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Malawi: Supreme Court rules that the death penalty is unconstitutional.
Supreme Court outlaws death penalty and orders re-sentencing of convicts facing execution
In a landmark ruling in Malawi on Wednesday, the Supreme Court declared the death penalty "unconstitutional", abolishing the punishment.
In Somalia, President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo, has backed down from his attempt to extend his tenure in office for two years.
And, we hear about the mobile grocery delivery food to inner city residents in Johannesburg
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