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Ukraine, Russia carry out largest prisoner swap

KIEV | Xinhua |  Ukraine and Russia carried out their largest prisoner swap since February 2022, the Coordinating Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said Wednesday. Under the exchange, 230 Ukrainian captives, including six civilians, had been returned from Russian custody, the agency said. Among those freed are …

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What kind of authoritarian would Trump be?

COMMENT | JEREMY ADELMAN | Following Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election in 2016, many pundits predicted a worldwide breakdown of democracy, and some warned of civil war. But, aside from Africa’s Sahel region, military coups remain rare, and civil wars rarer still. Instead, democracies have tended to break …

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Gunmen attack pastor Bujingo, bodyguard killed

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police alongside military and intelligence agencies have started hunting for gunmen who killed the bodyguard of Pastor Aloysius Bujingo. Bujingo who heads House of Prayer Ministries was attacked on Tuesday at around 9 pm by gunmen moving on a motorcycle. Although Bujingo survived with …

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FULL SPEECH: Museveni on corruption, wealth and ADF

1️⃣ Promoting wealth creation in every home 2️⃣ Combating corruption 3️⃣ Embracing regional integration 4️⃣ Addressing the threat of terrorists from Congo Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Full end of year speech by President Yoweri Museveni December 31, 2023. **** Fellow Ugandans, I congratulate you for finishing the year …

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Airtel Africa boss to retire

Lagos, Nigeria | THE INDEPENDENT | Airtel Africa plc has today announced the retirement of the Chief Executive Officer, Olusegun “Segun” Ogunsanya, with effect from 1 July, 2024. Ogunsanya, who joined Airtel in 2012, ran the Nigeria Operations of the Telecommunications and mobile money company for nine years before his appointment …

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