FIORENTINA captain and Italy international Davide Astori has died suddenly in his sleep aged 31. A club statement read: "A profoundly shocked Fiorentina are compelled to announce that their captain Davide Astori, who was struck by an unexpected sudden illness, has passed away. "For this terrible and delicate situation, and
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The spirited entry into Kenya by multinational chain stores is set to stiffen competition, pitting listed new players against the local family-owned retailers whose footprints hardly go beyond East Africa, Business Daily reports. Last week, Shoprite — Africa’s largest retailer by sales — said it would open its first two
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U.S. President Donald Trump praised Chinese President Xi Jinping Saturday after the ruling Communist party announced it was eliminating the two-term limit for the presidency, paving the way for Xi to serve indefinitely, according to audio aired by CNN. “He’s now president for life, president for life. And he’s great,”
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At least five African Union troops were killed in an ambush in Somalia's Middle Shabelle region Friday by al-Shabab militants, officials and security sources told VOA Somali. The militant group also was suspected of carrying out a suicide bombing and related attack that left at least five Somali soldiers dead
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President Yoweri Museveni has appealed to the public to keep calm on issues concerning land saying that his government cannot fail to find a solution. Museveni's statement comes amidst a new land recommendation made the Land Probe chaired by Lady Justice Catherine Bamugemereire to abolish the Mailo land tenure system
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Two Burundi officials have been imprisoned after the African country's president was allegedly "roughed up" in a football match they organised. President Pierre Nkurunziza is a 'born-again' evangelical Christian who spends much of his time travelling Burundi with his own team, Haleluya FC. He travels with his own choir, "Komeza
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African legislators are in a campaign to push for ratification and implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty to address armed violence rampant on the continent. The MPs note that the readily available small arms and weapons are responsible for the high crime rate and terror among the population in Africa.
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The five East African nations contributing troops to the AMISOM peacekeeping mission in Somalia have called on the U.N. Security Council to keep troops slated for removal by 2020, VOA reports. The withdrawal of the more than 20,000 AMISOM peacekeepers from Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, Ethiopia and Djibouti is slated to
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The call for applications for the 8th Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle East opened Wednesday and will run through 31 May 2018, under the “Orange Social Venture Prize”. This prize, awarded by Orange, rewards innovative projects based on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) which improve the
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The African Guarantee Fund for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (AGF) Friday entered into a re- guarantee transaction of an amount of up to USD 74 million (Shs269.3bn) with GuarantCo, to increase its guarantee capacity for SME financing. SMEs have a large and growing impact on GDP in emerging markets and
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