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Exiled former Ivory Coast PM goes on trial
Former rebel leader and prime minister of Ivory Coast Guillaume Soro goes on trial.
Former rebel leader Guillaume Soro and around nineteen of his close associates are going on trial facing various charges of undermining state security.
Cameroon destroy guns in symbolic campaign to silence guns and end war in the English-speaking region of the country.
Namibia issue emergency travel documents to the twin daughters of a gay couple.
(Picture: Ivory Coast's parliamentary speaker Guillaume Soro arrives at the Ivorian National Assembly before the closure of the second normal plenary session of the parliament ain Abidjan on December 18, 2015. Credit: SIA KAMBOU/AFP via Getty Images)
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