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KAMPALA (Reuters) – Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed into law a communications legislation to curb hate speech, his office said on Thursday, but critics warn it could squash free speech and cripple electronic commerce. The “Computer Misuse Amendment Act” was introduced by a ruling party legislator then passed by parliament last month amid criticism by …

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TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian coast guard recovered the bodies of 15 migrants off the coast of Mahdia, the state news agency said on Thursday. Authorities will work to identify the bodies, including the bodies of African migrants, it added. (Reporting by Tarek Amara; Editing by Mark Porter)

By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s Court of Appeal on Thursday dropped terrorism charges against separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu that had been brought by the government, in a unanimous decision by all three judges hearing the case. The lead judge dismissed a seven count charge of terrorism against Kanu and discharged him, citing that …

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – New Delhi is “seriously investigating” the deaths of 69 children in Gambia in the wake of a report that provisionally linked the fatalities to Indian-made products, the South Asian nation’s foreign minister told his Gambian counterpart on Thursday. Indian health authorities announced a production halt at domestic company Maiden Pharmaceuticals’s factory …

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LAGOS (Reuters) – Quadloop, a Nigerian based company, has found a way to turn electronic waste into solar lanterns and other products which will have a lower impact on the environment. Dozie Igweilo, founder of Quadloop, told Reuters he came up with the idea after discovering a market for affordable, locally produced electrical goods, for …

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By Aaron Ross (Reuters) – Acute malnutrition is surging among children displaced by drought and conflict in a part of central Somalia teetering on the edge of famine, according to a survey conducted by humanitarian agencies. The United Nations warned at the beginning of September that two districts were projected to face famine between October …

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By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) -World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday a clinical trial of vaccines to combat the Sudan strain of Ebola could start within weeks as an outbreak of the disease in Uganda reached the capital, stirring alarm. The East African country declared an outbreak of Ebola on Sept. …

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