Former Sudanese minister Ahmed Haroun wanted on war crimes charges freed from Khartoum prison | CNN

CNN  —  A once powerful member of the former Sudanese government wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes against

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Murder charge dropped against co-defendant in case of killer accused of faking his own death in South Africa | CNN

CNN  —  South African prosecutors have dropped a murder charge against Zolile Sekeleni, the father of the girlfriend of high-profile convicted murderer Thabo Bester,

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Reeva Steenkamp’s parents oppose early release for Oscar Pistorius as hearing starts | CNN

CNN  —  South Africa’s parole board is hearing early release submissions Friday for disgraced Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, who was jailed for shooting dead his

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‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero to be freed after 25-year terrorism sentence commuted | CNN

CNN  —  Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired the Hollywood film “Hotel Rwanda,” was released from prison in Rwanda after his prison sentence was commuted Friday

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Uganda parliament passes bill criminalizing identifying as LGBTQ, imposes death penalty for some offenses | CNN

CNN  —  Ugandan lawmakers on Tuesday approved some of the world’s harshest anti-gay laws, making some crimes punishable by death and imposing up to

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UN and US join chorus of condemnation against Uganda’s hardline anti-LGBT bill | CNN

CNN  —  The United Nations and United States on Wednesday added to international outrage over a hardline bill passed by Ugandan lawmakers that criminalizes

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Kenya opposition leader calls for weekly protests after being tear-gassed by police | CNN

Nairobi, Kenya CNN  —  Kenyan opposition leader and former prime minister Raila Odinga has called for weekly nationwide protests against the high cost of living,

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Cameroon finds suspected cases of Marburg virus, an illness similar to Ebola | CNN

CNN  —  Cameroonian authorities detected two suspected cases of Marburg disease on Monday in Olamze, a commune on the border with Equatorial Guinea, the

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Russia pardoned Zambian prisoner ‘to join military operation in Ukraine,’ says minister | CNN

CNN  —  Russia pardoned a Zambian prisoner so that they could be deployed to Ukraine, where they died fighting for the Wagner mercenary unit,

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Nigerian first lady ‘directed student beating at presidential villa,’ lawyer alleges | CNN

Abuja, Nigeria CNN  —  Nigeria’s first lady ordered security operatives to detain a student and also supervised his beating at the country’s presidential villa,

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