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Uganda Age-Limit Bill Passes First Hurdle

Uganda's parliament approves second reading of bill to remove the presidential age limit

Uganda's parliament has passed the first vote on the contentious bill to remove the presidential age limit, with a two-thirds majority.

Plus Kenyan police detain nearly a hundred children in an international anti-terror operation.

And Nigerian singer-songwriter Niniola Apata breaks into song in the studio.

(Image: Uganda"s President Yoweri Museveni. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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Wed 20 Dec 201717:06GMT
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