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Influencer’s Mother Pleads for Daughter as She Faces Death Penalty in Tanzania.

Influencer’s Mother Pleads for Daughter as She Faces Death Penalty in Tanzania.

Tanzanian TikToker Jennifer Jovin, also known as Niffer, is facing some serious charges, and her mother, Mwanaisha Isaac, is fighting for her daughter’s life.According to The Star, Isaac has publicly pleaded with President Samia Suluhu Hassan for forgiveness for her daughter, who is curr

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Gold extends rise as Trump signs deal to lift shutdown.

Gold extends rise as Trump signs deal to lift shutdown.

Gold rose for a fifth straight session on Thursday to hit its highest in more than three weeks, buoyed by expectation that the U.S. government reopening will restart the flow of economic data and boost bets for further interest rate cuts.Gold rose for a fifth straight session on Thursday t

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Gold rally runs out steam amid firmer dollar

Gold rally runs out steam amid firmer dollar

Profit-taking saps metal’s strengthBengaluru — Gold prices slipped on Wednesday, pulled down by a rebound in the dollar and profit-booking after bullion rose to a near three-week high in the previous session on the expectation of interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve next month.

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World Bank lifts funding ban as Deputy Speaker Tayebwa celebrates shs9.6t boost for Uganda.

World Bank lifts funding ban as Deputy Speaker Tayebwa celebrates shs9.6t boost for Uganda.

Nearly two years after the World Bank Group suspended new funding to Uganda over the enactment of the Anti-Homosexuality Act, the international lender has lifted the ban.Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa was among the first to welcome the development, congratulating the Ministry

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Pork, Puritanism and Populism: Religious hubris as a danger to constitutionally guaranteed freedom

Pork, Puritanism and Populism: Religious hubris as a danger to constitutionally guaranteed freedom

Last week, violent clashes broke out in Yumbe district over, of all things, pork.It is a poorly kept national secret that many Ugandans treat this as a delicacy. Indeed, many lifelong friendships (not to mention marriages) and other abiding ties have been forged, and strengthened over the

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Kiir sacks top petroleum official after a week in post.

Kiir sacks top petroleum official after a week in post.

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has dismissed the undersecretary at the Ministry of Petroleum just a week after appointing him, in the latest shake-up in the country’s sensitive oil sector.The undersecretary is the highest-ranking official managing the ministry since Petroleum Minis

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China remains our ‘most irreplaceable customer,’ says CEO of US Soybean Export Council

China remains our ‘most irreplaceable customer,’ says CEO of US Soybean Export Council

China remains our “most irreplaceable customer,” said Jim Sutter, chief executive officer of the U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC).“We have been in China since 1982. Over the past 43 years, we’ve invested in relationship-building, training and cooperation with the Chinese industr

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Government orders Ministry of Defence officials to prepare for 'war in our backyard'

Government orders Ministry of Defence officials to prepare for 'war in our backyard'

Ministry of Defence officials have been told to prepare the nation for war “in our own backyard”. Staff responsible for spending the nation's £288 billion defence procurement budget were told to speed up the process and equip the armed forces “to be ready to fight”, even if it meant taki

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Cedi Expected To Lose Ground To The Dollar Before 2026 But Still Make History: “Slight Weakening”

Cedi Expected To Lose Ground To The Dollar Before 2026 But Still Make History: “Slight Weakening”

Fitch Solutions expects a slight weakening of the Ghana cedi to the US dollar before the end of December 2025The cedi is currently trading at GH¢12.00 to one dollar at the forex bureau and selling at GH¢10.92 on the interbank market.The cedi has been one of the best-performing cur

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s absence sets off alarm bells in Moscow

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s absence sets off alarm bells in Moscow

Sergey Lavrov has been the face of Russian diplomacy for over two decades and previously served as Russia’s ambassador to the UN.The news out of Moscow is a bit of non-news: Russia’s top diplomat is still in his job.On Friday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov moved to tamp down i

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