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Manchester Arena attack: 22 dead and 59 hurt
Twenty-two people, including children, have been killed and 59 injured in a suspected suicide attack at Manchester Arena.The blast happened at 22:35 BST on Monday at the end of a concert by the US singer Ariana Grande.…
The art of salary negotiation
The room was full of about 50 young, mid-career professionals. We had coloured slips of paper on which to write our big hairy audacious dreams. Under the cloak of anonymity, we all allowed ourselves to open up about the…
AU and ECOWAS concerned over violent Ivory Coast mutiny
The African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have expressed concerned over the tense security atmosphere in the Ivory Coast where mutineers are violently demanding payment from the…
5 reasons you shouldn’t let a bad mood spoil your day
It’s normal to experience a bad situation and have a bad mood, but you shouldn’t let that mood last; a bad mood isn’t permitted to last more than necessary in your life. You ought to fight bad moods any time it comes and be…
Why men in Uganda can’t stop peeing in public
I am not liking the direction that this business of economic slowdown, economic downturn, economic crisis, economic this and economic that is taking. Not just me, all the women in Uganda do not like it. It is giving men a…
Medhi Benatia: Juventus player stops interview after hearing ‘racist’ insult
Juventus' Morocco defender Medhi Benatia cut short a post-match television interview after claiming to hear a racist insult in his earpiece.The France-born player, 30, was speaking to Italian broadcaster Rai after…
7 ways to block negativity in your life
Negativity is the opposite of anything positive; negativity will block peace, happiness, success and any beautiful thing that you should have in life.If you give negativity the chance, it’ll ruin your life. These tips will…
Kinshasa police boss fired
A police chief in the Democratic Republic of Congo, General Celestin Kanyama, who has had sanctions imposed on him by the US and the EU for allegedly being involved in violence against opposition activists, has been sacked,…
’Learn the lessons of Rwanda,’ says UN chief, calling for a future of tolerance, human rights for all
Marking the twenty-third commemoration of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres yesterday said the only way to honour the memory of the victims is to ensure such…
Burundi demands money from citizens in desperate effort to avoid economic meltdown
Burundi's government is forcing teachers, nurses and farmers in some of the country's poorest provinces to make what it calls 'voluntary contributions' to state coffers. A list compiled by the Ministry of the…
Unwanted pregnancies ruining young lives
Sexual misconduct resulting in unplanned parenthood alarmingly scourges the youth of the educational district of Kabezi.Increasing numbers of undesired pregnancies are ruining the future of students in the education…
Indigenous traders, foreigners clash over retail business
KAMPALA- Indigenous business people who operate in Kampala city have renewed their demands to the government to stop foreigners from operating retail businesses in Uganda’s capital.The business people say foreigners in…
Ethiopia sends 16 to prison for trying to create new state
Addis Ababa - An Ethiopian court has sentenced 16 people to prison after finding them guilty of trying to create a separate state in the tense Oromia region. All 16 are members of the outlawed Oromo Liberation Front. They…
Protests in Namanga over Magufuli’s deportation order
Business at the busy Namanga border town was disrupted for hours as residents clashed with police as they protested harassment by Tanzanian authorities.Trade and transport was paralysed as irate residents barricaded the…
Tanzania rapper Nay wa Mitego freed after Magufuli criticism
Tanzanian rapper Emmanuel Elibariki, known as Nay wa Mitego, has been released just a day after he was arrested for releasing a song deemed insulting to the government.The song emerged last week and has been widely shared…
ICC hands ex-DRC warlord one year jail term for bribing witnesses
Former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba has been sentenced to a year in jail and fined him 300,000 euros ($32,000) for bribing witnesses.Judges at the International Criminal Court handed Bemba the sentence on…
London attack: Five dead in Westminster terror attack
Five people have died and at least 40 were injured after an attacker drove a car along a pavement in Westminster, stabbed a policeman and was shot dead by police in the grounds of Parliament.The dead officer has been named…
Ending famine in Somalia, the Turkish way
Jerome Jarre's viral hashtag, #TurkishAirlinesHelpSomalia, was yet another attempt to draw worldwide attention to the famine in the Somali peninsula, but the Somali people are in need of both an organised, short-term as…
Mozambican footballer killed in crocodile attack
Two neighbours who witnessed the attack in Tete, Mozambique estimated the crocodile to have been about five-metres (16-feet) long.A young Mozambican football player was snatched and killed by a crocodile while training along…
Better sleep feels like winning the lottery
Improving your sleep quality is as beneficial to health and happiness as winning the lottery Improving your sleep quality is as beneficial to health and happiness as winning the lottery, according to research by the…
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