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Meet Muferiat Kamil, the New Speaker of Ethiopia’s House of Peoples’ Representatives

Ethiopia’s House of People’s Representative has a new Speaker Muferiat Kamil. Ms. Kamil who was the country’s former Minister of Women Affairs, was named the new speaker, replacing Abadula Gemeda.

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Masisi Succeeds Khama as President

Botswana’s Vice-President, Mokgweetsi Masisi will be inaugurated as Botswana’s 5th President since the country gained independence from Britain in 1966, courtesy of an automatic succession clause in the constitution, when.

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Kagame Pledges Support For Private Sector

Rwanda’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

Algeria 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

Freetown, 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

Vice 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

South 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

Having 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

Sierra 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

The 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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