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Uganda: More than 200 prisoners escape from jail
The escapees are thought to be trying to use mountain routes to cross the border into Kenya.
Nigeria's Kaduna passes a law for tougher penalties for convicted rapists
And around 70 armed groups have agreed to a ceasefire in DR Congo's South Kivu province.
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