All posts tagged "Current Affairs"
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964Current AffairsS. Korea’s Moon willing to hold summit with Kim Jong-Un
Moon Jae-in Seoul, South Korea | AFP | South Korean President Moon Jae-In said Wednesday he would be willing to sit down with...
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925Current AffairsKENYA: Pushing for nuclear power
Why Kenya’s move rests on false or fanciful premises NEWS ANALYSIS | BRENDON J CANNON | Kenya wants to go nuclear. Since...
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1.0KCurrent AffairsSchools closed in Zambia as cholera toll rises to 61
Lusaka, Zambia | AFP | The start of Zambia’s school year has been postponed and all public gatherings banned to contain a cholera...
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1.0KCurrent AffairsNigeria, neighbours in joint op against Boko Haram leaders
Kano, Nigeria | AFP | Four west African states have launched a major offensive against the Boko Haram jihadist group in Nigeria, the...
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856Current AffairsWhen hip-hop is political force
Ugandan hip-hop artiste Bobi Wine was recently elected to parliament through the force of his protest music. COURTESy PHOTO FEATURE | Alice...
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1.1KCurrent AffairsDR Congo gets high-tech voting machines for long-delayed polls
The first arrival of the electoral machines Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP | DR Congo’s electoral body trumpeted on Tuesday the arrival of...
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908Current AffairsS.Africa’s graft-tainted Zuma announces anti-corruption probe
Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | South Africa’s graft-tainted president Jacob Zuma on Tuesday announced a probe into corruption at the highest levels...
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928Current AffairsEAST AFRICAN BLACKOUT: Uganda disconnected from Kenyan grid
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL) has confirmed that the cause of the power outage that has...
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646Current AffairsHodgson praises VAR system after English debut
Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson London, United Kingdom | AFP | Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson praised the video assistant referee (VAR) system...
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1.0KCurrent AffairsNkoyoyo rests at Namugongo Martrys Shrine
Ruth Nkoyoyo lays a wreath. PHOTO @Irc_Uganda Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Archbishop of Church of Uganda Livingstone Nkoyoyo has been...
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1.1KCurrent AffairsSnow traps 13,000 tourists at Swiss Alpine resort Zermatt
Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | Heavy snowfall has trapped some 13,000 tourists at Zermatt, one of Switzerland’s most popular ski stations, the Alpine...
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1.0KCurrent AffairsNorth Korea to attend Olympics in rival South
Seoul, South Korea | AFP | North Korea will send its athletes to the Winter Olympics in the South, the rivals said Tuesday...