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Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and nine other people are presumed to have died in the crash.
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Flight recorders found at Wagner crash site
Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and nine other people are presumed to have died in the crash.
Spain's Hermoso 'didn't consent' to World Cup kiss
The row over Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales' behaviour intensifies as 81 players boycott matches.
12 dead in crush at island games' opening ceremony
The stadium in Madagascar was packed with spectators for the opening of the Indian Ocean Island Games.
Niger junta gives French envoy 48 hours to leave
France says the coup leaders have no authority to order such an expulsion, as ties deteriorate rapidly.
France to spend €200m destroying wine as demand falls
A cocktail of problems has hit the wine industry, including demand falling as more people drink craft beer.
‘Lost’ portrait of doomed HMS Terror explorer emerges
It is the only known complete set of crew member photographs from the Franklin expedition in the Arctic.
Dry your eyes, Canada... Kleenex is leaving
Kimberly-Clark is pulling its consumer facial tissues from Canada, citing “unique complexities".
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Flight recorders found at Wagner crash site
Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and nine other people are presumed to have died in the crash.
Spain's Hermoso 'didn't consent' to World Cup kiss
The row over Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales' behaviour intensifies as 81 players boycott matches.
12 dead in crush at island games' opening ceremony
The stadium in Madagascar was packed with spectators for the opening of the Indian Ocean Island Games.
Niger junta gives French envoy 48 hours to leave
France says the coup leaders have no authority to order such an expulsion, as ties deteriorate rapidly.
France to spend €200m destroying wine as demand falls
A cocktail of problems has hit the wine industry, including demand falling as more people drink craft beer.
‘Lost’ portrait of doomed HMS Terror explorer emerges
It is the only known complete set of crew member photographs from the Franklin expedition in the Arctic.
Dry your eyes, Canada... Kleenex is leaving
Kimberly-Clark is pulling its consumer facial tissues from Canada, citing “unique complexities".
Spain's Hermoso 'didn't consent' to World Cup kiss
The row over Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales' behaviour intensifies as 81 players boycott matches.
12 dead in crush at island games' opening ceremony
The stadium in Madagascar was packed with spectators for the opening of the Indian Ocean Island Games.
Niger junta gives French envoy 48 hours to leave
France says the coup leaders have no authority to order such an expulsion, as ties deteriorate rapidly.
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Somali army captures major stronghold from al-Shabab
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Copyright: Getty ImagesSomalia's army has captured a major stronghold from the Islamist militant group, al-Shabab.
The town of El Bur, in central Somalia, had been held by al-Shabab since 2017.
Although the army have taken over, there were no reports of clashes and local correspondents say the jihadist fighters appear to have made a tactical withdrawal.
The development comes days after President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud announced the launch of a second offensive, which he said would eliminate the group within months.
Since last year, government forces working with clan militias have seized swathes of territory from al-Shabab.
The group has been weakened but continues to carry out frequent attacks, including in the capital, Mogadishu.
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Bobi Wine blasts Museveni over World Bank row
Copyright: Getty ImagesImage caption: Bobi Wine has written an excoriating post on X slamming President Museveni over his World Bank comments President Yoweri Museveni’s criticism of the World Bank is an act of "hypocrisy", Ugandan opposition politician and activist Bobi Wine says.
The World Bank announced on 8 August that it would stop new loans to Uganda due to the country's punitive anti-gay law.
Mr Museveni responded by condemning the World Bank, accusing it of trying to coerce Uganda to reverse the controversial law.
However, Bobi Wine has said that Mr Museveni’s criticism of the World Bank is insincere, accusing him of previously working with the World Bank to sell off Ugandan public service infrastructure.
"Your recent outburst about the World Bank withholding future assistance to Uganda is a clear indication of your ideological disorientation and policy nomadism that has characterised your four-decade rule," Bobi Wine posted on X.
The World Bank said the new anti-LGBT law contravenes its values.
LGBT acts were already illegal in Uganda, but anyone now convicted faces life imprisonment under the new law which was enacted in May.
