Rwandans are voting today in presidential elections, with incumbent Paul Kagame widely expected to win his third term in office. The 59-year-old is being challenged by Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda, and independent candidate Philippe Mpayimana. Kagame is credited with the country's rapid economic development since
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A new version of Bitcoin has been mined for the first time in the crypto-currency's history. Bitcoin Cash is the result of months of debate and development over how the currency would continue to evolve. Fears of large swings in the value of Bitcoin have so far not been realised
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A new Human Rights Watch report accuses nine leaders in both of South Sudan’s warring parties of committing serious rights violations and possibly war crimes during 2016 and 2017. It recommends placing sanctions on all nine men, including President Salva Kiir, former First Vice President Riek Machar, and former army chief of
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African Union election observers are expected to commence their activities in the country today ahead of Friday’s presidential election, the NewTimes reports. The deployment by AU Commission Chairperson Faki Mahamat follows an invitation by the Government to observe the elections. The team will be led by the former President of
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In 2007, Wanjiru (not her real name) lost her entire investment to post-poll violence. Then, she watched helplessly as looters emptied her duka. A business she had painstakingly built for years disappeared in one day moments after chairman of the defunct Electoral Commission of Kenya, the late Samuel Kivuiti pronounced
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Qatar has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization over an “illegal siege” imposed by its Gulf neighbours, the commerce ministry said on Monday. The gas-rich emirate has been slapped with sanctions and demands after four countries including regional kingpin Saudi Arabia cut ties with it on June 5,
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Facebook has shut down two artificial intelligences that appeared to be chatting to each other in a strange language only they understood. According to the Independent, a UK based newspaper, t he two chatbots came to create their own changes to English that made it easier for them to work
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Dangote Cement, Africa’s largest cement producer, has announced its unaudited results for the six months ended 30th June 2017, posting a 12.6 percent increase in sales volume across Africa. In the financials released on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange indicated that the increase in sales volume showed a
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Amazon founder and Jeff CEO Bezos overtook Bill Gates to become the richest person in the world on Thursday morning July 27, with a fortune topping $90 billion for the first time ever. When markets opened Thursday, Bezos had a net worth of $90.6 billion, putting him $500 million ahead
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US Vice President Mike Pence is already planning his inauguration in anticipation of President Donald Trump's removal from office in an impeachment, Congresswoman Maxine Waters has said. "Mike Pence is somewhere planning an inauguration. Priebus and Spicer will lead the transition," Democratic Representative Waters tweeted on Sunday, referring to former
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