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– Broken hearts and stifled words: July in Africa (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News August 1, 2017

Suna Venter's broken heart, silencing Sudan's FIFA suspension, the unsolved case of Burundi's Jean Bigirimana, policing police in Zimbabwe and more from Somalia, Senegal, Nigeria and South Sudan.
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