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Bobi Wine: US should stop military aid to Uganda
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday warned against foreign interference in Uganda’s politics, days after an opposition MP calls for the United States to halt military aid over human rights violations. Ugandan opposition MP
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Iran atomic program ‘stronger than ever,’ nuclear chief says
Iran increased its threat to regional security on Tuesday by boasting that its nuclear program was more advanced than ever. Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organization and vice president to Hassan
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Iran opens new consulate in Iraq’s Basra after attack
MINNEAPOLIS: An Iraqi man who is accused of hiding his past as a member of an elite Iraqi military force is asking a federal judge in Minnesota to release him after 16 months in
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Iraqi man seeks release after long immigration detainment
MINNEAPOLIS: An Iraqi man who is accused of hiding his past as a member of an elite Iraqi military force is asking a federal judge in Minnesota to release him after 16 months in
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Brazil: Lula renounces candidacy ahead of presidential poll
Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva, the hugely popular but jailed former Brazilian president, has withdrawn his candidacy for the country's top seat ahead of a general election next month. Lula, who is barred from running
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Rwanda’s reluctant love affair with coffee
Kigali, Rwanda - Inside Abdul Sibomana's farm, on the outskirts of Nyanza town in southern Rwanda, dry coffee cherries hang from small stems. The 30-year-old's farm sits between a line of small land holdings just
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Can the US still broker peace in Middle East?
The US government announced it's closing the diplomatic mission of the Palestinian Liberation Organization in Washington, DC. National Security Adviser John Bolton delivered the news during a speech on Monday. He also threatened to
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Papua New Guinea to launch nationwide polio vaccination campaign
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is gearing up for a nationwide vaccination campaign to protect citizens against polio, 18 years after the disease was eradicated from the country, The initiative, which is organised by the PNG government
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Zimbabwe cholera outbreak: State of emergency declared
A cholera emergency has been declared in Zimbabwe's capital after 20 people died from the disease. It has led to many fearing a repeat of the outbreak that killed thousands in 2008. The government
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Daesh ambush kills 21 regime fighters in southern Syria
BEIRUT: Daesh militants have killed 12 Syrian regime fighters in an ambush as the group faces separate assaults on its last desert strongholds, a war monitor said Tuesday.The attack late Monday in Syria’s southern


