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Three students held over Uganda school fire
Nine students were killed in a dormitory whose doors had been padlocked, trapping dozens inside.
Three students are in custody in southern Uganda on suspicion of starting a school dormitory fire that killed at least nine children and injured 40. The UN highlights the plight of millions of so-called stateless people, with no nationality and no citizens rights. Why have two opposition parties in the DR Congo backed out of an agreement to field a single candidate in the presidential elections?
Photo: Uganda Red Cross/Charles Ssemusu
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