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Burundi appoints new PM after president warns of 'coup' plot
Burundi appoints new PM after president warns of 'coup' plot
by  AFP

Burundi's parliament on Wednesday approved the appointment of a new prime minister after President Evariste Ndayishimiye warned last week of a possible coup plot against him. Bunyoni's departure came after Ndayishimiye, who has been in power for just over two years, had last week warned of a coup plot against him.

India's Gandhi channels namesake in 'long march'
India's Gandhi channels namesake in 'long march'
by  AFP

Emulating Indian independence hero Mahatma Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi was set Wednesday to begin a "long march" seeking to halt the seemingly inexorable slow decline of his once-mighty Congress party. - Reluctant leader - Mahatma Gandhi famously trekked some 380 kilometres (240 miles) in 1930 to protest a salt tariff imposed by British rulers, in a seminal moment in the independence struggle.

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