East Africa
Burundi police detain more than 200 opposition election observers
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- Published on Monday, 25 May 2020 12:32
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Burundian police detained more than 200 opposition electoral observers during this week’s election, the spokesman for the main opposition National Freedom Council (CNL) told Reuters on Friday, alleging voting irregularities.
Rwanda detaining, abusing street children: rights group
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- Published on Tuesday, 28 January 2020 09:30
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Rwanda, often lauded internationally for its economic progress and reintegration after the 1994 genocide, is detaining and abusing street children at a holding centre in the capital, an international rights group said Monday.
Air Tanzania postpones maiden flights to China over coronavirus
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- Published on Thursday, 30 January 2020 09:44
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Tanzania’s national carrier said on Wednesday it will have to postpone its maiden flights from commercial capital Dar es Salaam to China, citing concerns over the spread of a coronavirus that has killed 133 people.
State-run Air Tanzania had planned to begin charter flights to China next month ahead of the expected launch of scheduled direct…
Car bomb hits Turkish contractors, police near Somalia capital, six wounded - police
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- Published on Monday, 20 January 2020 08:48
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A car bomb targeting a group of Turkish contractors exploded on Saturday in Afgoye, northwest of the Somali capital Mogadishu, wounding at least six people, police said.