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Uganda's army chief broke ties with the United States on Friday, accusing its embassy of helping missing opposition leader Bobi Wine, then reversed his stance an hour later and issuing an apology to "our great friends."

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[Nile Post] The Minister for Information and Communications Technology and National Guidance, Dr. Chris Baryomunsi, has reiterated that opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, is not being pursued by the government and has no reason to remain in hiding.

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[Nile Post] The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has apologised to the United States following a series of social media posts in which he accused the US Embassy in Kampala of undermining military cooperation and allegedly aiding opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, also known as Bobi Wine.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has issued a defiant message to Chief of Defence Forces Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, declaring that security forces cannot apprehend him because ordinary citizens are shielding him.

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Burkina Faso's military government dissolved all political parties on Thursday, whose activities had been suspended since the military rulers seized power in 2022.

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[UN News] The world's youngest country, South Sudan, is facing continued instability and violence as military escalation looms, following reports earlier this week that a senior army commander had called on troops to inflict indiscriminate violence against civilians in Jonglei state.

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King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia joined over 300 relatives in Huelva to mourn the 45 victims of the Adamuz train crash.

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[SAnews.gov.za] The South African Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee has kept the repo rate unchanged at 6.75%.

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[AIM] Maputo -- Note to subscribers: this replaces an earlier story on the interest cut, which contained errors

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Heavy rains in northern Morocco have prompted authorities in Ksar El Kebir to raise the flood alert to the highest level, with the swollen Loukkos River threatening multiple neighbourhoods.

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[Daily Maverick] Heavy rains in Mozambique have disrupted Sasol's condensate transport and forced a temporary reduction in gas production, but the company says supplies to customers remain uninterrupted and operations are not materially affected.

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[Daily Maverick] The City of Cape Town has passed an adjustment budget that will see R115m spent on building a security wall on the N2 'Hell Run', as well as pedestrian crossings, improved lighting, landscaping and access control.

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[Daily Maverick] A common perception of the Democratic Alliance is that it has gradually drifted to the ideological right over the last decade. We examined the evidence.

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[GroundUp] The community of Ha Rapokolana was moved for the Mohale Dam which supplies water to South Africa

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[GroundUp] The Reserve Bank points out that inflation is lower thanks to the strength of the rand

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Residents of Niger’s capital, Niamey, reported hours of heavy overnight gunfire near the city’s international airport, fuelling fears of a possible jihadist attack.

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[DW] Political parties in Burkina Faso have already been banned from holding public events, but could still operate internally. Now, a decree dissolves them entirely.

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[Scrolla] The crash happened between M35 and R102 at Lotus Park near Isiphingo on Thursday morning between a taxi and truck. Transport MEC Siboniso Duma said preliminary reports show the truck was not roadworthy and the taxi's PrPD expired in 2023.

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[Premium Times] Apart from being the architect of the coup, the infantry officer is believed to have bankrolled the process.