One of France’s biggest companies was placed under formal investigation Thursday over allegations that it financed terrorist groups, including the Islamic State group, and aided and abetted crimes against humanity in a bid to continue operating in Syria as a civil war raged there. In a rare move against a
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The 2018 Careers in Africa Employer of Choice Survey has ranked the 100 best companies to work for in Africa. Of 100 companies listed, the top four include the World Bank Group, Chevron, Exxon Mobil and the African Development Bank. The 100-list includes banks, oil companies, FMCG brands and mobile
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The Indian Community in Uganda is divided over the upcoming visit of India Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Uganda, with some members threatening to boycott the event. Modi is slated to visit Uganda on 24 July this Year accompanied by a huge business delegation. At the heart of the crisis
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Diego Maradona has overshadowed Argentina's progress to the last 16 with his antics in Saint Petersburg in the win over Nigeria. The icon appeared to be intoxicated and admitted to bingeing on white wine, while for a second time the former World Cup winner made an offensive gesture. Beforehand it
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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has said that his brother Muhoho Kenyatta should carry his own cross if found guilty of illegally importing duty-free sugar, reports the Standard. Speaking for the first time about the on-going probe on corruption involving the flooding of duty-free sugar imports into the Kenyan market, President
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Young women who were abducted by extinguished Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in 2003 have petitioned Speaker Rebecca Kadaga and Education minister First Lady Janet Museveni, arguing that they are living an isolated life. Most of the girls who were abducted in sub regions of Teso, Acholi and Lango
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Six points apiece, eight goals each and two conceded. The only thing separating first from second in Group G is England's two yellow cards to Belgium's three. A draw in Kaliningrad tonight would mean England finish top thanks to an ever-so-slightly superior disciplinary record. After the 6-1 rout of Panama,
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Rwanda is set to send an all-female formed police unit for deployment in South Sudan under the UN peacekeeping mission, the Rwandan police said Tuesday, Business Daily reports. The contingent is the first female team to be sent on a foreign mission by the country. The female police peacekeepers expected
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The Finscope Uganda 2018 report has revealed that only 3 percent of the Uganda’s adult population borrow money from a commercial bank. The report was launched Wednesday morning at Kampala Serena Hotel. The Finscope survey found that the breadth of access to financial services is quite wide in Uganda, with
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The South Sudan rebels now want amendments to the Framework Agreement penned in Khartoum on Tuesday. The rebel movement’s director of information and public relations, Mr Mabior Garang de Mabior, said that they were opposed to the dividing of the country into three regions, the invitation of foreign forces and
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