The UN's Special Representative in Somalia Michael Keating has paid tribute to Ugandan soldiers from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), who lost their lives in an ambush on Sunday. The troops were ambushed during a regular patrol to secure the Mogadishu-Barawe Main Supply Route which still harbors pockets
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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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British American Tobacco is being investigated for possible fraud regarding company activities in Africa, it announced on Tuesday. Britain’s Serious Fraud Office said that “it is investigating suspicions of corruption in the conduct of business by BAT… its subsidiaries and associated persons”, while a spokeswoman for the tobacco giant told
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The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) Spokesperson, Col. Joseph Owuoth, is safe and sound. Col. Owuoth, who confirmed the authenticity of a military document in National Super Alliance’s (NASA) possession said that he was not missing. Speaking to Citizen Digital on phone on Tuesday, August 1, 2017, Col. Owuoth said that
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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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The controversial collapse of Crane Bank, the 4th largest bank by assets then is tearing apart Bank of Uganda (BoU), the regulator of Uganda’s banking sector, Business Focus reports. According to credible sources, all isn’t well at BoU, with a lot of blame game that has resulted into power struggle.
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The search for the winner of Discovery Channel's brand new award category at the sixth annual Jozi Film Festival has heated up. After receiving over 200 entries from across the continent, Discovery Channel on Monday announced the Top 10 finalists for the Discovery Channel 'Don't Stop Wondering' Award. Among the
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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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Kenya's missing IEBC ICT manager Chris Musando has been found dead with one of his arms cut off. Police said the deputy director's body was found in Kikuyu and taken to City Mortuary in Nairobi on Sunday. His family members have identified it and are at the facility. After announcing
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