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Police fire teargas to disperse election protesters in Kenya

Egypt court sentences Morsi to 25 years in Qatar spy case
An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced ousted president Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood to 25 years in prison, in a final ruling over a case accusing him of spying for Qatar, judicial sources said.
Dozens of Burundian refugees killed in DR Congo
Troops shot dead 34 Burundian refugees in clashes in Kamanyola in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials in the eastern province of South Kivu said Saturday.
Israel forced to ‘postpone’ first Africa summit
Israel has had to indefinitely postpone a summit it had planned with African countries following a boycott by a number of those states.
Sinai blast kills 18 Egyptian policemen
At least 18 Egyptian policemen were killed and three injured on Monday in an attack claimed by Daesh on a security convoy in the Sinai Peninsula, which is gripped by an insurgency.
South Africa's ruling ANC limps toward choosing new leader
South Africa's ruling African National Congress is fending off fresh crises as the bitter fight for control of the former liberation party grows before President Jacob Zuma steps down as party leader in December.
How aid in cash, not goods, averted a famine in Somalia
In February, when the government of Somalia sounded an alarm to the UN about risks of a famine in the country, the UN’s Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), besides quickly shuffling a response team, was acting from a steep sense of history.
Amnesty says Central African Republic has faced 'horrific surge' in violence
Amnesty International says the Central African Republic (CAR) has witnessed a "horrific surge" in violence that is now clearly along sectarian lines.
Media: Lebanese president to visit Iran in Oct.
Lebanese President Michel Aoun plans to pay an official visit to Iran in October as part of efforts to deepen Beirut-Tehran relations in all fields, local media reports said on Sunday.
Opposition MP shot, wounded in Tanzania: Party
Tanzanian opposition lawmaker Tundu Lissu, a fierce critic of President John Magufuli's government, was shot and wounded by unknown assailants at his residence in the administrative capital Dodoma on Thursday, his party said.
Kenya's Odinga rejects vote rerun date without 'guarantees'
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga said on Tuesday his coalition would not participate in the rerun of a presidential election proposed for October 17 unless it is given “legal and constitutional” guarantees.