Liberia's ex-president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has won the $5m (£3.6m) Mo Ibrahim prize for African Leadership. Mrs Sirleaf, who stepped down last month, became Africa's first elected female president in 2006. She was praised for her work rebuilding the nation after civil war and leading a process of reconciliation. The prize
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Leaders of South Africa's governing ANC party are due to meet to decide the future of President Jacob Zuma. The National Executive Committee (NEC) is likely to ask him to step down, says BBC Africa Correspondent Andrew Harding. ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa acknowledged on Sunday that the issue was causing
Read More* Appoints Alassane Mare as Country Manager in Cameroon * Theophile Boutamba assumes role of Country Manager in Ivory Coast ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, 12 February 2018, -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- DHL Global Forwarding, the leading international provider of air, sea and road freight services, has appointed Alassane Mare and Theophile
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Pressure is mounting on Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni to quit power peacefully. This is after another bishop added on other voices calling for Museveni’s early retirement. Speaking at the commissioning ceremony of St. Elizabeth Chapel at Kyebambe Girls Secondary School in Fort Portal town on Saturday, Rwenzori diocese (COU) Bishop,
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Saturday results Onduparaka 0-0 Express SC Villa 0-0 Maroons Bul 1-0 URA Soana 0-1 Vipers Proline 0-1 Kirinya Jinja SS Police 0-0 Mbarara City Masavu 1-1 UPDFF The second round of the Uganda Premier League kicked off on Saturday with goals still at premium. Only five goals were scored
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Self-styled South African prophet who sprayed his followers with the insecticide, Doom, has been found guilty of assault, local media report. Lethebo Rabalago - widely known as the Doom Pastor - was also found guilty of contravening the Agricultural Stock Remedies Act, a court ruling said. Rabalago claims the insect
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Britain’s export finance agency will add the naira to its list of “pre-approved currencies”, allowing it to provide financing for transactions with Nigerian businesses denominated in the local currency. The naira will become one of three West African currencies that UK Export Finance has pre-approved for its programme of funding
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By Amon Baita ‘Safe Drive Uganda’ is the code name for the mandatory motor vehicle inspection exercise. The recent Parliamentary review of the contract between SGS and Ministry of Works and Transport about the vehicle inspection exercise has led to certain misrepresentations of facts and this ought to be clarified.
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Many successful entrepreneurs constantly carry out research about business they are involved in as well as other investment opportunities. It is this passion that saw a youthful Kenyan travel to Uganda to learn more about the mandazi business. KDF, the mandazi and not the Kenya Defence Forces, is one of
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Top South African ruling party officials are planning to press ahead with negotiations over the weekend to bring an end to Jacob Zuma’s presidency, reports Bloomberg. The African National Congress is trying to wrap up a deal for Zuma to resign so that Cyril Ramaphosa, who became the party leader
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