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Former Tunisian PM handed 34-year sentence, rejects ‘terrorism’ charges | Politics News
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Former Tunisian PM handed 34-year sentence, rejects ‘terrorism’ charges | Politics News

Former Prime Minister Ali Larayedh and the opposition Ennahdha party have denounced the trial as politically motivated. A Tunisian court has sentenced former...

Why does DRC want to end ex-President Kabila’s immunity for war crimes? | Joseph Kabila News
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Why does DRC want to end ex-President Kabila’s immunity for war crimes? | Joseph Kabila News

The army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) asked the Senate this week to revoke former President Joseph Kabila’s immunity from...

Uganda’s military chief says holding opposition activist ‘in my basement’ | Politics News
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Uganda’s military chief says holding opposition activist ‘in my basement’ | Politics News

Opposition leader says Eddie Mutwe’s abduction ‘a reminder to the world’ of breakdown in law and order in Uganda. Uganda’s military chief, the...

Global health funding faces worst crisis ‘in memory’, WHO chief says | Politics News
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Global health funding faces worst crisis ‘in memory’, WHO chief says | Politics News

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says contributions have fallen sharply across the board. The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has...

DRC seeks to lift ex-President Kabila’s immunity over alleged war crimes | Mining News
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DRC seeks to lift ex-President Kabila’s immunity over alleged war crimes | Mining News

Joseph Kabila denies charges of treason and war crimes amid escalating tensions in volatile eastern provinces. Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the...

Kenya’s pact of silence with its military is breaking | Protests
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Kenya’s pact of silence with its military is breaking | Protests

When the Kenyan government blocked the public screening of a BBC documentary investigating the military’s role in the killing of protesters, it was...

Kenya MP’s killing appears ‘targeted and premeditated’, police say | Politics News
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Kenya MP’s killing appears ‘targeted and premeditated’, police say | Politics News

Charles Ong’ondo Were had complained his life was in danger before attack, local reports say The fatal shooting of an opposition MP in...

Kenyan politician shot dead in his car in Nairobi
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Kenyan politician shot dead in his car in Nairobi

Police are investigating the killing of Kenyan MP Charles Ong'ondo Were, who was shot dead in his car in Nairobi.

African researchers are working to cure HIV, but US aid cuts are in the way | Health News
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African researchers are working to cure HIV, but US aid cuts are in the way | Health News

Patrick Arbuthnot was browsing his emails on what seemed like a normal workday in his lab in Johannesburg when he saw a strange...