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Concerns mount over Senegal fiscal shortfalls ahead of election

Concerns mount over Senegal fiscal shortfalls ahead of election

Senegal's slower economic growth, its widening fiscal deficit and a potential delay in International Monetary Fund financing could cloud the outlook ahead of November 17 parliamentary elections, analysts say. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, just five months into the job, set the stage

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PRIME Rebecca Cheptegei’s death: Why danger lurks for athletes in troubled unions

PRIME Rebecca Cheptegei’s death: Why danger lurks for athletes in troubled unions

On Thursday morning, the world woke up to the news of the death of top Ugandan marathoner, 33-year-old Rebecca Cheptegei, who had been undergoing treatment at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret. 

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Museveni accuses former Speaker Kadaga of nepotism

Museveni accuses former Speaker Kadaga of nepotism

President Yoweri Museveni has spoken out about a disagreement he had with the former speaker of the 9th and 10th Parliaments, Hon Rebecca Kadaga about nepotism.Museveni recounted over the weekend how he warned Mrs Kadaga -- who currently serves as the Min

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Museveni to courts: No bail for corruption suspects

Museveni to courts: No bail for corruption suspects

President Museveni has asked the judiciary to include corruption on the list of unbailable cases“We should easily defeat the corruption. The only support we need from the judiciary is no bail for those accused of murder, treason, terrorism, rape, defile

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Iran: President Raisi’s Death Shakes Up List of Contenders for ‘Supreme Leader’

Iran: President Raisi’s Death Shakes Up List of Contenders for ‘Supreme Leader’

Iranian Leader Press Office/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesThe death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash this month has prompted two scrambles for power, both for power and for Raisi’s place as a leading candidate to succeed Ayatoll

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Is Kampala City and its suburbs calling for the return of Gen. Elly Kayanja and his Operation Wembley?

Is Kampala City and its suburbs calling for the return of Gen. Elly Kayanja and his Operation Wembley?

When Kampala City was governed by the Kampala City Council twenty-two years ago, it was far from secure. There were pickpockets everywhere, and criminal groups had taken over areas, much like American mobsters owned streets.Even for commuters, there was a

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What happens in Iran when a president dies in office?

What happens in Iran when a president dies in office?

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is welcomed upon his arrival at Damascus airport in Syria on May 3, 2023. (Reuters/Yamam al Shaar)ran's President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash, an Iranian official and Mehr news agency reported on Mon

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Judiciary to commission new home next week

Judiciary to commission new home next week

L-R: Chief Registrar Sarah Langa Sui, Supreme Court Judge Mike Chibita, and Judiciary's Permanent Secretary Mr Pius Bigirimana addressing journalists on Fe

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Museveni to commission Shs63.9b Court of Appeal and Supreme Court buildings

Museveni to commission Shs63.9b Court of Appeal and Supreme Court buildings

President Yoweri Museveni is set to commission Shs63.9 billion Court of Appeal and Supreme Court buildings.The twin buildings will be commissioned on February 9, 2024.The development was confirmed by Pius Bigirimana, the Permanent Secretary/Secretary to the Jud

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President William ruto's housing levy, has been dismissed by the court of Appeal ahead of another ruling

President William ruto's housing levy, has been dismissed by the court of Appeal ahead of another ruling

A Stay order application that was filed by the government to have the ruling that was given by the High Court in favor of President William ruto's housin

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