Current Affairs
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926Jailed Police Commissioner runs to High Court for bail
Police officers in the dock at the General Court Martial in Makindye on Oct. 27. NET PHOTO Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI...
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1.1KBamwine calls for suspended MPs file
Justice Yorokamu Bamwine Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The case file about six suspended Members of Parliament (MPs) challenging the action...
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851Zimbabwe drops case against US journalist on Mugabe tweet
Harare, Zimbabwe | AFP | A Zimbabwean court on Thursday set aside a case against an American journalist who was charged with...
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874Teenager sentenced to 12 years in prison for killing her newborn baby
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The High Court in Kampala Thursday sentenced a 19-year-old girl to 12 years imprisonment for murdering...
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869Embattled Togo leader breaks silence in New Year address
President Faure Gnassingbe Lome, Togo | AFP | Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe broke his silence after months of protests against his rule, calling...
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1.1KQatar allows full ownership for foreign investors
Doha, Qatar | AFP | Qatar has approved legislation allowing 100-percent ownership for foreign investors in most sectors of the economy in a...
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856Somalia fires top ministers in reshuffle
Hassan Ali Khaire Mogadishu, Somalia | AFP | Somalia’s prime minister, Hassan Ali Khaire, fired three key ministers on Thursday after weeks...
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1.0KSalah goes from Chelsea flop to African king
Egypt’s Mohamed Salah vies for the ball against Congo’s Tobias Badila during their World Cup 2018 Africa qualifying match between Egypt and...
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1.1KLIVE: African Player of the Year awards
African Player of the Year Award nominees, Liverpool’s Senegalese striker Sadio Mane (L) and Liverpool’s Egyptian striker Mohamed Salah (R), attend a...
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1.1KEgypt’s mufti says bitcoin forbidden in Islam
Cairo, Egypt | AFP | Egypt’s grand mufti has said that bitcoin is forbidden in Islam, warning the digital currency could be used...
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1.1KTrump calls talks between North and South Korea ‘a good thing’
Washington, United States | AFP | US President Donald Trump said Thursday that high-level talks set for next week between North and South...
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93612 dead, 180 injured in S.Africa train crash
Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | At least 12 people were killed and 180 injured in South Africa on Thursday when a...