One of Africa's top musicians - Diamond Platnumz - has been banned from performing in Tanzania, BBC reports. Basata, the regulatory arts board in the East African nation, said it had taken the decision because he had performed one of his songs that had been banned a few weeks ago.
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Manchester United have named former player Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as caretaker manager until the end of the season, a day after sacking Jose Mourinho. Solskjaer spent 11 seasons at Old Trafford, scoring the winning goal in the 1999 Champions League final. The 45-year-old takes over with United sixth in the
Read MoreNAIROBI, Kenya, 19 December 2018, -/African Media Agency/- The United States government has given two vehicles to the Kenya Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) to improve criminal investigations. The vehicles made available through the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Nairobi Country Office, will support DCI’s efforts to combat drug trafficking
Read MoreNAIROBI, Kenya, 19 December 2018, -/African Media Agency/- The United States government has given two vehicles to the Kenya Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) to improve criminal investigations. The vehicles made available through the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Nairobi Country Office, will support DCI’s efforts to combat drug trafficking
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A top Minister in the Ugandan Cabinet has been named by Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) among the top 150 tax defaulters in the country. Gume Fredrick Ngobi, the Minister of State for Trade, Industry and Cooperatives (Cooperatives) owes the tax body Shs82.7m in VAT. [caption id="attachment_20604" align="aligncenter" width="471"] Frederick Ngobi
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Ten people have been confirmed dead and several others injured when a vehicle rammed into a group of people in Wakisi, Njeru Municipality last night, URN reports. The deceased were part of a group that was following Kadodi, a cultural fest that precedes the circumcision ceremony of the Bagisu.
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Recent pledges of $2 billion (UShs7.4 trillion) in investment for South Sudan’s oil may be just the start, with the war-torn nation expecting further agreements in early 2019, its petroleum minister said. Ezekiel Lul Gatkuoth’s prediction comes as the African nation’s warring sides prepare to form a power-sharing government in
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By AFP Jose Mourinho's increasingly tempestuous reign at Manchester United came to an end on Tuesday when the club sacked him after just two-and-a-half years in charge. The 55-year-old's unhappiness at the club manifested itself even before the season started. Here AFP Sport picks out five quotes that chart the
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The Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has announced that posts for Parliamentary Commissioners will be competed for through a secret ballot going forward as opposed to them being handpicked as has been the norm, a thing that has rattled Government Chief Whip, Ruth Nankabirwa. In her communication to the
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The Minister of Security, General Elly Tumwine has revealed that Police blocking music shows of musician turned politician, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine is part of his (Bobi Wine) occupational hazards as a musician. He advised him to stop lamenting. “Ssentamu will be my witness, when he came to this
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