Uganda al-Shabab prosecutor killed

Joan Kagezi, the top Ugandan state prosecutor in the trial of 13 men suspected of a deadly al-Shabab bomb attack, is shot dead in Kampala.

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

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