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Burkina Faso's parliament has adopted a new penal code which abolishes the death penalty. Justice Minister Rene Bagoro said the revised documents would clear the way for "more credible, equitable, accessible and effective justice in the…
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The endangered mountain gorilla population - which lives in the mountainous forests in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, northwest Rwanda, and southwest Uganda - has exceeded 1,000 for the first time since 2010. The latest 2016…
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Uganda hopes to attract tourists with a war museum showcasing some of the darkest moments from its history. Atrocities committed under ex-President Idi Amin's brutal eight-year rule and by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) are to be…
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Top officials working for Kenya's government must undergo a lie detector test as part of a corruption crackdown, President Uhuru Kenyatta has said. Mr Kenyatta said the test, which would determine employee "integrity", was just one part of…
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Uganda’s parliament has passed legislation banning the import of vehicles older than 15 years. The policy is meant to fight environmental pollution and help reduce road accidents, which have been blamed on older cars. Curbing…
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Ghana’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador Rashid Bawa has denied claims by former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan that Ghana’s President Akufo-Addo mocked Nigeria in a recent speech. In a statement, Ambassador Bawa stated Mr.…
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Selected pharmacies in the Rwandan capital Kigali are in line to begin selling over-the- counter oral HIV self-testing kits, Rwanda’s New Times Daily has reported. The report added that the price of the kit had also been slashed by…
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Algerian authorities have seized more than 700kg (1,543lb) of cocaine smuggled aboard a container ship and made 20 arrests. The vessel was carrying frozen meat from Brazil and had previously docked in Valencia, Spain. It was due to…
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Uganda's parliament has passed a law to impose a controversial tax on people using social media platforms. It imposes a 200 shilling daily levy on people using internet messaging platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp, Viber and Twitter.…
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In our series of letters from African journalists, writer Elizabeth Ohene considers why bodies are not buried for months, sometimes years, in Ghana. This past week there was another one of those typically Ghanaian funeral stories in the…
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