A court in Uganda is expected to sentence six suspects today on terrorism charges. The suspects are among 14 people arrested during investigations into the killing of Muslim clerics in 2014. The court has however not linked them to the murder of the Muslim leaders. The head of Uganda's Shia
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Angolans are preparing to go to the polls to choose a new president. But although the country's long-serving leader is standing down, he and his family do not seem ready to give up power. President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, 74, has been president of Angola since September 1979 - a
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Emirates, one of the world’s leading airlines has appointed Puneet Kohli as the new Country Manager for Uganda. Kohli, who was previously the airline’s Sales Manager in Qatar, took up his appointment earlier this month in Kampala. He will be responsible for Emirates’ overall business in Uganda, overseeing sales and
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The serial murders targeting young women in Nansana and Entebbe municipalities in Wakiso district are orchestrated by the same criminal gang, the Inspector General of Police, Kale Kayihura has revealed. The murders have so far claimed the lives of 11 women in Entebbe and 6 others in Nansana municipality over
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A direct overture by Chinese automaker Great Wall Motor Co., Ltd., to Italian-American automaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV sent FCA shares up sharply on Monday, as investors cheered the potential sale of the storied Jeep brand. It was not immediately clear whether Great Wall Motor wanted all or part of
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Activists are outraged over the Ugandan government’s decision to cancel a week of gay pride celebrations in the country for a second consecutive year, describing the move as a violation of fundamental human rights of minority groups. On 16 August, the state minister of ethics and integrity, Simon Lokodo, issued
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Equity Bank has sent home 200 of its 300 workers in South Sudan following closure of more than half of its branches in the troubled country. The Kenya-based bank has also frozen lending in the country due to political uncertainty as a protracted civil war brought many businesses in South
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Women and girls as young as 12 from Kenya's countryside are being forced into sex work to support families affected by prolonged drought. They have little or no education and travel at least 50 kilometers (30 miles) to reach urban areas, working in unsafe conditions far from their homes. “Since
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Police are holding a suspect linked to the murder of a 26-year-old woman he met on Facebook. The suspect, Richard Nyakina, was arrested in Kisii by police officers from the Special Crime Prevention Unit on Friday, Kenya’s Daily Nation reports. MOBILE Police claim Nyakina revealed the scene where he allegedly
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A report by the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) indicates that power utility, UMEME, failed to meet customer service standards set by the regulator in the last three quarters of 2016. ERA is mandated by the 1999 Electricity Act to develop and enforce performance standards for the generation, transmission and distribution
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