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US Senator says East Africa abductions akin to impunity

US Senator Jim Risch. [AP]

A top US senator has raised new concerns over rising cases of human rights abuse in East Africa, weeks after warning against Kenya's dalliance with China.

Senator Jim Risch, who doubles up as the chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, castigated the governments in the region, saying that the new reports of abductions and torture expose serious government failure.

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