A.P. Moller Holding, which controls Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk, said Wednesday it has launched a new fund that will invest in infrastructure in Africa. The fund, which was launched with pension funds PKA, PensionDanmark and Medical Doctors' Pension Fund, has received commitments of $550 million and aims to raise
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Police in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have arrested more than 100 protesters in cities across the country who were calling for presidential elections to be held by the end of the year. Demonstrations took place Monday in the capital, Kinshasa, the eastern city of Goma, and at least
Read MoreAt least 23 African Union peacekeeping troops and a Somalian soldier have been killed in an ambush carried out by armed group al-Shabab in the country's south, according to a senior regional official. The fighting broke out when the al-Shabaab fighters attacked the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops early
Read MoreScores of complainants and suspects are stranded in courts across the country as State Prosecutors laid down their tools over low pay and poor working conditions. Currently the lowest ranking State Prosecutor earns a gross salary of 645,000 Shillings while those at the rank of Senior Principal State Attorney earn
Read MoreUganda's Former Tourism Minister, Maria Mutagmba is dead. Mutagamba passed away at Case Clinic in the country's capital Kampala on Saturday. Reports indicate she had been admitted at the medical facility a week before she breathed and her last and was being treated for gallstones. Gallstones (commonly misspelled gall stones
Read MoreControversial Makerere University Don, Dr Stella Nyanzi on Tuesday hinted at launching her search for a lover in an 'emotional' Facebook post. Nyanzi who is out on bail after being held for 33 days at Uganda's Maximum Prison, Luzira on charges of calling President Yoweri Museveni a 'pair of buttocks'
Read MoreKenya's public debt stands at about 50 percent of GDP and the country has not been in any danger of failing to repay its creditors, President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Wednesday. Kenyatta, who faces re-election in August, told parliament in his annual state of the nation address that additional borrowing
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