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Ugandan activists present anti-torture petition to UN

The Torture Survivors of Uganda activist group has presented a petition to the UN, saying the Ugandan Human Rights Commission has missed an opportunity to denounce torture

A group of activists in Ugandan petition against silence over the use of torture in Uganda; Protests continue in Sudan as the military government in continues a wave of arrests of political leaders and civilians; Mauritius plants its flag on Chagos Islands for the first time in fifty years; We speak to a Kenyan woman affected by Long Covid, she has suffered Coronavirus symptoms for ten months; A new look and a new sound for the Nigerian highlife songwriter Adekunle Gold.

(Photo: Writer Kakwenza Rukirabashaija. Credit: BADRU KATUMBA/AFP via Getty Images)

27 minutes

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Mon 14 Feb 202217:06GMT

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