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Ethiopia Extends State of Emergency

Critics say government wants to crush legitimate dissent

Critics say government wants to crush legitimate dissent; Olympic hopes for Nigeria's bobsleigh team; Kenya launches prionser-victim reconcialition scheme.

(Photo: Ethiopians cross their arms to symbolise the protest of the Ethiopian Oromo community against the government, October 2016. Credit: AFP.)

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