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    Uganda: Western representatives walk out of presidential inauguration

    Representatives from the US, Canada and European countries abandoned Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's inauguration ceremony in protest against the presence of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.

    The US State Department says that al-Bashir arrived in Uganda for a five-day trip, despite an international warrant for his arrest. He is accused of committing war crimes by presiding over the mass killings and rapes of civilians in Darfur.