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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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“We could go to war over sea access” – Museveni warns

“We could go to war over sea access” – Museveni warns

The President expressed frustration over what he termed the “selfish mindset” of some coastal nations, saying that oceans and ports should serve the entire continent.Mbale, Uganda: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has warned that Uganda and other landlocked African countries could face

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Rot In Health Ministry: Parliament Exposes 18yr Scandal In Donor-Funded Projects

Rot In Health Ministry: Parliament Exposes 18yr Scandal In Donor-Funded Projects

Rot In Health Ministry: Parliament Exposes 18yr Scandal In Donor-Funded ProjectsThe Ministry of Health has come under renewed fire in Parliament over a string of stalled, donor-funded projects some delayed for nearly two decades raising fears that the newly proposed cancer centres in Arua

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Pork Sale Protest in Yumbe Triggers Police Warning on Religious Extremism

Pork Sale Protest in Yumbe Triggers Police Warning on Religious Extremism

Authorities in the West Nile region have cautioned the people of Yumbe District against engaging in acts of religious extremism.The warning came during a meeting held at Takwa Mosque on Friday, chaired by the Regional Police Commander, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Joseph Mwesige.

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Even After NUP Card Denial, Matia Bwanika Offers to Campaign for Kyagulanyi, Warns Wakiso Voters-Nasif Najja Will Sell off Your District to the Highest Bidder

Even After NUP Card Denial, Matia Bwanika Offers to Campaign for Kyagulanyi, Warns Wakiso Voters-Nasif Najja Will Sell off Your District to the Highest Bidder

Outgoing Wakiso district Chairman Matia Lwanga Bwanika has pledged his continued readiness to campaign for and vote Bobi Wine for President of Uganda. He says he isn’t angry over failure to get the NUP ticket for Busiro South MP seat, for which he is standing as a NUP-leaning independent.

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Museveni Breaks Silence on Arrested Kenyan Activists, Says They Claimed to Be “Experts in Riots”

Museveni Breaks Silence on Arrested Kenyan Activists, Says They Claimed to Be “Experts in Riots”

President Yoweri Museveni has admitted that Ugandan authorities detained two Kenyan activists who had gone missing for weeks, describing them as “experts in riots” linked to opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine.President Yoweri Museveni has admitted that Ugandan

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You’ve Enough Problems, Concentrate On Them First: Museveni Warns Foreign Powers Against Meddling In Africa’s Affairs

You’ve Enough Problems, Concentrate On Them First: Museveni Warns Foreign Powers Against Meddling In Africa’s Affairs

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has warned against external interference in African affairs, saying foreign actors are attempting to destabilize the region because they are threatened by Uganda’s growing industrial base and upcoming oil production.The President made the remarks yesterda

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South Sudan’s Nairobi embassy closes due to unpaid

South Sudan’s Nairobi embassy closes due to unpaid

South Sudanese diplomatic staff say their country’s embassy in Nairobi has been closed due to the government’s failure to pay rent for several months.Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Saturday on condition of anonymity, several embassy staff confirmed that South Sudan’s embassy in Kenya w

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Global reggae stars who released music from behind bars

Global reggae stars who released music from behind bars

Prison sentences have shadowed some of reggae's biggest names. This is the story of global reggae icons who served time, and how it defined their music and legacy.Global reggae stars who released music from behind barsIncarceration has ended many careers, but for some global reggae

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Trump to host his first summit with Central Asian leaders

Trump to host his first summit with Central Asian leaders

US President Donald Trump will host all five Central Asian leaders in Washington on Thursday for the first time, a few months after they held separate summits with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping.The West has upped its interest with the resource-rich region, where Moscow

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