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Cairo says the UN's call for independent probe into Morsi's death is a "deliberate attempt to politicise a natural death".

Sudan's army ruler has called on protest leaders to resume talks on the transfer of power without any conditions, as tension between the two sides remain high.

Religious leaders in Africa must speak up against the practice of female genital mutilation, which affects millions of children across the continent, an international conference in Dakar has said.

Thirty-eight people have been killed and many others wounded in attacks on two ethnic Dogon villages in central Mali, the government has said, in the latest in a cycle of violence in the volatile Sahel country.

Gunmen killed a soldier and three other people in an attack in north-central Nigeria, state police have said.

In Tanzania, reporters trying to investigate violence, environmental damage and other wrongdoing connected to a gold mine in the north of the country are trapped between the silence of a mining giant and the lies of a repressive government.

The Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison in Harare is crumbling at the seams, assailed by overcrowding and a critical shortage of medicines, food and other basics as the economically-crippled country battles to care for its inmates.

The UN human rights office called Tuesday for an "independent inquiry" into former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi's death while in state custody.

More than 300 000 people have fled violence and inter-ethnic attacks in northeastern areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo in the past two weeks, the United Nations says.

Egypt's first democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi has been buried, as the UN backed calls for an independent investigation into the causes of his death after he collapsed in a Cairo courtroom.

[Monitor] Kampala -President Museveni has confirmed police cadets three years after they were passed out.

[Monitor] Entebbe -The government should exempt private universities and other institutions of higher learning from paying some taxes to enable them deliver their mandate better, renowned academician has said.

[ISS] Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has maintained a tough stance on the fight against corruption, setting no limits on a campaign to recover the proceeds of graft. The most recent step is the Central Bank of Kenya's announcement on 1 June that it would demonetise the country's Ksh1 000 (equivalent to US$10) notes from circulation […]

[Addis Fortune] The government is wagging its finger at major sesame exporters suspected of under-invoicing, warning them to stay away from the act.

[New Times] According to the Dutch ambassador, the vocational training will help inmates adapt to new life after serving their sentences and also help them to be better members of society.

[New Times] The financial scheme is managed under the Business Development Fund (BDF), which says it has hitherto mobilised some US$4 million in initial funding.

[New Times] Hosts Rwanda and Tanzania got off to bright starts on Tuesday as they registered victories against Mali and Uganda, respectively, on the opening day of this year's Kwibuka25 Women Cricket T20 tournament.

[Citizen] Dodoma -National Assembly deputy Speaker Tulia Ackson yesterday removed from the debating chamber three Chadema lawmakers for allegedly showing disrespectful behavior.

[Citizen] Dodoma -The government has established a task force to fight Dengue fever in Dar es Salaam, the parliament was told by the minister of health, community development, gender, children and the elderly Ms Ummy Mwalimu told the parliament.

[allAfrica] Ambassador Tibor P. NagyAssistant Secretary, Bureau of African AffairsAmbassador Donald BoothSpecial Envoy to Sudan and South SudanPress BriefingJune 14, 2019