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Nigeria's Kaduna passes law for tougher penalties for convicted rapists
There has been outrage over rape across Nigeria in recent months
The governor of northern Nigeria鈥檚 state, Nasir el-Rufai, has signed a law providing new penalties for convicted rapists, including castration and the death penalty.
A UN Commission of Inquiry into alleged human rights violations says that despite a new government in Burundi, there has been no progress in improving human rights.
And around 70 armed groups have agreed to a ceasefire in DR Congo's South Kivu province.
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