Tanzanian opposition politician Tundu Lissu was arrested on Thursday, reports AFP news agency. No reasons were given for the arrest of Lissu, but it comes three days after having called President John Magufuli a "dictator". On Monday Mr Lissu told reporters that repeated arrests of senior party members were intended
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Tanzania has asked foreign employees of London-listed Acacia Mining to leave the country in an escalation of a dispute that began in 2016 over allegations of tax evasion, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Friday. Two senior local staff of the mining firm, Tanzania's largest foreign investor,
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Exiled South Sudanese opposition figure Riek Machar declined to renounce violence or declare a unilateral ceasefire and instead demanded new peace talks outside the war-torn country, an international mediator told the United Nations on Thursday. South Sudan descended into civil war in 2013 after President Salva Kiir fired Machar as
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Ten teams of 21 budding African social entrepreneurs were on Wednesday selected as winners of the Resolution Social Venture Challenge at the Baobab Summit in Johannesburg. Winning teams earn a fellowship that includes seed funding, mentorship and access to a network of young global change makers to pursue impactful projects
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The plan by government to compulsorily takeover people’s land before paying them may not come to pass as opposition MPs and some members of NRM are against such a move. The opposition has gone a notch higher by announcing plans to traverse the country, sensitizing Ugandans on the Constitutional Amendment
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Embattled Ugandan tycoon Sudhir Rupaleria's son Rajiv Rupaleria on Wednesday got his name added to the family of a global illuminati-like secret society much to the joy of his father. According to a post on Sudhir's Facebook account, Rajiv became a member of the controversial and mysterious Freemasons society following
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Regional Supermarket chain, Nakumatt Holdings’ troubles continue to deepen every passing day, Business Focus reports. A source privy to the situation reveals that Nakumatt Uganda workers have gone four months without pay. “The situation is terribly bad. Many employees have fired themselves after realizing that the situation may take long
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Democratic Party President Norbert Mao has been arrested by police at City House, the Party's headquarters this morning as the party was launching a campaign against removal of age limit dubbed "togikwatako". He was arrested with several DP leaders yet to be named. Over fifteen youth donning party t. shirts
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Ugandan socialite, Zari Hassan, the wife to Tanzania's bongo superstar Diamond Platinumz, is mourning again following the death of her dear mother. Zari's mother, Halima Hassan was being treated for heart complications after her health deteriorated in June 2017. The socialite took to social media early Thursday to announce the
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Uganda's President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Wednesday launched the Uganda Giants` Conservation and Tourism Investment Forum. Uganda will be hosting the Uganda ‘Giants Club Conservation and Tourism Investment Forum’ on Friday 6th October 2017. The Forum is aimed at launching a new initiative to attract tourism into Uganda, make it
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