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Senegal protests: Ousmane Sonko charged with rape
A judge in Senegal has charged opposition leader Ousmane Sonko with rape and released him on bail, after days of deadly protests sparked by his arrest last week.
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Ghana receives world's first free Covid-19 vaccines under Covax scheme
Ghana has become the first country in the world to receive vaccines acquired through the United Nations-backed COVAX initiative with a delivery Wednesday of 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India.
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‘Hotel Rwanda’ Hero Paul Rusesabagina’s Terrorism Trial Begins
Case is seen as an example of President Paul Kagame’s Efforts to squash political dissent beyond Rwanda’s borders
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South African variant of Covid found in eight areas of England
Door-to-door testing launched as cases found in Hertfordshire, Surrey, Kent, Walsall, Sefton and three London boroughs