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Tunisia’s Saied set to win vote on bolstering president’s powers
An overwhelming 92-93 percent of those who voted supported the new constitution, according to an exit poll taken by the Sigma Conseil institute. Initial results are due Tuesday afternoon.
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One person killed fighting Morocco forest fire
Several outbreaks of varying magnitude have resumed in recent hours in northern Morocco, particularly in Larache province, which was recently devastated by forest fires that left one dead.
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M23 rebels kill 29 civilians in DR Congo since mid-June: Human Rights Watch
The other deaths took place in subsequent attacks on the same village and in the hamlets of Ruseke and Kabindi, taking the death toll to 29, HRW said.
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Egypt court calls for femicide execution to be broadcast live
Egyptians shared their horror online when a video went viral in June appearing to show Ashraf being stabbed outside her university in Mansoura.
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Angola gears up for tight election as Lourenco’s star fades
Lourenco is seeking a second term in the August 24 vote, which observers predict will be the tightest since the oil-rich country emerged from a lengthy civil war two decades ago.
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Power to the president: Tunisia’s draft constitution
The president would appoint a government and could dismiss ministers unilaterally, while unlike in the 2014 text, parliament plays no role in forming an administration.
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Myanmar villagers accuse junta troops of massacre
Over 2,100 people have been killed in the junta’s crackdown on dissent, according to a local monitoring group.
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CAF Awards Winners
#Senegalese player who plays for #Tanzania’s Simba S.C, Pape Ousmane Sakho, won the Confederation of African Football (CAF)’s Goal of the Year award
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Sri Lanka troops demolish main protest camp
Wickremesinghe himself was elected by legislators on Wednesday to replace Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled to Singapore and resigned after demonstrators chased him from his palace.
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Tunisia to vote on constitution seen as threat to democracy
The text aims to replace the mixed presidential-parliamentary system enshrined in a 2014 constitution, which saw Tunisia praised as the sole democracy to emerge from the 2011 Arab uprisings.
