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Gabriel Packard
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Exiled Ugandan strongman Idi Amin wants to come home
NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (GIN) - More than 20 years after he was
toppled from power and forced into exile in Saudi Arabia, Idi
Amin wants to return to Uganda - the country where, during his
eight-year dictatorship, at least 300,000 people were massacred.
According to news group Sapa-DPA,…
Togo: Africa's longest-serving leader won't have to step down
New York, Dec. 30 (GIN) -- The Togolese parliament yesterday
changed the constitution in a way that will allow President
Gnassingbe Eyadema to seek re-election in next year's June
elections.
As it stood, the 1992 constition required Eyadema to step down
after two five-year terms. But…