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Somali Uber driver found responsible for tortures during 80s Somalia's war

Victim of tortures committed in Somalia's civil war in the 1980s awarded $500000 damages

A Somali Uber living in the US has been found responsible for committing acts of torture during Somalia's civil war in the 1980s. We hear from one of his victims.

Kenyan writer and LGBT Rights activist Binyavanga Wainaina dies aged 48 in Nairobi. He won a Caine Prize for his book 'Discovering Home'. Famous for publicly coming out in Kenya in 2014, he was named on the same year among Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world. We hear his experience from an interview he did with Focus on Africa in 2014.

South Africa has officially sworn in Cyril Ramaphosa alongside other MPs. But on the opening day of the newly elected National Assembly, some of the new ANC officials have had to postpone their ceremony while they wait to deal with matters previously raised by the party's Integrity Commission.

(Photo Credit: MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB/AFP/Getty Images)

23 minutes

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Wed 22 May 201919:06GMT

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  • Wed 22 May 201919:06GMT

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