Homophobia is on rise in Uganda as the government seeks an Anti-Homosexuality Bill and the minister for ethics and integrity insists that it will be every citizen's duty under new laws to denounce anyone they suspect of being gay.

Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has accused President Robert Mugabe, of persecuting his party, MDC group, after a high-level EU delegation called for Zimbabwe's two main political parties to work together.