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The office of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Friday that Manila plans to send a complaint to the United Nations over an unannounced visit by a special rapporteur tasked with investigating the leader’s controversial war on drugs. The announcement came a day after Rodrigo threatened to kill drug dealers. Check also: I Personally Killed People, Said Philippines’ Duterte Ernesto Abella, a spokesperson ...

HARI SREENIVASAN: This week, we’ve brought you three reports from inside South Sudan, a nation ravaged by war, famine, and a place where rape is used as a weapon. Tonight, we turn our focus to neighboring Uganda, which has an open door to refugees. But with hundreds, sometimes thousands each day pouring across the border, Uganda’s openness is being put to ...

He denied that the country was a fragile state. “We have over 14 universities and our literacy rate is over 90 [%] – the highest in Africa,” he said, adding that the economy was improving. Check also: Desperate Zimbabwean Girls Of About 15 Years Turn To Sex Work Zimbabwe has been struggling to pay its civil servants recently and is ranked ...

Alebtong — Police in Alebtong District are hunting for a fake surgeon suspected to have killed a patient in what is believed to be a failed operation. Check also: Uganda’s Criminal Gang Leader, Bruce Bukenya Finally Arrested The suspect, who the police said has been masquerading as a medical surgeon, allegedly cut off the victim’s breast with a kitchen knife, leading ...

He was responding to the release of a government report into fraudulent qualifications in the public sector. The education minister said that some had been using their relatives’ school certificates, while others did not appear on official records at all. Check also: Do You Think Magufuli ‘s Leadership System Is Hurting Tanzanian Economy? President Magufuli has given those on the list ...