INVESTORS PERMITTED TO REMAIN IN WETLANDS, UGANDA

INVESTORS PERMITTED TO REMAIN IN WETLANDS, UGANDA

Renson Mwakandana All Ugandans have been told to leave wetlands and forest reserves, but investors who had built up factories in the meantime will be allowed to continue doing so since they had been misled. According to Finance Minister Matia Kasaija, the investors are permitted to inhabit the catchment regions since they could not have been […]

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 CAMELS SAVE MURDER CONVICT FROM EXECUTION

CAMELS SAVE MURDER CONVICT FROM EXECUTION

Renson Mwakandana In Somaliland, a murderer’s life was saved thanks to a last-minute agreement to pay 100 camels as restitution. The unnamed guy was one of five prisoners scheduled for execution on Tuesday in the Madheera region, northeast of Hargeisa, the self-declared republic’s capital. Elders from the killer’s and victim’s families arrived at the execution location […]

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 UN WARNS OF FAMINE ENGULFING SOMALIA

UN WARNS OF FAMINE ENGULFING SOMALIA

Renson Mwakandana Martin Griffiths, the UN’s humanitarian director, warned on Monday that famine is “at the door” in some regions of Somalia. He claimed to have solid evidence that famine will strike areas of south-central Somalia between October and December during a news appearance in the country’s capital, Mogadishu. This follows his visit to Baidoa […]

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 AFRICA’S PRIVATE SECTOR GETS USD 5 BILLION INJECTION FROM JAPAN

AFRICA’S PRIVATE SECTOR GETS USD 5 BILLION INJECTION FROM JAPAN

EPSA 5 will cover electricity, connectivity, health, agriculture and nutrition as priority areas in order to address key challenges in Africa By Thandisizwe Mgudlwa – Cape Town, SA On this week’s announcement of the $5 billion in support for Africa’s private sector, the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina commented: “EPSA 5 […]

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 DR CONGO AUTOMATES PUBLIC PROCUREMENT TO COMBAT CORRUPTION

DR CONGO AUTOMATES PUBLIC PROCUREMENT TO COMBAT CORRUPTION

Renson Mwakandana To increase openness in the awarding of tenders, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is automating its public procurement process. This has been done as an effort by the DR Congo government to curb graft in the nation. The introduction of the integrated public procurement management system was presided over by President Felix Tshisekedi, who stated that […]

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 THOUSANDS OF EX-REBELS JOIN SOUTH SUDAN’S UNIFIED ARMY

THOUSANDS OF EX-REBELS JOIN SOUTH SUDAN’S UNIFIED ARMY

Renson Mwakandana Thousands of former rebels took the pledge of allegiance during a ceremony in South Sudan held under strict security. The event took place just a few weeks after the leaders of the nation, who had been chosen to oversee a transitional government, declared that they would continue to rule for a further two […]

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 SAFARICOM PILOTS NETWORK OPERATIONS IN  ETHIOPIA’S DIRE DAWA

SAFARICOM PILOTS NETWORK OPERATIONS IN ETHIOPIA’S DIRE DAWA

Renson Mwakandana Four months after missing the operational debut in the country of the Horn of Africa, Safaricom Ethiopia has started a large-scale customer trial of its network in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia’s second-largest city. The experiment is part of the telco’s progressive city-by-city roll-out before the October nationwide launch in the second-largest city in Ethiopia […]

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 A BLACK PASTOR ARRESTED WHILE WATERING HIS NEIGHBOR’S FLOWERS FILES A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE POLICE

A BLACK PASTOR ARRESTED WHILE WATERING HIS NEIGHBOR’S FLOWERS FILES A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE POLICE

Staff writer A Black man watering his neighbor’s flowers was arrested after the Childersburg, Alabama police officers responded to a White neighbor’s call reporting of a suspicious person outside the house. According to NBC News, lawyers for Michael Jennings released the footage of the incident this week, “clearing the way for legal action against the […]

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 SOUTH AFRICA: SOUL MUSIC LEGEND, KARYN WHITE TOUR & LIFE

SOUTH AFRICA: SOUL MUSIC LEGEND, KARYN WHITE TOUR & LIFE

“Karyn White live in South Africa tour” takes place as part of celebrating Women’s Month, which is the August month in South Africa 🇿🇦. By Thandisizwe Mgudlwa, Cape Town, SA Karyn White was highly popular during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Question is: Could her South Africa tour be the revival of her career […]

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