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Uganda’s Bobi Wine urges lifting of ‘house arrest’

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine on Sunday urged the international community to demand he be released from “house arrest” after a disputed election returned President Yoweri Museveni to the office for a sixth term. The former ragga singer turned lawmaker, who came second in the presidential election, has not left …

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At least 83 killed in fighting in Sudan’s Darfur: medics

More than 80 people have been killed in two days of ongoing clashes in Sudan’s restive Darfur, doctors said Sunday, just over two weeks since a long-running peacekeeping mission ended operations. The violence is the most significant fighting reported since the signing of a peace agreement in October, which observers …

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Malawi imposes first lockdown measures as virus flares

Malawi is set to roll out a first set of anti-coronavirus restrictions this week, the president said, after overruling a court ban on lockdown measures to tackle a surge in cases. Unlike the rest of the continent, daily life had been unfolding normally in the southern African country since its …

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