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Nigeria's 2020 protesters look to the ballot box
Nigeria's 2020 protesters look to the ballot box
Africa
by  AFP

Two years after Samuel Ashola was shot in the leg during a peaceful protest in Nigeria's economic capital Lagos, the unemployed artist boils with anger as he prepares to vote. - Challenges - Five out of seven protesters AFP interviewed in Lagos and the political capital Abuja said they would vote for Obi.

Australian rescuers race to save stranded pilot whales
Australian rescuers race to save stranded pilot whales
World
by  AFP

Australian rescuers battled Friday to refloat the last surviving pilot whales from a mass stranding that killed nearly 200 of the animals on a surf-battered beach in Tasmania. The latest stranding came days after a dozen young male sperm whales were reported dead in a separate mass stranding on King Island -- between Tasmania and the Australian mainland.

Cubans to vote on same-sex marriage, surrogacy
Cubans to vote on same-sex marriage, surrogacy
World
by  AFP

Cubans will vote on Sunday in a referendum on whether to allow same-sex marriage and surrogate pregnancies, which experts say could turn into an opportunity to voice opposition against the government.