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Uganda will also not allow most travellers who have been in DR Congo to transit through the country.

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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pulled off a dramatic comeback on Sunday to clinch re-election to a fourth non-consecutive term. The leftist icon won just under 52 percent of the vote, according to official results. His rival, Flavio Bolsonaro got 48.2 percent.

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Tears, hugs and dancing filled the streets of Brazil after Lula narrowly defeated Flávio Bolsonaro. Thousands celebrated in Rio and São Paulo as the president secured another four years in office.

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A bus collided with a truck on Kenya's main highway on Sunday, killing at least 24 people, police said. The crash came three weeks after 17 people died in another accident along the same highway linking the capital, Nairobi, with the coastal city of Mombasa.

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Travellers entering Uganda after visiting DR Congo will face a 21-day quarantine, the country's health minister announced on Sunday. The new screening measures come after Nigeria reported its first case of the virus in a woman returning from Uganda. Kampala insists the country remains Ebola-free.

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Crowds celebrated in Belgrade after President Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat for his ruling party in Serbia's snap parliamentary election, following nearly two years of student-led demonstrations.

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Brazilians headed to the polls on Sunday to choose between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro. From canoe journeys in the Amazon to long queues in Rio and a Lula doll in Brasília, voters turned out for the presidential runoff.

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Over 1,400 sheep and goats took over Madrid's streets on Sunday, delighting spectators at the 33rd annual Transhumance Festival, which followed a different route this year to avoid a housing protest.

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The media regulator pulled the plug on social networks in February blaming content posted online for stoking conflict and division in society.

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The authorities had justified the ban by saying online content was fuelling conflict, while the opposition had condemned it as an abuse of power.

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The announcement comes after a two-week suspension of operations following strikes from Yemen's Houthis on the Saudi capital.

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Masoud Pezeshkian emphasised, however, that a new attempt should be made to reach an agreement to end the war with the US and Israel.

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There were clashes after night fall as police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters in a number of cities.

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It says the fight to contain the virus does not end when a patient dies, saying the handling and burial of the body is just as important.

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Petrol stations are not allowed to sell fuel between nine at night and six in the morning to enable suppliers to restock them.

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Amid a cost-of-living crisis, President Bola Tinubu held his first campaign rally on Saturday as he hopes to win a second term in office in the January polls.

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That Girl Boina's post about why she had closed her beauty parlour struck a nerve with other small business owners.

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Police are searching for other casualties, with officials warning the actual death toll could rise further.

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Haiti’s former president Michel Martelly is running for office again. He presented his candidacy on Friday for the December 13 elections - the country’s first in 10 years. Earlier this month, Haiti’s electoral council overturned a ban on candidates sanctioned by foreign countries.

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An injectable HIV drug could save huge numbers of people from getting infected in Uganda.
But shortages of lenacapavir mean that those who need it the most often can't get treated with a dose.

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Rescue efforts are under way to find people trapped under the block, which was still under construction when it buckled.