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DJ Phillips full impact statement
1+ hour, 36+ min ago (124+ words) DJ Phillips full impact statement'ClickOnDetroit | WDIV Local 4 DJ Phillips full impact statement A Macomb County teen wanted to have a normal high school experience, focusing on classes, playing football, and making memories, not battling a false online identity. Celebrating National…...
Uganda's president leads in tense election marred by internet shutdown and voting interference
3+ week, 3+ day ago (471+ words) KAMPALA " Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled the country for 40 years, had an early lead Friday in a tense presidential election marred by an internet shutdown, voting delays and opposition allegations of "massive ballot stuffing" and detentions by security…...
Milan prison hosts concert with instruments made by inmates from migrant smugglers’ boats
3+ week, 6+ day ago (332+ words) Marco Borrelli Casa Fondazione Dello Spirito e delle Arti ROME " Instruments made from smugglers" boats that brought migrants to Italy"s shores told their tale of desperation and redemption in a special performance at a prison in Milan on Saturday,…...
UN rights office cites 'widespread repression' in Uganda before next week's presidential election
1+ mon, 4+ hour ago (460+ words) KAMPALA " The U.N. Human Rights Office said Friday that a presidential election in Uganda next week would be "marked by widespread repression and intimidation" against the opposition and others. Ugandan authorities in the East African country have used lawfare, including military…...
Trump says US to boycott G20 in South Africa, repeating allegations about treatment of white farmers
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (336+ words) Seung Min Kim And Michelle L. Price WASHINGTON " President Donald Trump said Friday that no U.S. government officials would be attending the Group of 20 summit this year in South Africa, citing the country's treatment of white farmers. Trump had already announced he…...
Tanzania's president blames foreigners for deadly protests after disputed election
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (528+ words) DODOMA " Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday blamed foreigners for last week's deadly protests following a disputed election in which two main opposition candidates were barred from challenging her bid for another term. A regional African bloc, meanwhile, said…...
Leader of Madagascar's military coup tells AP he is 'taking the position of president"
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (715+ words) Col. Michael Randrianirina, who led the rebellion that ousted President Andry Rajoelina on Tuesday following weeks of youth-led protests, said in his first interview with a global news outlet since taking power that he expects to be sworn in as…...
Goodall's influence spread far and wide. Those who felt it are pledging to continue her work
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (656+ words) Christina Larson And Tammy Webber In her 91 years, Jane Goodall transformed science and humanity's understanding of our closest living relatives on the planet " chimpanzees and other great apes. Her patient fieldwork and tireless advocacy for conservation inspired generations of future…...
On World Rhino Day, South Africa marks progress but still loses a rhino daily to poachers
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (781+ words) Gerald Imray And Alfonso Nqunjana DINOKENG GAME RESERVE " The Dinokeng Game Reserve in South Africa has a thriving rhino population, but their exact numbers and the details of the security operation that keeps them safe from poaching are closely guarded…...
Voting underway in Malawi elections as southern African nation is gripped by economic turmoil
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (559+ words) BLANTYRE " Voting was underway Tuesday in elections in Malawi to choose a president, lawmakers and local government representatives in the midst of economic turmoil in one of the world's least-developed countries. Malawians face a choice between giving President Lazarus Chakwera,…...