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Raila Odinga, a leading opposition leader, has been discharged from hospital after he was treated for food poisoning on Wednesday. Odinga had been rushed to Karen Hospital after he complained of being unwell Wednesday morning. Local media have quoted his Dennis Onyango, his spokesperson, as confirming that the opposition kingpin had been
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MIDRAND, SOUTH AFRICA: An armed attack Sunday night on Pan African Parliament (PAP) legislators in Midrand, South Africa, has threatened to derail deliberations, with members asking the PAP President Roger Nkodo to put aside the order of business of the day and address the security concerns. The thugs trailed a delegation
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Some countries targeted under a new US travel ban passed by President Donald Trump have attacked the move, along with the United Nations. On Monday, President Trump signed a new executive order placing a 90-day ban on people from six mainly Muslim nations. The order was presented as a means to strengthen
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Rwandan businessman and Genocide convict Vincent Murekezi was on Monday sentenced to five years imprisonment for attempting to evade duty of about K2.2 million. According to a statement by Anti-Corruption Bureau, made available to Maravi Post, Murekezi committed the crime in 2008 in collaboration with Komani Nyasulu, a Malawian national clearing
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A former commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) told the International Criminal Court (ICC) about what Dominic Ongwen said around the time of attacks on two camps for people displaced by the conflict in northern Uganda. Witness P-205 told the court on Monday he was present when Ongwen issued instructions
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President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order placing a 90-day ban on people from six mainly Muslim nations. Iraq - which was covered in the previous seven-nation order - has been removed from the new one after agreeing to additional visa vetting measures. The directive, which includes a 120-day ban
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A former National Security Agency (NSA) counterintelligence officer says US agents have “considerable intelligence” of high-level Russians discussing collusion with Donald Trump’s election team. John Schindler, a security expert who once specialised in espionage and terrorism, tweeted: “Ahem: US IC has considerable SIGINT featuring high-level Russians talking about their collusion with
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The lawyer representing Dominic Ongwen, who is on trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC), told the court it was “unacceptable” that he could not ask some questions because of the conduct of a prosecution witness. Krispus Ayena Odongo made this comment early into Friday’s hearing as he tried to cross-examine Witness
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South Sudan has sharply increased the fees required for foreigners to work in the country — from roughly $100 to up to $10,000 — just days after famine was declared there. Even before the fee hike, the government had been repeatedly accused of restricting humanitarian aid access during the country's three-year
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Japanese automaker Isuzu Motors Limited has bought out General Motors’ 57.7 per cent stake in General Motors East Africa (GMEA) for an undisclosed sum. The transaction will see the motor dealer change its name to Isuzu East Africa in April to reflect the change of control. Most of the dealer’s sales are
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