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A witch doctor unwraps a snake from the neck of a suspected solar panel thief at Hoima Central Police Station on January 26, 2018. There was drama in Hoima town on Friday when a suspected thief turned up at a police station with a snake wrapped around his neck. PHOTO BY FRANCIS MUGERWA
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The suspect, who was putting on black underwear, reportedly took himself to the residence of the witch doctor who in turn called police officers
Former presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye said that police foiled his earlier arrangement of hosting the children at Kiwatule recreation center on grounds that it was diversionary to the 32nd NRM Liberation Day celebrations in Arua District. Dr Besigye said that the celebrations in Arua District are useless because nothing much has changed in Uganda since the guerrilla war ended and that it is a one man show.
An Afghan man runs with two children near an office of the British charity Save the Children during an ongoing attack in Jalalabad on January 24, 2018. Gunmen blasted their way into Save the Children's office in Afghanistan's restive east on January 24, 2018, witnesses and officials said, in an ongoing attack that has wounded at least 11 people. After blowing up a car outside the British charity's compound in Jalalabad city, the attackers used a rocket propelled grenade to storm the complex. AFP PHOTO
Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R) whispers to former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff, during a campaign rally to launch Lula's presidential candidacy for the upcoming October elections, at the Workers Central Union (CUT) headquarters in Sao Paulo, Brazil on January 25, 2018. A Brazilian appeals court Wednesday upheld ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's conviction for corruption, dealing a body blow to his hopes of running for re-election this year. The three-judge panel sitting in the southern city of Porto Alegre unanimously ruled that his original 9.5-year jail sentence be extended to more than 12 years. Lula was defiant, telling he intends to run for the presidency despite the court setback. AFP PHOTO
A Syrian woman mourns during the funeral of civilians and military personnel killed during the Turkish offensive against Afrin, an enclave in northern Syria controlled by Kurdish militia, in the city of Afrin on January 25, 2018.According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group, Turkish and allied rebel fire has killed 31 civilians in Afrin, with People's Protection Units (YPG) fire killing two civilians in a nearby zone. AFP PHOTO
Libyans check the aftermath of an explosion in the eastern city of Benghazi on January 24, 2018. The death toll following a double car bomb attack in the Libyan city of Benghazi night has risen to at least 34, a hospital spokeswoman said. AFP PHOTO
US President Donald Trump and Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May shake hands during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, eastern Switzerland, on January 25, 2018. AFP PHOTO
Former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar addresses the court during the sentencing phase in Ingham County Circuit Court on January 24, 2018 in Lansing, Michigan. Disgraced former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison on Wednesday for sexually abusing scores of young girls under the guise of medical treatment. "I've just signed your death warrant," Judge Rosemarie Aquilina said as she handed down the sentence after a week of gut-wrenching testimony by over 150 of Nassar's victims. AFP PHOTO
Russian President Vladimir Putin plunges into the icy waters of lake Seliger during the celebration of the Epiphany holiday in Russia's Tver region early on January 19, 2018. AFP PHOTO
