Kagame Pledges Support For Private Sector
26/03/2018Rwanda’s president, Paul Kagame, has pledged to give political support to the private sector in Uganda and Rwanda to thrive. Speaking from State House, Entebbe where he had visited his.
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Algeria Offers Tax Incentives in Energy Sector
26/03/2018Algeria plans to offer tax incentives in a planned new energy law to attract more investment and is in discussion with foreign energy firms including BP and Anadarko to exploit.
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Sierra Leone Elects First Female Mayor Since 1980
21/03/2018Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital, has elected a new mayor. Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr won the position in the recently held March 7 general elections. The Chartered Accountant thus becomes the first female.
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Ugandan Government Invests in Irrigation
20/03/2018Vice President of Uganda, Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi on Monday officially opened the first-ever Uganda Water and Environment Week in Entebbe at the Directorate of Water Resources. In his remarks to.
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South Africa Demands Australian Minister Retract White Farmer Comments
16/03/2018South Africa has demanded that Australian Home Affairs Minister, Peter Dutton retract comments that suggested white farmers were being persecuted and deserved protection with special visas from a “civilised country”..
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Nigeria, Kenya Closer To Interest Rate Cuts
16/03/2018Having seen Ghana cut interest rates in the third quarter of 2017, Nigeria and Kenya are set to follow suit as long as there is a monetary committee quorum in.
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Sierra Leonean Presidential Election Enters 2nd Round
15/03/2018Sierra Leoneans will vote in a run-off presidential election on March 27, after neither of the candidates in the first round achieved the mandatory 55% of the ballot required to.
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Uganda Government Subsidizes Grain Transport
14/03/2018The Ugandan Government has ordered the Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) to charge a standard $15 (about Shs54, 467) per tonne of grains transported to Kenya. The order which has lifted.
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UNHRC Cmmends Gambia and Somalia
14/03/2018Somalia and The Gambia have been praised during a recent address to the Human Rights Council delivered by the United Nation’s High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zei Ra’ad Al Hussein..
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Seychelles, South Africa Renew Bilateral Ties
12/03/2018The countries of Seychelles and South Africa have agreed to strengthen the diplomatic ties as they celebrate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations between the nations..
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