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Juba urges foreign partners to fund peace deal

Government says it needs $20 million for peace efforts.

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Zimbabwean music legend Oliver Mtukudzi dies

Oliver Mtukudzi

African Jazz legend passes on in Harare.

Uganda deports another MTN executive

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The Italian woman deported is MTN's general manager mobile money.

Kenyan driver arrested in Uganda after man found under his truck

Malaba-Jinja-Kampala road

The two were seized by Uganda Revenue Authority security officers at a checkpoint.

Kenya seeks proposals for issuance of $2.5bn Eurobond

National Treasury of Kenya. PHOTO FILE | NATION

Govt assessing whether it would be cheaper to borrow in euros or dollars.

Rest of Africa
Zimbabwe troops 'used systematic torture'

East Africa
Hunted down by Shabaab in Nairobi attack

East Africa
Uganda deports Rwandan, French nationals

Business
Magufuli orders CCTV cameras installed at tanzanite mines

East Africa
Uganda plans restrictions on artistes

Rest of Africa
Italy accuses France of migration, poverty in Africa

News

DRC presidential inauguration set for Thursday

DRC presidential inauguration set for Thursday

It will be the first peaceful transition of power in the history of the country.

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Former Ethiopian minister Bereket Simon

Ethiopia arrests ex-minister for mismanagement of funds

Bereket Simon accused of “mismanaging public funds” while he was head of TIRET.

France extradites African football chief to ICC

Angola expels 2,248 illegal foreigners

Thailand honours Dusit attack victims

Top militia chief killed in eastern DR Congo: army

Mnangagwa vows to probe forces over crackdown

Kenyan police repel suspected terror attack

14 killed after hill collapses on mine in Rwanda

Business

Airtel, Telkom in new deal to take on market leader

Airtel, Telkom in new deal to take on market leader

Either a marriage of convenience or a buyout is on the cards, after similar talks collapsed last

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A KRA support centre. The Kenya taxman is set

Kenya taxman to block cheats from imports

Non-compliant importers will not be able to make their customs declarations.

Kenya Airways launches flights to Rome, Geneva

Kenya suspends law on companies’ stock buyback

Firm sues EABL over use of brown bottle

Tanzania now forced to fund its budget

Magufuli in plans for gold smelter in Tanzania

Now Kenya postpones first crude oil export

Kenya, China tie on new millionaires list

Opinion

Why thirty pieces of silver will not bring about regime change in Uganda

Why thirty pieces of silver will not bring about regime change in Uganda

Some Christians are impatient that Museveni also conclude his ministry as Jesus did.

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An elderly Ugandan

If not old people’s homes, we do need support for the elderly

These days it is not unusual to find elderly people living on their own, without any support.

Cartoons become reality in today’s future

Give a pregnant 16-year-old a computer, see her go

From DRC to Nairobi, Gbagbo to Lissu, it's one crisis to another

Nairobi’s gone funky, that’s why it is now a target...

With all the cameras, the patdowns, do we feel safer?

EDITORIAL: We are indeed each other’s keepers against terrorism

Bashir has friends everywhere you look

The Magazine

How Buganda was politically dethroned

How Buganda was politically dethroned

The Baganda have been subjected to humiliation since 1890.

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Oliver Mtukudzi

Zimbabwean music legend Oliver Mtukudzi dies

African Jazz legend passes on in Harare.

Another top chess player from Katwe slum

KAMPHUIS: I drink cold beer to unwind, relax

Kagara's flight plan in a nutshell

British Airways’ new dining experience for Nairobi-London

Muthoni gives the disabled a voice

An elegant look at past and present...

Don Moen set for East African tour

Science & Health

Trailblazing plastic dhow set for Zanzibar trip

Trailblazing plastic dhow set for Zanzibar trip

The boat is expected to sail from Lamu to Zanzibar on February 7.

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Disposable nappies

Dangerous chemicals found in babies' nappies

Hazardous chemicals found include the controversial weedkiller glyphosate.

Antibiotics could make your newborn sickly

Coffee species threatened with extinction, scientists warn

Involve young digital natives when talking wildlife

East Africa steps up war on cancer

Chinese children given expired polio vaccines

US warns Kenya over terror attack from lab germs

Suspected Ebola case in Sweden

Sports

Shock as Ghanaian undercover journalist shot dead

Shock as Ghanaian undercover journalist shot dead

He was part of a team led by award-winning journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas.

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President Yoweri Museveni

Uganda bans sports betting

Museveni says gambling has diverted attention of the youth from hard work.

Afcon revives old rivalry

Ugandan star named Africa's best goalkeeper

Salah retains African award to seal great day for Egypt

Egypt to host 2019 Africa Cup of Nations

Egypt to host 2019 Africa Cup of Nations

Bayern Munich hand Ribery "heavy fine" for Tweetstorm

May be a decade before Kipchoge's record tumbles