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Uganda explains why MTN boss was deported

Details are now emerging from Uganda over the reasons why the Chief Executive Officer of telecom firm MTN was deported. Wim Vanhelleputte was deported this...

Uganda to roll out electric cars this year

Uganda's government says it will be rolling out its first electric cars for the mass market later this year. The country failed in 2018 to...

Little Cab to launch in Ghana and Tanzania

Kenya’s Ride Company, Little Cab has revealed plans of extending its operations to Ghana and neighboring Tanzania. The firm which has been in existence for...

Rwanda denies banning imports from Uganda

Rwanda has described allegations of banning imports of goods from neighboring Uganda as baseless. There have been media reports that Rwanda placed a ban on...

Kenya: Police arrest a notorious gang of rapists

Police in Kenya say they have arrested 14 persons linked to a horrific rape and robbery incident on Tuesday. The suspects are said to have...

Uganda’s President Museveni to run for sixth term

The Ugandan ruling party, the National Resistance Movement has backed President Yoweri Museveni to seek re-election in 2021. The backing from the party means the...

Rwanda to get first smartphone factory

Rwanda could soon make history in Africa by officially opening a new smartphone factory in April. The country’s minister of information and communication technology Paul...

China’s ‘Ivory Queen’ jailed for 15 years in Tanzania

A Tanzanian court on Tuesday jailed a Chinese woman popular known as the "Ivory Queen" to 15 years in prison. She was put on trial...

Kenyan father avoids jail over unpaid hospital bill

A 22 year old father in Kenya has avoided a jail term for trying to smuggle his newborn daughter out of a hospital. Boniface Murage...

Kenya’s public debt hits $51.7 billon

Kenya’s public debt has reached $51.7 billion according to the country's 2019 medium term debt management strategy. The document was tabled in parliament last week. The...

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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