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[HRW] Beirut -- Infringes on Basic Freedoms as Elections Loom

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Government yesterday told the diplomatic community that it was investigating the alleged abduction of three MDC Alliance officials, indicating the State’s prime objective was to expose and prosecute the perpetrators or reveal the involvement of a third

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Kenya: A Vote for Kenya Is a Vote for Global Peace, President Kenyatta Says in Final Pitch for UNSC Seat

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Zimbabwe: Activists' Abductions - EU, UK, US Light Fires Under Mnangagwa, Demand Unbiased Probe

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