Current Affairs
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897THIS WEEK: Journalist charged with offensive communication granted bail
THIS WEEK: Journalist charged with offensive communication granted bail Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanley Ndawula, a journalist and proprietor of an...
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934THIS WEEK: NRM in new strategy for age-limit bill consultations
Ruhakana Rugunda explaining the point of amending the constitution to the leaders in Kanungu. THIS WEEK: NRM in new strategy for age-limit...
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877Spain rescues 250 migrants in Mediterranean
Migrants on sea. FILE PHOTO Barcelona, Spain | AFP | Spanish authorities said they rescued over 250 migrants, including children, on Saturday who...
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896Trump, Putin agree ‘no military solution’ in Syria
Trump and Putin shaking hands while at #APEC in Vietnam Danang, Vietnam | AFP | The United States and Russia issued a presidential...
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718Togo president blames opposition for violence
Lome, Togo | AFP | Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe has accused the opposition of orchestrating violence that has killed at least 16...
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894Boko Haram kills three soldiers in ambush
Kano, Nigeria | AFP | At least three Nigerian soldiers and a militiaman were killed in a Boko Haram ambush on the edge...
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976Tanzanian cholera outbreak kills 18: ministry
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | An outbreak of cholera in Tanzania has left 18 dead in two months, the health ministry said Saturday,...
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1.1KSierra Leone unearths 476-carat gem in new diamond find
Freetown, Sierra Leone | AFP | Sierra Leone said Saturday miners had unearthed a huge 476-carat diamond, eight months after an even more...
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930Mexican 10-month toddler weighing 28 kilos baffles doctors
Tecomán, Mexico | AFP | Like any other 10-month-old, Luis Manuel Gonzales babbles and touches anything within reach. But he stands out...
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1.1KStatue of actor Bud Spencer unveiled in Budapest
Budapest, Hungary | AFP | A year after his death, a massive bronze statue of Spaghetti Western actor Bud Spencer, born Carlo...
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1.2KMorocco, Tunisia take different paths to Russia 2018 World Cup
Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | North African nations Morocco and Tunisia took contrasting routes Saturday as they qualified for the...
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743WHO wary of ‘major setback’ on cholera in Yemen amid blockade
WHO staff review packaging information for specimens from victims Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | The World Health Organization warned Friday that a...