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Malawi Enacts Freedom of Information Bill
Similar laws exist in Nigeria, South Africa and Sierra Leone; Seven doctors' union reps released from jail as strike continues; Namibian scientist's water research wins international award.
(Photo: Malawi's President Peter Mutharika, who signed the bill into law. Credit: BBC.)
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