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  1. Police accused of killing at least 11 unarmed bystanders since 24 October, amid claims poll was rigged

    Silvio Jeremias was on his way home from his job at a petrol station on the night of 25 October, in Mozambique’s capital Maputo, when he and his friends happened upon a group of protesters demonstrating against that day’s

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  2. Results show Mokgweetsi Masisi’s Botswana Democratic party on track to lose by landslide

    Botswana’s president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, has conceded defeat in Wednesday’s elections, which his Botswana Democratic party lost by a landslide after nearly six decades in power.

    With almost all constituencies counted, the opposition coalition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) had secured a

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  3. Heightened risk Cádiz river could overflow, with yellow and orange rainfall warnings for southern regions

    The low-pressure system responsible for Spain’s most devastating floods in decades in Valencia also set new rainfall records across south-eastern Spain. In Jerez de la

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  4. The international criminal court awarded a record €52.4m to survivors of Dominic Ongwen’s crimes but member states have failed to contribute

    Not a single country has contributed towards reparations for the victims and survivors of the Ugandan warlord Dominic

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  5. Sudan, South Sudan, Mali, Palestine and Haiti rated at level of highest concern in latest six-monthly analysis

    Acute food insecurity is expected to worsen in war-stricken Sudan and nearly two dozen other countries and territories in the next six months, largely as a result of conflict and violence, an analysis by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization and World Food Programme has

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  6. Experts fear reports of 124 dead in attack on villages south of Khartoum are significant underestimation

    Sudanese militia have been accused of killings, sexual violence, looting and arson during eight days of attacks on villages south of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum.

    The UN said there were reports of “gross human rights abuses” linked to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) group, which

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  7. Morales and current president are locked into a standoff for ruling party’s nomination in next year’s presidential contest

    Supporters of Bolivia’s ex-president Evo Morales stormed a barracks in the central Chapare region and took about 20 soldiers hostage, military sources

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  8. Ronnie Lessa and Élcio de Queiroz sentenced to 78 and 59 years over 2018 murder of prominent Rio city councillor

    Two former police officers who confessed to the murder of the Rio city councillor Marielle Franco have been sentenced to decades in prison for their part in a crime that shook Brazil and cast a harsh spotlight on the links between politics and organised crime.

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  9. In Sinaloa state, police have asked for security measure so revelers aren’t mistaken for criminals amid cartel violence

    Authorities in the Mexican state of Sinaloa have ordered residents not to don masks or costumes for Halloween to avoid being confused with criminals amid a worsening cycle of cartel violence.

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  10. Court order blocks Vancouver physician Ellen Wiebe from euthanizing Alberta resident due to lack of physical ailment

    A British Columbia judge has issued a rare, last-minute injunction barring a woman from accessing euthanasia after physicians in her home province refused to approve the request.

    The injunction, granted to the woman’s common law partner, blocks the Vancouver

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