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Venezuela Protesters Set Up Roadblocks

BBC World Service - Newsday, Venezuela Protesters Set Up Roadblocks

Protests target proposed changes to the constitution, as US and Brazil express concerns.

There's been international condemnation of President Maduro's plans to rewrite the Venezuelan constitution, but his government says the new constituent assembly is the best way to unite a fractured country.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's health is not as poor as assumed, his wife said on Tuesday, trying to assuage growing concerns over her husband's ability to work.

A Kenyan punter who won a $2m (£1.6m) jackpot after correctly predicting the outcome of 17 football matches doubts he will ever bet again.

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