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Ugandan: At least 41 killed in rebel attack on Ugandan school near Congo border
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Ugandan: At least 41 killed in rebel attack on Ugandan school near Congo border

KAMPALA: Ugandan authorities recovered the bodies of 41 people, including 38 students, following an attack by suspected rebels on secondary school near the border with…

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Somalia: Six civilians killed in Somalia hotel siege
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Somalia: Six civilians killed in Somalia hotel siege

MOGADISHU: Six civilians were killed and 10 wounded in a six-hour siege by Islamist Al-Shabaab militants at a beachside hotel in Somalia‘s capital Mogadishu, police…

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Somalia: Six civilians killed in Somalia hotel siege
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Somalia: Extremist attack on hotel in Mogadishu leaves 9 dead

MOGADISHU: Nine civilians were killed and 10 wounded in a six-hour siege by Islamist Al-Shabaab militants at a beachside hotel in Somalia‘s capital Mogadishu, police…

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Joe Biden slams Uganda anti-gay law, urges repeal
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Joe Biden slams Uganda anti-gay law, urges repeal

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Monday slammed Uganda‘s draconian new law against homosexuality as a grave human rights violation, and threatened to cut aid…

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Uganda: Uganda enacts anti-LGBTQ+ law that includes death penalty
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Uganda: Uganda enacts anti-LGBTQ+ law that includes death penalty

KAMPALA: Uganda‘s President Yoweri Museveni has signed one of the world’s toughest anti-LGBTQ laws, including the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality”, drawing Western condemnations and…

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Sudan: South Sudan receives about 10,000 refugees fleeing Sudan fighting
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Sudan: South Sudan receives about 10,000 refugees fleeing Sudan fighting

JUBA: Around 10,000 refugees have entered South Sudan from Sudan in recent days fleeing fighting between the army and paramilitary forces, officials in South Sudan’s…

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Lgbtq: Ugandan LGBTQ activist rallies support for compatriots after anti-gay bill
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Lgbtq: Ugandan LGBTQ activist rallies support for compatriots after anti-gay bill

JOHANNESBURG: DeLovie Kwagala (Papa De), a queer Ugandan photographer and activist, was living in South Africa when the news came that Uganda‘s parliament had passed…

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Ugandan: Ugandan LGBTQ activist readies for the fight of his life
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Ugandan: Ugandan LGBTQ activist readies for the fight of his life

KAMPALA: When Frank Mugisha came out two decades ago, being gay in Uganda could be lonely and uncomfortable, but it was rarely a matter of…

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Democratic Republic Of Congo: Regional military force in DR Congo raises 'balkanisation' fears
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Democratic Republic Of Congo: Regional military force in DR Congo raises ‘balkanisation’ fears

GOMA: A regional military force deployed to stabilise the conflict-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is raising suspicions about the role neighbouring countries are playing….

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Islamist militants suspected of killing at least 36 in east Congo village
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Islamist militants suspected of killing at least 36 in east Congo village

BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo: Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 36 people in an overnight attack on a village in the eastern Democratic Republic…

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