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Zimbabwe abolishes death penalty

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has approved a law that abolishes the death penalty in the southern African state with immediate…

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Top designer vows to regrow dreadlocks cut after Uganda arrest

A prominent Ugandan fashion designer whose dreadlocks were cut off after he was arrested has told the BBC he plans…

US basketball training for Senegal cancelled after visas rejected

A training camp for the Senegalese women's basketball team in the US has been scrapped, with the West African nation's…