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End of Congressional bid to oust President Trump

The Democratic party Senator Chuck Schumer said the acquittal was without value as the Republicans had refused witnesses at the trial.

President Donald Trump has been cleared in his impeachment trial, ending a congressional bid to oust him from office that bitterly divided the US.

The authorities in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, have arrested seven people after police clashed with Orthodox Christians over the construction of a church which the authorities said was being built illegally.

In Kenya, a long-living legend of the elephant world has died - Tim the Tusker lived for 50 years and passed away from natural causes; his body will be preserved and put on display in Nairobi.

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