Botswana president vows to honour gay rights judgment

Botswana's president vowed Monday to fully implement a 2019 court ruling decriminalising homosexuality, two months after losing an appeal that sought to overturn it.
President Mokgweetsi Masisi invited LGBT leaders to his office to reassure them that he would respect the court's decision and protect their rights.
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Malawian President dissolves cabinet on corruption row

Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera on Monday sacked his entire cabinet over graft concerns, vowing to "confront all forms of lawless conduct by public officials". "I have dissolved my entire cabinet effective immediately, and all the functions of cabinet revert to my office until I announce a reconfigured cabinet in two days," Chakwera said in a national address.
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Eight dead, 50 injured in Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon stadium crush

Eight people were killed and about 50 injured in a crush outside a Cameroonian football stadium on Monday ahead of an Africa Cup of Nations match. Crowds attempted to enter through a southern entrance at Olembe stadium in the capital Yaounde to watch the host nation play Comoros.
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Ethiopia army planning to 'eliminate' Tigrayan forces - military official

Ethiopia's military is planning to enter the Tigray regional capital of Mekelle and "eliminate" rebellious forces, a top military official said late on Friday amid diplomatic efforts to end conflict in the country's north.
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Ugandan president's son visits Rwanda in sign of warming ties

Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the powerful son of Uganda's president, arrived in Rwanda on Saturday to meet President Paul Kagame for a visit that marks warming relations between the neighbouring countries after years of tension.
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Giant Dangote oil refinery to begin production in third quarter

Nigeria's giant new Dangote oil refinery will start processing crude in the third quarter of this year. Mechanical work on the refinery is complete and "hopefully before the end of third quarter we should be in the market," Aliko Dangote, chairman of Dangote Industries Limited, said in a briefing at the plant site in Lagos.
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