Latest NewsUgandan opposition leader Bobi Wine flees country amid political crackdown
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Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine flees country amid political crackdown
Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has fled the country following escalating political tensions in the East African nation, according to Kenyans reported.
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An image of missing Kenyan student Edna Mmbali. Photo Edna Mmbali By Kenyans A Kenyan university student who had been reported missing in the United Kingdom has been found dead, weeks after her
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Featured ArticlesUgandan opposition leader Bobi Wine flees country amid political crackdown
Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has fled the country following escalating political tensions in the East African nation, according to Kenyans reported.
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine flees country amid political crackdown
Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has fled the country following escalating political tensions in the East African nation, according to Kenyans reported.
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Qatar Petroleum’s president and CEO, Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi [qatarpetroleum/Twitter] Qatar is not willing to renegotiate prices under its long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) contracts with
Law loophole denies bank customers billions in relief
Central Bank of Kenya Kenya’s top lenders could be denying their customers close to Sh6.29 billion in loan interest reliefs after the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) lowered its benchmark rate in
Erdogan arrives in Senegal as part of Africa tour
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Afghan National Army forces go towards the site of an airplane crash in Deh Yak district of Ghazni province, Afghanistan January 27, 2020. REUTERS/Mustafa Andaleb A plane which U.S. officials
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Housing Principal Secretary Charles Hinga when he received 228 affordable housing units on January 16 in Ngara, Nairobi. The government’s bid for affordable housing has received a major boost
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A medical official takes the body temperature of a man at the departure hall of the airport in Changsha, Hunan Province, as the country is hit by an outbreak of a new coronavirus, China, January
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