Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has been re-elected for a second four-year term, final results from Saturday's general election show. The 76-year-old defeated his main rival, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, with a margin of just under four million votes. Mr Abubakar's People's Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the result. Delays
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How do you win over a customer when your product is exactly similar, in plenty and is going at the same price as that of your competitor? Mama wa Quail does it by grabbing the hand of a woman walking towards an iron sheet shade at Wangige market and tries
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The NRM rebel MPs have threatened to go to Court if the 25 Central Executive Committee (CEC) members don’t withdraw their decision to endorse President Yoweri Museveni as sole candidate for ruling party in the 2021 general elections. The six MPs led by Theodore Ssekikubo (Lwemiyaga County), Sam Lyomoki (Workers
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Uganda doesn’t conduct its diplomatic relations with other countries in the media like the case is with the Rwandan, the Ugandan Government has said. This is after Rwanda President, Paul Kagame attributed the tensions between the two nations on Ugandan government listening to rumors from people who are opposing the
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The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has said people should stop criticizing Dr. Kizza Besigye over the newly formed People's Government, URN reports. The People's Government and assembly were unveiled last week with Besigye as the President and Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago as the deputy president. FDC Vice President
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Somali ambassador to Kenya Mohamoud Ahmed Nur alias Tarzan arrived at Mogadishu’s Aden Abdulle International Airport early Sunday, media reported. Mr Nur was expelled by the Kenya government, which also recalled its own envoy to Somalia, Lt-Gen (Rtd) Lucas Tumbo. The ambassador arrived at Mogadishu’s seafront airport together with Somalia’s
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By Akua Gyekye, Public Policy Manager, Africa Elections With a number of upcoming elections across Africa, we want to share an update on our work to reduce the spread of misinformation, protect election integrity and support civic engagement across the continent. We’ve dedicated unprecedented resources to these efforts globally —
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Kenya has beaten 14 African countries including Uganda to host the lucrative United Nationals Global Shared Service Centre. This is according to the Report of the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres titled ‘Global service delivery model for the United Nations Secretariat’ dated 8 January 2019. The report will soon be
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Deputy President William Ruto has called on African countries to continue accepting financial help from the West or China as long as it boosts infrastructure on the continent but doesn’t lead to re-colonisation, Daily Nation reports. In a lecture delivered at the UK’s Warwick University on Saturday, Dr Ruto said
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By Drake Nyamugabwa Finance Minister Matia Kasaija has urged French investors to choose Uganda as their top investment destination, saying there is a conducive environment for them. Inviting the French Investors, Kasaija said Uganda has created a one stop centre for investors at Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) where 12 government
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