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South African Constitutional Court has sentenced former President Jacob Zuma to 15 months in prison, The Tower Post has learnt. The court led by Deputy Chief Justice Sisi Khampepe convicted Zuma of contempt of court after defying an order to testify before a judicial panel investigating corruption during his nine-year rule. Justice
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A total of eight labour export companies including Muyenga based Middle East Consultants have had their licenses cancelled or suspended, The Tower Post has learnt. This was revealed by the Uganda Police Force in a statement posted via their official website on Monday evening. Although reasons for the revocation of the companies’
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Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia's first president and one of the last of the generation of African leaders who fought colonialism, has died aged 97. Kaunda was admitted to a military hospital in the capital, Lusaka, on Monday suffering from pneumonia. His aides said he did not have Covid-19. In the 1950s, Kaunda was
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French President Emmanuel Macron has been slapped in the face by a man on an official visit. In a video circulating on social media, Mr Macron is seen walking up to a barrier on a trip in the south-eastern department of Drôme. A man slaps Mr Macron in the face before being
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Bill and Melinda Gates have announced their divorce after 27 years of marriage, saying "we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple". "After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage," the pair tweeted. They
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Chad President Idriss Deby has died, The Tower Post reports. Details of Deby’s death remain scanty although according to the Nation’s army, the President died of “injuries sustained on the frontline. “He was visiting troops on the front lines of a fight against northern rebels,” an army spokesman said on Tuesday. Deby's death
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An Ethiopian Airlines cargo plane flying from Addis Ababa into Zambia accidentally landed at an airport that is still under construction, a government official and the airline said Monday. The plane hit the tarmac on Sunday at the uncompleted airport in Zambia's northern Copperbelt province, which is currently served by the
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One of reggae's most important voices, Bunny Wailer, has died at the age of 73. The musician, from Kingston, Jamaica, was a founding member of The Wailers alongside his childhood friend, Bob Marley. Together, they achieved international fame with reggae classics like Simmer Down and Stir It Up, before Wailer left to
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Italy's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo has been killed in an attack in the east of the country, its foreign ministry has said. Luca Attanasio, 43, died in hospital on Monday after the United Nations convoy he was travelling in came under fire near Goma, a statement said. The convoy
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Micro-blogging site Twitter has permanently suspended the Account of outgoing United States president Donald Trump. The full suspension which was effected last night was announced in a statement released by the company’s top management. “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how
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