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The son of former president Guebuza and other high-profile Mozambicans will wait until August to hear the outcome of the country's largest ever corruption case.
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Burundi news
Burundi has accused opposition leader Alexis Sinduhije of terrorism and issued an international arrest warrant for the politician.
The announcement, made by the country’s attorney general Sylvestre Nyandwi last month, followed a string of recent attacks in the East African nation t...