A tribal militia killed at least 43 people in South Sudan’s Jonglei state, local officials said on Wednesday, extending a spate of tit-for-tat revenge killings. Raiders from the Murle ethnic group killed 20 men, 22 women and one child, and injured 19 people in the village of Duk Payel on
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Israel will pay the Rwandan government $5,000 for every African asylum seeker it accepts from Israel, Channel 10 reported Sunday. A senior government official confirmed the report to Haaretz. The Israeli government will additionally continue to pay asylum seekers who voluntarily leave the country a grant of $3,500, as well
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Shocking details have emerged why Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu met with Uganda President and other African leaders on the day Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta took oath for a second term in office. Netanyahu flew to Kenya on Tuesday morning for a lightning visit that included meetings with 11 African leaders.
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Employers have welcomed President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Tuesday announcement that Kenya is opening its borders to Africans, arguing it is a step in the right direction, reports the Daily Nation. Kenyatta announced, shortly after he was sworn in for a second term, that any African wishing to visit Kenya will be
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Check Point Software Technologies Ltd, one of the leading providers of cyber security solutions globally, recently announced results from the first ever study on the impact of mobile attacks in enterprise environments. Findings from the research are based on data collected from more than 850 organisations spread across four continents.
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Uganda’s Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Amelia Kyambadde has disputed media reports that government has agreed to cut sugar prices. This follows Daily Monitor’s story of Tuesday 28th November that read; “Cabinet agrees to cut sugar prices”. Addressing the press on Wednesday at Uganda Media Centre, Kyambadde stated that:
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Harun Ahmed is one of thousands of young Ethiopians who have attempted the journey across the Sahara to Libya - and from there to Europe. He eventually made it to Germany, but only after surviving months of torture and starvation at the hands of three separate slave traders who bought
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Ethiopian Airlines Group hit another major milestone after British flight auditing company Skytrax feted it with a 4-Star ranking in London on November 8. The airline company received the certification, which the Chief Executive Officer Tewolde GebreMariam attributed to their surge in delivering quality services to their clients over the
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There has been a reported fight between Uganda people’s Defence Forces (UPDF) and Uganda Police Force among other security agencies in connection to the murder of Assistant Inspector of Police, Andrew Felix Kaweesi. Even when these fights were shown on TV (video), Bright Rwamirama, State Minister for Veteran Affairs says
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North Korea says it has successfully tested a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile that can reach the whole of continental United States, BBC reports. State television claimed that Pyongyang had now achieved its mission of becoming a nuclear state. The Hwasong-15 missile, which it said was its "most powerful",
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