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14 February 2012 Last updated at 13:24 ET

Uganda minister raids gay meetingKasha Jacqueline Nabagesera (Photo: Karen Veldkamp/Amnesty International )

A cabinet minister in Uganda, where homosexual acts are illegal, raids a workshop for gay activists and tries to arrest the organiser.

People cross a flooded road in the Sabotsy Namehana commune, north of Antananarivo on 14 February 2012 after Cyclone Giovanna hit MadagascarHuge cyclone batters Madagascar

A powerful cyclone bearing winds of up to 194km/h strikes the island of Madagascar, killing at least two people as it rips up trees and electricity pylons.

Nigeria anti-bomb officer killed

A Nigerian bomb disposal officer is killed when an explosive device he was trying to defuse went off, a police spokesperson says.

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