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Family of Ugandan Weightlifter Says He Contemplated Suicide After Olympic Disqualification
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65 Kenyans taking Prep contract HIV, ministry says
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Rwanda extends lockdown measures against COVID-19 to consolidate gains
KIGALI, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Rwandan government on Sunday announced a five-day extension of the current lockdown measures that prohibit unnecessary…
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Turkish volunteer students engage in social, humanitarian activities in Uganda
A group of Turkish volunteer students visited an orphanage in Luweero, central Uganda, and participated in social, cultural and humanitarian activities. The Turkish students arrived in Uganda as part of...
Waste pickers at Kenyan dump face cancer and infertility
Acrid smoke billows from the mountain of waste at the Dandora rubbish dump in Nairobi. Plastic, glass, even medical waste - it's fresh pickings for the Marabou stalks and the...
Rwanda makes biggest interest rate rise to 6pc
Rwanda’s central bank has raised its lending rate by 100 basis points, the biggest increase in recent years, to 6.0 percent to stem rising inflation. On Thursday, the National Bank...
South Sudan journalist Diing Magot arrested while covering protest for Voice of America
New York, August 9, 2022 — South Sudanese authorities should immediately release journalist Diing Magot and ensure reporters covering protests and other events of public interest can work freely, the...
UAE’s Masdar signs agreement to develop 2 GW renewable energy in Tanzania
UAE renewable energy company Masdar has announced on Friday the signing of an agreement with the Tanzania’s Tanesco an electric supply company limited, to develop renewable energy projects with a...
Ugandan official reiterates firm adherence to one-China principle
KAMPALA, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi's visit to China's Taiwan region has a negative impact on China-U.S. relations and peace and stability...
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Evolution Energy wins Tanzanian government’s approval for Chilalo resettlement plan
“With a binding offtake arrangement in place for Chilalo’s coarse flake material, completion of the RAP is an important milestone as we advance our efforts to secure project finance for...
Important lessons for IEBC pertaining Diaspora voting
By Duncan Mule Kenyans abroad fought for their right to vote for many years and luckily the new constitution inaugurated in 2010, gave them the right to vote. It was...
Timeline: Raila Amollo Odinga's political journey
Azimio La Umoja presidential candidate Raila Odinga addresses his supporters at Gusii stadium on August 2, 2022. [Sammy Omingo, Standard] Born in 1945 1970: Raila Odinga returns to Kenya after...
Turkish volunteer students engage in social, humanitarian activities in Uganda
A group of Turkish volunteer students visited an orphanage in Luweero, central Uganda, and participated in social, cultural and humanitarian activities. The Turkish students arrived in Uganda as part of...
Tanzania, Zambia cross-border railway unlocks trade ties
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan and her Zambian counterpart, Haikande Hichilema, have agreed to upgrade the cross-border railway connecting the two countries to speed up economic...
Uniting Africa under one payment system slow but steady process – Ogbalu
What you need to know: In July, the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) marked three years since it was launched on July 7, 2019, in Niamey, Niger. The PAPSS...
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Jeff Bezos. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images Jeff Bezos will step down as Amazon CEO in Q3 2021, the company announced on January 3. CEOs are taking to Twitter to send their congratulations to both Bezos and his success...
Kenyan Woman’s Start...
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Nigeria’s ‘Techprene...
As recently as 10 years ago, Africa’s technology industry was sparse. But as a result of advancements in mobile phone technology as well as better internet connections, the continent has transformed — unearthing countles...
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New findings of early man...
An international team of archaeologists and paleoanthropologists has discovered a large collection of two million years old stone tools, fossilized bones, and plant materials at the Olduvai Gorge in northern Tanzania. N...
UK travel ban extended to...
File photo: Tourists have still flocked to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Picture PA The UK's travel ban has been extended to include United Arab Emirates, Burundi and Rwanda, with British nationals returning from those co...
South Sudan suspends airl...
Photo Anadolu Agency South Sudan's president on Wednesday suspended the operation of South Supreme Airlines, the company owning the plane that crashed in the Pieri Town on Tuesday evening, an official statement said. “As...
Kenya's SGR night train u...
NAIROBI, March 4 (Xinhua) -- For the last two months, a government worker George Agutu, who works in Mombasa, Kenya's coastal city, has traveled to the capital Nairobi every weekend to be with his family. However, befor...
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Waste pickers at Kenyan dump f...
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CERF allocates $1 million to t...
(Bujumbura, 20 July 2022) United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths released a US$1 million contribution from the Central...
East Africa’s Attempt to Impro...
A Bill that aims to improve access to sexual and reproductive health services for women and girls in six East African countries faces a tough uphill battle to approval, with opposition from cons...
Kenya signs treaty to establis...
Kenya has become the latest member state of the continental body-Africa Union-to ratify a Treaty that will pave way for the establishment of an African Medicines Agency (AMA). The specialized ag...
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