Henrietta Rose-Innes says her Caine Prize-winning "apocalyptic" tale is about polarised South Africans in a crisis.

South African novelist Henrietta Rose-Innes wins this year's Caine Prize for African Writing.

A gay rights group in Nepal accuses the army of expelling a woman officer for being a lesbian.

Fluffy, funny and frankly outrageous to its fans, Sex and the City has long baffled a sizeable constituency of the TV-watching public - namely men. As the film of the show premieres in London, what is its appeal?

The Ugandan writer of a short story about lesbianism tells the BBC she is "excited" at winning the Caine Prize.

A leading Presbyterian minister criticises Ian Paisley Jnr for allegedly saying he is "repulsed" by homosexuality.

Martin McGuinness hits out at Stormont colleague Ian Paisley Jr for allegedly saying gay people "repulse" him.

Executive minister Ian Paisley Jnr is criticised for allegedly saying he was "repulsed" by homosexuals.

The BBC News website's Stephen Robb reports from the 60th Cannes Film Festival.

Islamic police in Nigeria's Kano State crack down on theatres in order to stamp out immoral behaviour.

A Nigerian woman alleged to have "married" four women last weekend in Kano State denies the allegations.

A Nigerian lesbian goes into hiding from Islamic police with the four women she "married" at a huge ceremony.

Ghana's government bans a conference for gay men and lesbians, saying it would offend Ghana's culture.

Should people be allowed to be gay or should it be illegal?

Strong and consistent opposition to homosexuality in Poland and other Eastern European states has prompted gay rights activists and politicians to plan a march through the Polish capital to challenge embedded attitudes. Jan Repa reports from Warsaw.

A novel by a young Saudi woman makes waves in Saudi Arabia.

The advertising watchdog's 10 most complained about items of 2006.

One of the United States' major post-war feminist leaders, Betty Friedan, dies at the age of 85.

National Archive records show censors in the 1930s were concerned about women finding out about lesbianism.

The advertising watchdog rejects over 600 complaints about posters promoting a TV series on lesbianism.