South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s bid to consolidate his grip on power and revive the flagging economy in the aftermath of Jacob Zuma’s scandal-marred rule faces a critical test in the nation’s sixth post-apartheid national election. While opinion polls point to the ruling African National Congress extending its quarter-century monopoly
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While Spurs will back themselves to score an away goal, Al Hain-Cole thinks ten Hag's exciting side will ensure the goalmouth action is at both ends. Tottenham will be looking to pull off a famous comeback when they travel to Amsterdam to take on Ajax in Wednesday’s Champions League semi-final
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Uganda is considering exporting power to the South Sudan Capital Juba and Kinshasha in the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC, the Energy and Mineral Development State Minister, Simon Du'janga has revealed. He says Uganda will extend electricity from Owen Falls and Karuma Dams through a single line in West
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The National Forestry Authority has lost Over 40,000 hectares of the central forest reserve land in Kayunga district to private developers, the Bamugemereire led Commission heard on Tuesday afternoon. The affected reserves are Bajo Central Forest Reserve in Bale Sub County, Wamale and Kiula Central Forest Reserves in Galilaaya Sub
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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has mentioned three factors he believes can solve the corruption problem in Uganda. Museveni made the remarks while opening the 9th Commonwealth Regional Conference for Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Africa at Lake Victoria Serena, Kigo. "As you steal public resources, you must ask, can you as
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More than 50 people have died and dozens injured in a wildfire in South Sudan’s Lol State, in the north of the country. The incident happened at Korok village on Sunday night as people slept. Eye radio in Juba reported that strong winds spread the fire rapidly. “Everyone was in
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The Government of South Sudan has set up a committee to verify the authenticity of unpaid Ugandan traders, who supplied goods to South Sudan. This was revealed by the South Sudan's Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning, Goc Makauc Mayol, during a meeting with Ugandan Members of Parliament on Monday
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Sudan’s ruling Transitional Military Council has said it will publish its own suggested constitutional draft after disagreeing with some points in the opposition's draft. A revised constitution is part of negotiated efforts between the military and protest groups to form a joint military-civilian council before elections. But protesters remain skeptical.
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Ethiopian factory workers who make clothes are on average the industry's worst-paid in the world, according to a new report. "The government’s eagerness to attract foreign investment led it to promote the lowest base wage in any garment-producing country - now set at the equivalent of $26 (£20) a month,"
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“When I was young, I always knew I wanted to be a doctor but alas life doesn’t always move as we plan it. In primary six, I lost both my parents and that’s when everything started to go uphill. I struggled for the next couple of years without having a
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