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In Uganda, a pop star takes on a president, at his peril
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — In his red beret and jumpsuit the Ugandan pop star Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, better known as Bobi Wine, leads cheering campaigners down a street, punching the air and waving the national flag.…
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Ugandan pop star, a government critic, faces military court
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A pop singer and prominent critic of Uganda’s government was charged with unlawful possession of firearms in a military court on Thursday for his alleged role in clashes in which the…
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Mali’s president wins runoff vote with more than 67 percent
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita won a second five-year term in the turbulent West African nation with more than 67 percent of the vote in a runoff election, the Ministry of…
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New Amnesty leader slams Trump for breaking up families
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The new leader of Amnesty International says many world leaders, especially President Donald Trump, are rolling back gains made in respecting human rights, with the Trump administration’s separation of families at U.S.…
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Congo: International arrest warrant for opposition’s Katumbi
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s government says it has issued an international arrest warrant for opposition leader Moise Katumbi, who has been in exile since 2016. Justice Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba said Thursday that the…
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Zimbabwe court to hear opposition election challenge Aug. 22
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s ruling party and opposition say the Constitutional Court will hear the opposition’s challenge to the presidential election results on Aug. 22. Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa narrowly lost to President Emmerson…
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Mali’s president wins runoff election with more than 67 percent of the vote
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s president wins runoff election with more than 67 percent of the vote.
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Official: British PM to visit Kenya in first visit to Africa
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s foreign minister says British Prime Minister Theresa May will visit the country at the end of the month, in her first visit to Africa since becoming head of the U.K.…
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Zimbabwe president urges court to toss opposition challenge
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Lawyers representing Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa have filed papers urging the country’s Constitutional Court to throw out an opposition challenge to his election. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has said Mnangagwa and…
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New Amnesty International leader’s 1st move targets Zimbabwe
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Amnesty International’s new leader said Wednesday his first act is writing to Zimbabwe’s next president about the disappearance of activist Itai Dzamara: “Whoever leads the new government must move to undo the…
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Sex offender stripped of US citizenship, will be deported
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man who federal authorities say sexually abused his stepdaughter has been stripped of his United States citizenship and will be deported to Ghana. The News & Observer cites…
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In heart of West Africa, Burkina Faso faces rising extremism
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — The extremists approached the shepherd and made their intentions clear: They were seizing only the cattle owned by the deputy mayor of Burkina Faso’s rural commune of Deou and leaving…
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Uganda opposition figure held after anti-president protest
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A prominent opposition figure in Uganda has been detained after violent clashes Monday night that allegedly started when President Yoweri Museveni’s motorcade was pelted with stones, a military official said Tuesday.…
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Ethiopian special police force kills 41, official says
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — An Ethiopian official says a notorious special police force in the country’s Somali region killed 41 people and wounded 20 others as ethnic violence poses a challenge to the reformist…
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Congo’s top opposition parties talk possible joint candidate
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Six major opposition parties in Congo that have registered candidates for December’s long-delayed presidential election are discussing putting forward a joint candidate. Opposition leaders say in a statement that such a…
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