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Three students held over Uganda school fire
Nine students were killed in a dormitory whose doors had been padlocked.
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 Women Lawyers' Association of Malawi asks President Mutharika to increase the number of women in the cabinet. Why have two opposition parties in the DR Congo backed out of an agreement to field a single candidate in the presidential elections? Plus, the November mix of musical tracks chosen by our resident DJ Rita Ray.
Photo: Uganda Red Cross/Charles Ssemusu
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