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Uganda wraps up violent and chaotic election campaign

FRANCE24, 09 Jan 2021
Tensions remain high in Uganda one week before President Yoweri Museveni will seek re-election. There have been brutal crackdowns on opposition rallies... In DR Congo, 20 years on from the assassination of President Laurent-Désiré Kabila, one man sentenced to death for his role in the shooting has been set free - this after other political prisoners were also granted freedom. And China's Foreign Minister is currently on a tour of five African countries for his first foreign trip of the year. We get some analysis on what's become a tradition for Beijing since 1991.

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