chiluba, a trade union leader, won the country's multi-party presidential election in 1991 as the candidate of the  Movement for Multiparty Democracy  (MMD), defeating long-time President  Kenneth Kaunda . He was re-elected in 1996. As he was unable to run for a third term in 2001, former Vice President  Levy Mwanawasa  instead ran as the MMD candidate and succeeded him. After leaving office, Chiluba was the subject of a long investigation and trial regarding alleged corruption; he was eventually acquitted in 2009