Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (pictured) announced he is running for the Democratic presidential nomination, offering his own mix of moderate policy stances and experience in business, government and philanthropy as the way to beat President Donald Trump. Bloomberg, 77, called Trump “an existential threat to our country and
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Rwanda's national football team will not take part in the December Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) Senior challenge cup tournament to be held in Kampala. According to reports, the Amavubi stars have pulled out due to a lack of budget for their partitipation. The tournament will
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Tanzania summoned Canada’s envoy to protest after an aircraft set to be delivered to state-owned Air Tanzania was impounded in a land compensation dispute, the East African country’s government said on Saturday. The case relates to a lawsuit filed by a retired Tanzanian farmer who has claimed compensation over what
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Rescue workers pulled 18 bodies from the rubble after a plane crashed into a densely populated neighbourhood in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo shortly after take-off on Sunday. The aircraft, operated by local company Busy Bee, was en route to the city of Beni, about
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SolarNow has launched a festive season campaign dubbed 'Jaguza Ne SolarNow This Christmas' in which clients are set to enjoy a 30% discount on the company's products. This offer was announced during the launch on Friday where the CEO Dan Wellington, revealed that the company is on course to deliver
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Osita Oparaugo, the CEO and founder of Reddot Television Network Limited has assured Ugandan content creators of protection as they use his Ogelle social platform. Ogelle is a video sharing platform that offers exclusive original production and user-generated content delivered as a free or subscription-based. Osita launched the service on
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The 4th International Conference on Tax (ICTA) in Africa was held in Kampala from 18th to 22nd November, hosted by Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), at Kampala Serena Hotel. It was a pleasure to host such a prestigious conference. The meeting attracted 48 Countries of which 37 are from Africa, with
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Zimbabweans have reacted with disbelief to news that the government has approved plans to rename major roads and buildings after "national heroes" - including 10 streets named after President Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured), BBC reports. Many of those honoured fought in the 1970s guerrilla war against white-minority rule and went on
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President Yoweri Museveni Friday commissioned four factories under the Balaji Group of Companies in Luweero. These are Premier Distilleries, SR Afro Chicks & Breeders and Atis Biscuits & Mineral Water under Balaji Group EA Ltd. “Combined, the Balaji Group of Companies employs close to 3,000 people, uses 90% of locally-procured
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The African Leadership Magazine has unveiled the list of nominees in the 8th Edition of the Annual African Leadership Magazine Persons of the Year 2019. The Publisher, Dr. Ken Giami, while unveiling the nominees at the group's corporate head office in Portsmouth, United Kingdom, noted that the ALM Persons of
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