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During Wednesday’s hearing in the trial of Dominic Ongwen at the International Criminal Court (ICC), it emerged that a senior officer with one of Uganda’s intelligence agencies suspected a member of the Ugandan military destroyed documents related to the Uganda government’s interception of radio communications of the Lord’s Resistance Army
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Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe travelled to Singapore on Wednesday for a medical check-up, days after celebrating his 93rd birthday with a lavish party. The aging leader has received medical treatment in Singapore in the past, but he has appeared increasingly frail and given rambling speeches that raise questions over his health.
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The National Super Alliance (Nasa), a grouping of Kenya’s top opposition politicians, has dared the elections body the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to come tell the nation of their preparedness to hold general elections in August. Nasa principals’ comments follow after IEBC cancelled a tender for voter identification and
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Facebook has begun using artificial intelligence to identify members that may be at risk of killing themselves.The social network has developed algorithms that spot warning signs in users' posts and the comments their friends leave in response. After confirmation by Facebook's human review team, the company contacts those thought to be
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On Tuesday, the International Criminal Court (ICC) heard audio recordings of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in which LRA leader Joseph Kony announces promotions of his commanders and discusses adverse publicity. The recordings were made during the Ugandan army’s years-long interception of LRA radio communications. Trial lawyer Julien Elderfield played selections
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BANJUL The Gambian parliament on Tuesday scrapped the constitutional age limit on presidential election candidates, deputy president and judges after new President Adama Barrow faced questions over his deputy's eligibility due to her age. Anyone over 65 has been barred from running for The Gambia's highest office under a constitutional amendment that
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A member of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) told the International Criminal Court (ICC) that the Ugandan military began tape recording its intercepts of radio communications of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) soon after rumors circulated on local radio stations that the government intended to ask the ICC to
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WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's first budget proposals include a generous $54 billion dollar increase in defence spending, with corresponding cuts in foreign assistance and other non-military spending. Highlighting what Trump has described as a "public safety and national security budget," the plan raises national defence spending - already the highest in the
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Merck, a leading science and technology company, has continued their commitment for the second year to empower infertile women in Uganda through improving access to information, health, change of mind-set and economic empowerment. Through ‘Empowering Berna’, Merck in partnership with Ministry of Health inaugurated small businesses that have been established this year
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The President of the Central African Republic, Prof Faustin Archange Touadéra, has paid a glowing tribute to the officers, men and women of the Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) for their role in helping the troubled nation return to normalcy. Touadéra was speaking Saturday at an event at which he awarded 747 officers and men/women of
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