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Police deny Bobi Wine abduction claims as Yoweri Museveni heads for victory

Anita Nkonge,BBC Africaand Lucy Fleming Getty Images Bobi Wine, President Museveni’s main rival, has questioned the credibility of the results Police in Uganda have denied

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Kruger National Park shuts to tourists

Flooding in South Africa’s northern provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga has forced the famed Kruger National Park to suspend visits and evacuate some guests and

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Yoweri Museveni faces Bobi Wine in presidential poll

Sammy Awami,BBC Africa, Kampalaand Wycliffe Muia AFP via Getty Images More than 21 million Ugandans have registered to vote Polls have opened in Uganda’s presidential

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Kyiv seeks relief from Russian strikes and cold

BBC Ukraine’s “Invincibility Trains” run their diesel engines to provide relief and boost morale At a suburban Kyiv railway station, two carriages painted in the

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‘Miracle baby’ born in a tree above Mozambique floodwaters dies aged 25

She was seen as a “miracle baby” after being born in a tree which her mother had climbed to escape flooding, but nearly 26 years

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Ai, Japanese chimpanzee who counted and painted, dies at 49

Ai, a female chimpanzee famous for her cognitive skills has died at 49, according to the Japanese institute where she lived. The Kyoto University’s Center

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Iran protesters defy crackdown as videos show violent clashes

Protesters in Iran defied a government crackdown on Saturday night, taking to the streets despite reports suggesting hundreds of people have been killed or wounded

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Medics describe overwhelmed hospitals as demonstrations enter second week

Helen Sullivan,BBC Newsand Soroush Negahdari & Roja Asadi,BBC News Persian Reuters Burning vehicles were pictured in Tehran on Friday night As protests in Iran continue

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Greenlanders on Trump’s takeover threats

This week, Donald Trump repeated his desire to take over Greenland and make it part of the United States, potentially by using military force. The

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Cambodia extradites alleged scam mastermind to China after arrest

Simon FraserAsia editor, BBC News website Prince Group/Getty images Cambodia says it has extradited to China a billionaire businessman accused of masterminding a vast cryptocurrency