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National editor’s pick of the top news stories in the nation and world at this hour:
Two years after Arab Spring, Egyptian protesters still demand democracy
Plus ça change: On the second anniversary of the Arab Spring uprising that toppled the Egyptian president, tens of thousands of protesters filled Tahrir Square on Friday demanding democracy. The loudest chants were leftovers from the 2011 revolution: “Leave, leave!” and “The people want the fall of the regime” — now aimed not at Hosni Mubarak but at Mohammed Morsi. Five months after the Muslim Brotherhood candidate came to power, protesters reject the constitution he pushed through and say he hasn’t fulfilled the social welfare and justice demands of the Arab Spring. Emergency services said more than 110 people were injured in Friday’s protests, in which demonstrators threw stones and police fired tear gas. Protests took place not only in Cairo but also in Alexandria, Suez, Ismailia and a string of other cities.
Court says Obama’s recess appointments were unconstitutional
A federal appeals court says President Barack Obama acted illegally in making recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board — arguing that the Senate was technically in ses
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Thousands of crocodiles flee farm
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Africa Live this week: 2-6 July 2018 as it happened
Uganda's president defends social media taxpublished at 16:46 British Summer Time 5 July 2018
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has defended the country's new social media tax, saying in a Facebook post that users had been enriching foreign-owned telecoms companies without benefiting the national economy.
He also said taxes on mobile money transactions would be charged at a rate of 0.5%, rather than the 1% initially announced. He said this was due "to a miscommunication", but Uganda's Daily Monitor newspaper says it was lowered following public outcry, external.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Facebook content may contain adverts.Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Google Hangout, YouTube, Skype and Yahoo Messenger are among the platforms identified by Uganda's revenue service for the daily tax of $0.05 (£0.04).
In his statement posted on Facebook, President Museveni called social media a "luxury by those who are enjoying themselves or those who are malicious...all the moral reasons are in favour of that tax".
He added that Ugandan social media users were "endlessly donating money to foreign telephone companies through chattin