AFRICA• A lawyer for an opposition leader in Uganda says he is concerned for the safety of his client, who was charged with treason.• A Stockholm court sentences a Swede of Rwandan origin to life in prison for genocide for his involvement in the 1994 massacres.• Nigerian labour unions engage with government in an effort to avoid a strike over the rise in (subsidised) fuel prices.• World powers say they are ready to supply Libya’s government in Tripoli with weapons to counter the Islamic State.• Two Cairo courts sentence more than 100 protesters for taking part in peaceful, anti-government demonstrations in April.• Six Moroccan athletes are arrested over doping allegations, after a lengthy probe.ABROAD• The deadlocked US supreme court fails to resolve a case about Obamacare, telling lower courts to reconsider the matter after tossing out their earlier rulings.• Thousands of workers are urged to leave camps near Canada’s Fort McMurray as a resurgent wildfire advances towards them.• No...
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