Facebook bans Myanmar military from its platforms with immediate effect

By Reuters,

Facebook on Thursday said it had banned the Myanmar military from using its Facebook and Instagram platforms with immediate effect, as weeks of mass d...

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Gov’t employees, farmers stirs rock Pakistan

By Agencies,

By Juan Carlos Facing economic distress and rising prices of essential commodities, government employees and farmers have launched their separate s...

Exiled in Kenya, Stella Nyanzi continues to speak out

By VOA,

As a child, Stella Nyanzi’s parents fled from then-Ugandan President Idi Amin Dada in the 1970s, forcing her to live in Kenya as a refugee for five ...

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Defiant Djokovic survives after Australian Open locks down

By Matthews Mutai,

The Australian Open’s last day of crowds before a five-day lockdown ended with irate fans ejected from Rod Laver Arena late on Friday, and an injury...

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Biden declares ‘America is back’ as he announces major foreign policy shifts

By CNN,

President Joe Biden announced "America is back" on Thursday and declared that "diplomacy is back at the center" of US foreign policy as he said the US...

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Trump ends tumultuous term under cloud, faces uncertain future

By Reuters,

President Donald Trump leaves the presidency on Wednesday under a dark cloud of his own making, ending his single four-year term stained by two impeac...

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Pro-Trump protests quiet amid massive police presence across U.S.

By Reuters,

Law enforcement officers far outnumbered protesters at state capitol grounds on Sunday, as few Trump supporters who believe the president’s false cl...

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Bobi Wine cuts short interview with Hot 96 radio as military breaks into his home

By Teddy Otieno,

Robert Kyagulanyi popularly known Bobi Wine was forced to cut short his interview with Royal Media’s Hot 96 radio as the military raided his Kampala...

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FBI warns ‘armed protests’ being planned at all 50 state capitols and in Washington DC

By CNN,

The FBI has received information indicating "armed protests" are being planned at all 50 state capitols and the US Capitol in Washington, DC in the da...

Facebook accounts for top Uganda officials shut down

By Agencies,

Facebook has shut down accounts of top Uganda officials who are said to have manipulated public debate ahead of elections on Thursday. Also Read: T...

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U.S. Capitol Police confirms death of one of their officers after pro-Trump riot

By CNN,

The US Capitol Police confirmed the death of one of their officers late Thursday from injuries suffered when a mob of President Donald Trump's support...

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Twitter, Facebook freeze Trump accounts as tech giants respond to storming of U.S. Capitol

By Reuters,

Twitter Inc, Facebook Inc and Snap Inc temporarily locked the accounts of U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, as tech giants scrambled to crack ...

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U.S. Capitol secured, 4 dead after rioters stormed the halls of Congress to block Biden’s win

By CNN,

The US Capitol is once again secured but four people are dead -- including one woman who was shot -- after supporters of President Donald Trump brea...

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Bobi Wine arrested again, police fire tear gas at protesters

By Reuters,

Uganda opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, and his campaign team were arrested on Wednesday. Also Re...

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UN rights experts urge Uganda to halt pre-election violence, arrests

By Reuters,

United Nations human rights experts called on Uganda on Tuesday to rein in violent security forces and drop charges against political opponents and ac...

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Over 300 Nigerian schoolboys who were kidnapped by gunmen rescued

By Reuters,

Security forces rescued nearly 350 Nigerian schoolboys who had been kidnapped and taken into a vast forest, Katsina state Governor said. It was not...

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‘Democracy prevailed,’ Biden says after U.S. Electoral College confirms his win

By Reuters,

President-elect Joe Biden delivered a forceful rebuke on Monday to President Donald Trump’s attacks on the legitimacy of his victory, hours after wi...

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Bobi Wine released after charges over ‘acts likely to spread coronavirus’

By Reuters,

Uganda’s detained presidential candidate and pop star Bobi Wine was released on bail on Friday after authorities charged him over acts likely to spr...

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Death toll rises to 28 in Uganda, 577 detained over Bobi Wine protests

By Reuters,

28 people have died and 577 have been detained in unrest in Uganda triggered by the arrest of presidential candidate and pop star Bobi Wine, police sa...

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Minister wants Nigeria to sanction CNN for report on shooting of protesters

By Reuters,

Nigeria should sanction CNN for a report that the country’s military shot and killed protesters demonstrating against police brutality, a minister s...

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