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Former Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi back in hospital

Rome and Pisa CNN — Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been hospitalized in a Milan hospital, his spokesman told CNN. Berlusconi’s latest stay at the San Raffaele hospital came before a big meeting of his party scheduled for Saturday. The 86-year-old leader of the Forza Italia party was released from his latest hospital

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Tens of thousands rallied against Serbian populist leader

Massive demonstrations took place in Belgrade and some other Serbian cities after two bloody shootings in early May that killed 18 people and injured 20, including elementary school students. Tens of thousands of people again rallied in downtown Belgrade on Friday, demanding the resignation of Serbia’s populist president and warning of a “radicalization” of the

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Senegal opposition leader sentenced to 2 years in prison

On Thursday, a court in Senegal sentenced the country’s leading opposition figure to two years in prison, finding him guilty of “corrupting the youth.” The ruling, which for now bans him from running in future elections, leaves the West African nation’s political future in limbo, less than a year before the next presidential contest. Opposition

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Isaias Afwerk of Eritrea: ruthless leader of an isolated nation

A revered hero of Eritrea’s struggle for independence, Isaias Afwerk ruled with an iron fist for three decades, crushing any opposition and turning his country into an African “North Korea”. An international pariah, Isaias returned to the world stage in 2018 when he signed a peace deal with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, ending 20

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