The U.N. refugee agency is calling on Rwandan authorities to investigate police culpability in the deaths of at least five Congolese refugees during a recent protest of food ration cuts. The deadly confrontation took place Thursday when some 700 Congolese refugees from the Kiziba refugee camp were demonstrating outside the
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Uganda's President, YoweriMuseveni has called for the installation of X-ray technology to check loaded trucks at border points. Museveni made this call on Saturday during the launch of the One Stop Border Post (OSBP) in Busia district, eastern Uganda. "The Busia facility will be improved. For example, we need X-ray
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U.N. investigators say they have identified more than 40 South Sudanese officials and military officers who may be responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The alleged crimes occurred during South Sudan's ongoing civil war, which has killed tens of thousands and uprooted more than 4 million people from
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South African company heads cheered the start of Cyril Ramaphosa’s presidency, saying that business and consumer confidence were sure to improve following the departure of scandal-hit Jacob Zuma, Bloomberg reports. The result should be economic growth and even job creation, while various stagnating business-friendly policy initiatives could be revived. Further
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“If the most basic African cultural symbol of peace can turn out to be so hostile, then all our values have gone down the drain,” said Mary (not her real name). Mary’s neighbours described her as a self-confident and cheerful woman, but that is not what I saw when I
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The value of Kenya’s fish exports dropped steeply following 2015’s closure of Imperial Bank and the subsequent shutdown of a major exporter that transacted its business through the troubled bank, Business Daily reports. Latest industry data shows that the value of fish exports dropped by Sh1 billion last year after
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This is for real and it happens every weekend at various branches! This is being done by the first and only betting company to massively give back to its customers. This is Fortebet, Uganda’s biggest sports betting home, giving back to its customers-thanking them for choosing Fortbet. [caption id="attachment_9044" align="aligncenter"
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Resident District Commissioners (RDCs) and their deputies are set to receive brand new cars in the forthcoming financial year, Business Focus reports. According to a recent Report of Parliament’s Budget Committee on the National Budget Framework Paper for 2018/19-2022/23, inadequate facilitation for RDCs has resulted into poor service delivery. The
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Two car-bomb attacks have killed at least 38 people in the Somali capital Mogadishu, officials say. The first took place outside the presidential palace late on Friday. The second hit a nearby hotel. Dozens of people were wounded, BBC reports. The Islamist militant group al-Shabab, which has been trying to
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FUFA Drum Tournament (Official Opening Match): Busoga 3-0 Bugisu Busoga region was full of excitement as Busoga Province won the opening match of the 2018 FUFA Drum tournament. Busoga edged Bugisu 3-0 during the official opening match of the tournament at the Kyabazinga Stadium in Bugembe, Jinja on Saturday. [caption
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