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Libya postpones presidential election
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Libya’s national election commission has announced that it cannot go ahead with polls this week, citing technical, judicial and security concerns.
How 50 Ugandan MPs and parliament staff caught Covid-19 during a trip to Tanzania.
And Ghana’s finance minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, defends a controversial new tax on electronic transactions which recently caused a fist-fight in parliament.
(Photo: The head of Libya’s election commission gives a press conference in November. Credit: Getty Images)
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