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Magufuli owes citizens, region peaceful poll
Exporting cannabis for medical use can lift status of millions
Financial sector needs some trust to drive its growth
Is EALA barking up the wrong tree for autonomy?
EAC Secretariat and EALA should get back to work

EDITORIAL: It’s time for retail chains cross-border regulations

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It appears East Africa is becoming a soft playground for retail chains and startups that come up, accumulate huge customer and supplier debts...

EDITORIAL: Mali needs a clear, fast path to civilian democracy

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The soldiers who mutinied in Mali must give up political power and return to the barracks in the shortest time possible.

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    Comment NDERITU: Why can’t the Nile waters be a source of unity?

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    Heroin, bhang from S.Sudan, Uganda seized at JKIA

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    Smugglers use a courier service provider to move drugs from South Sudan and Uganda through Kenya.

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    Rwanda exhumes mass grave of 5,000 genocide victims

    Remains of the genocide victims are still being discovered in many parts of the country over......

    Tanzania poll: Lissu alleges 'irregularities'
    Zimbabwe cabinet backs law criminalising protests
    Magufuli casts his vote in Dodoma
    TZ polls: Police briefly detain Halima Mdee
    Tanzania elections: At-a-glance summary
    Five things to know about Tanzania

    Business

    Oil firms, Uganda sweating out issues on Tullow sale

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    Energy Minister Mary Goretti Kitutu gave the approvals on Wednesday, October 21 – marking Tullow’s exit from Uganda’s oil sector since 2004.

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    Rwanda's revenue from rare minerals drops by half

    Buyers, particularly at electronic companies, halted the purchase of minerals used in the......

    Call to link continent by rail, water and air
    Glass makers hit by cheap imports
    Magufuli's bold actions rattle EAC, benefit Tanzania
    BoU keeps key policy rate at 7pc
    South Sudan’s currency loses more value
    Ugandan court suspends cross-border lending ruling ban

    Opinion

    PLO LUMUMBA: Candidates must accept poll outcome, if rules are fair

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    Tanzania Electoral Commission and all national institutions should create an environment that will guarantee free and fair elections.

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    EDITORIAL: Magufuli owes citizens, region peaceful poll

    Though isolated, incidents of violence targeting Magufuli’s challengers are cause for concern....

    Dear Tanzania NEC: Don't pull a ‘Kivuitu’ on voters
    EYAKUZE: If we voted all the time, will access to democracy improve?
    NDERITU: Why can’t the Nile waters be a source of unity?
    NERIMA: The law can back you depending on who sits in State House
    NGUGI: For politicians, violence is the route to acquire wealth
    AKINYEMI: Role of leadership is to create an inspiring environment

    Magazine

    Fashion festival celebrates models of all sizes

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    Tanzania Fashion Festival embraced diversity in its choices while remaining relevant.

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    Tour driver blazes the safari trail for Rwandan women

    Riding in the back of those large green safari vehicles with tourists, day in day out......

    EA could become a key cannabis hub
    Riding on love from Nairobi to Addis
    American poet Louise Gluck wins Nobel Literature Prize
    Kwita Izina goes virtual, names 24 gorilla infants
    Rita Kavashe: Shattering stereotypes in the motor world
    Thousands of Maasai morans turn into elders

    Science & Health

    Red flag raised on two corona drugs

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    WHO says only dexamethasone has shown effectiveness in treating severe Covid-19 cases.

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    AKDN partners with Prince William in Earthshot prize

    The prize aims to find new solutions to environmental crises and improvement of living standards...

    Mystery outbreak in South Sudan kills three
    Two women win Nobel Chemistry Prize for gene editing tool
    Trio wins Nobel Physics Prize for black hole research
    Trio wins Nobel Medicine Prize for work on hepatitis C
    Faster tests unveiled as global Covid-19 deaths pass one million
    Kenya to get Covid-19 vaccine from 2021

    Sports

    It was my ear, laments Kipchoge after London debacle

    Kipchoge was in line for a fifth London Marathon title.

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    Cheptegei breaks 10,000m track world record

    The world record cements the Ugandan 24-year-old's standing as the new middle distance maestro....

    Shock as Kenenisa Bekele out of London Marathon
    Kipchoge, Bekele spar ahead of London Marathon
    How false age claim held back footballer's career
    Former athletics chief Diack guilty of corruption
    Caf unveils format for inaugural women's Champions League
    Cameroon coach names 10 new players for Japan friendly

    KUSI IDEAS

    Brain drain? Just give them incentives to stay

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    Governments should aim to provide facilities able to match the aspirations of professionals.

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    To catch up with 4IR, we need our own systems

    Many world-class achievers from Africa are making waves out there....

    HUSSAIN: Climate change is a threat that must be defeated
    Farming by choice: This is what will drive food security and prosperity
    AGA KHAN: We’re witnessing a new spirit of confidence in the continent
    Kagame rallies Africa to face challenges of the next 60 years
    A borderless future beckons; it will be driven by collaboration
    AMAYO: New model will power growth, transformation

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