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Museveni Formalizes Seventh-Term Presidential Bid

Seeking his seventh term, Museveni highlights a goal to grow Uganda’s GDP to $500 billion by 2040

Judge Frees Columbia Student Activist Mahmoud Khalil on Bail

Museveni Signs Law Reinstating Military Trials of Civilians in Uganda

Mahmoud Khalil Describes Missing Son’s Birth and ‘Irreparable Harm’ in New Legal Filings

Judge Grants Bail to Harvard Researcher in Immigration Case; She Remains Detained on Smuggling Charge

Maduro's Party Claims Sweeping Victory in Venezuelan Elections

Tanzania Faces Backlash Over Opposition Crackdown and Activist Deportations

Turkey Monitors PKK Disarmament as Legal Reforms Take Shape

Alfredo Schiavo Freed After Five Years in Venezuelan Prison

Trump Administration Appeals Court-Ordered Release of Palestinian Columbia Student Activist

Tunisian Court Sentences Opposition Figures to Up to 66 Years in Mass Trial

Uganda Cabinet Reviews Bill to Reinstate Military Trials for Civilians

Myanmar Junta Pardons Nearly 4,900 Prisoners for New Year

Daughters of Detained Writer Boualem Sansal Appeal to Macron for Action

EU Proposes Unified 'Safe Countries' List to Streamline Asylum Process

Berlin Memorial Highlights Unresolved Questions in Djamshid Sharmahd Case

American Detained in Belarus for Alleged Illegal Border Crossing

DDR Civil Rights Icon Gerd Poppe Dies at 84

Russian Scientist at Harvard Detained Over Customs Violation Awaits Asylum Hearing

French-Algerian Writer Boualem Sansal Sentenced to Five Years in Algeria