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Zambia Opposition Leader Walks Free From Prison
Treason charges against Zambia's opposition leader, Hakainde Hichilema, are dropped
Zambia's opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema, is released from prison after treason charges against him are dropped.
Plus Kenya's defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga changes his mind and says he will go to court to challenge the result, and planned mass burials in Sierra Leone are postponed.
(Image: Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema leaving a courtroom in Lusaka in a police van, on April 18, 2017. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)
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