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Madagascar’s military ruler decrees that ministers must pass lie detector tests | Madagascar

Madagascar’s military president has said new ministers will have to pass lie detector tests to root out corrupt candidates, after he dismissed the prime...

Some of the world’s poorest countries to lose UK aid due to 56% budget cut | Global development

Some of the world’s poorest countries will lose out on UK aid that funds programmes such as schools and clinics, due to budget cuts...

Woman has sentence quashed by Tanzania court after over a decade on death row | Global development

A woman with severe intellectual disabilities in Tanzania has had her conviction and death sentence quashed after spending more than a decade in prison...

ActionAid to rethink child sponsorship as part of plan to ‘decolonise’ its work | Global development

Child sponsorship schemes that allow donors to handpick children to support in poor countries can carry racialised, paternalistic undertones and need to be transformed,...

Head of US Africa bureau urges staff to highlight US ‘generosity’ despite aid cuts | US foreign policy

US diplomats have been encouraged to “unabashedly and aggressively” remind African governments about the “generosity” of the American people, according to a leaked email...

‘Brazen’ political influence of rich laid bare as wealth of billionaires reaches $18.3tn, says Oxfam | Global development

The world saw a record number of billionaires created last year, with a collective wealth of $18.3tn (£13.7tn), while global efforts stalled in the...

Uganda’s president calls opponents ‘terrorists’ in victory speech | Uganda

Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, fresh from winning a seventh term in office at 81, said on Sunday that the opposition were “terrorists” who had...

Yoweri Museveni wins Ugandan election as opponent condemns ‘fake result’ | Uganda

Yoweri Museveni, has won the Ugandan election and his seventh term with more than 70% of the vote, state election authorities have said, amid...

Confidence runs high in London’s Little Morocco as Afcon glory beckons | London

London’s Little Morocco is brimming with pride and anticipation. The Moroccan diaspora in North Kensington is in no doubt that on Sunday the Atlas...

Ugandan opposition MP says security forces stormed home killing 10 people | Uganda

A senior member of the Ugandan opposition has said security forces stormed his house early on Friday morning and shot dead 10 members of...

Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled | Vaccines and immunisation

The controversial US-funded study on hepatitis B vaccines among newborns in Guinea-Bissau has been halted, according to Yap Boum, a senior official at the...

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