Kenya's gay sex ruling divides opinion
The Kenyan High Court has rejected a challenge to laws criminalising homosexuality
Kenya's High Court has ruled that the ban on gay sex should remain in place. The judges say that although they respect changes in other countries around the world, it is their duty to respect prevailing Kenyan values.
Plus, why is Central African Republic still racked by conflict despite the February peace deal?
And the Zimbabwean woman redefining disability, despite being born with incomplete limbs.
(Photo: LGBT activists arrive to attend a court hearing in the High Court in Nairobi on February 2019. Credit: SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images)
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