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Ugandan writer charged over tweets against dictator Museveni, son

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni speaks during a Reuters interview at the National Leadership Institute (NALI) in Kyankwanzi district, Uganda December 4, 2021. Picture taken December 4, 2021. Credit to Photo Reuters A court in Uganda on Tuesday charged a prominent author and government critic with “disturbing” the country’s veteran President Yoweri Museveni and his powerful

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North Korea claims successful test of hypersonic missile

This photo provided by the North Korean government shows what it says a test launch of a hypersonic missile on Jan. 11, 2022 in North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and

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Home Office housing provider to make urgent repairs to asylum seeker flats

Asylum seekers’ accommodation in Uxbridge, west London, in mid-December. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian The Guardian By Diane Taylor Private contractor Clearsprings takes action after the Guardian exposed poor conditions in west London A Home Office accommodation provider is making urgent improvements to flats for asylum seekers in the prime minister’s constituency after the Guardian exposed

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UK PM Johnson under fire over ‘bring your own booze’ lockdown party

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends the weekly Prime Minister’s Questions at the parliament in London, Britain, January 5, 2022. UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS Reuters By Alistair Smout and Guy Faulconbridge British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was under fire on Tuesday after it emerged his private secretary had invited over 100 people to a

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Kenya renews Lamu oil search amid Somalia row

Mining and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary John Munyes By Business Daily Africa Kenya has stepped up oil and gas exploration activities in the Lamu Basin weeks after rejecting a ruling over a four-decade maritime dispute with Somalia. Petroleum commissioner James Ng’ang’a said that ENI Kenya Business Venture (BV), formerly Agip, started drilling last month at Mlima-1

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‘Noof is alive’: Qatari activist feared dead surfaces on Twitter after months of silence

A still from the video Noof al-Maadeed appeared in on Sunday saying (Twitter) By Middle East Eye Qatari activist Noof al-Maadeed appeared in a series of videos announcing her health and safety on Twitter on Sunday, weeks after she had been rumoured to have been killed in government custody. In the first video she posted,

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Horn of Africa has become a playground for Gulf rivalries, here’s why India is worried

Credit to Photo Pnterest/The Horn of Africa, is a peninsula in the East African region, By Firstpost The Horn of Africa is the closest landmass of Africa to India and has ancient links which continue till date. New Delhi is keeping a keen eye on the region As 2022 begins, the situation in the Horn

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Australian judge reinstates tennis star Djokovic’s visa

File – Serbia’s Novak Djokovic holds the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup after defeating Russia’s Daniil Medvedev in the men’s singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021. An Australian judge reinstated tennis star Novak Djokovic’s visa Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, which was canceled last week because he is

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UK to unilaterally end N. Ireland Protocol if deal not reached with EU

By Anadolu Agency Foreign Secretary Liz Truss says she would trigger Article 16 if parties fail to agree on ‘negotiated solution’ Britain will pull out of Northern Ireland Protocol if a “negotiated solution” with the EU is not reached, the UK’s foreign secretary said. Writing for The Telegraph Saturday, Britain’s chief Brexit negotiator Liz Truss

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EU, US officials discuss Russia’s military build-up around Ukraine

By Anadolu Agency EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed Russia’s military build-up around Ukraine during a telephone call Saturday. The call came ahead of a Jan. 10 US-Russia meeting on security in Geneva. They reaffirmed the EU and US support for Ukraine’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity

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