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Muhoozi Kainerugaba is shaking up Mbuya hill
Observer
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July 9, 2025
CDF Muhoozi Kainerugaba The chief of Defence Forces (CDF) is sifting the wheat from the chaff. In recent weeks, the media has been awash with news reports of the CDF cracking down on entrenched, systemic corruption at Mbuya hill, the Uganda...
What Trump’s Africa Summit Is Trying to Achieve
Foreign Policy
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July 9, 2025
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a surprise African leaders’ summit in Washington, anti-government protests turn deadly in Kenya, and Nigerian ride-hailing start-up Moove eyes...
Commonwealth Games have multicultural feel
The National News
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Not every country at the Commonwealth Games is a clear choice for inclusion at the event, and recent additions Cameroon, Mozambique and Rwanda are the three most obvious examples of that in New Delhi. But they are here, competing at the...
Major UK mobile network with 10 million customers brings back free roaming
Birmingham Live
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July 4, 2025
UK tourists heading to the European Union have been told Three Mobile will bring back the massive perk for them. A major mobile network with 10 million customers will bring back FREE roaming while abroad this summer. UK tourists heading to the...
Chilli sauce firm lands £11m Belgium deal with government help
The Times
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Businesses struggling to navigate complex trade rules should tap their local government-paid “agony aunt”, a Rwandan chilli sauce exporter from Portsmouth advises. Stephanie Kayirangwa and Natt Boarer, co-founders of Chilli Mash, have landed...
Minerals, Diamonds, Strategic Ties: Why Is PM Modi Visiting Namibia?
News18
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July 8, 2025
Last Updated:July 09, 2025, 00:24 IST PM Narendra Modi is visiting Namibia at the invitation of President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, the first woman elected to the office in the southern African country PM Narendra Modi will be visiting Namibia in...
Sexualise, dehumanise Northeast people—Indian YouTubers have a new formula for more views
The Print
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July 8, 2025
Racism against Northeast Indians used to be casual entertainment for bigots. But the budding stars of the attention economy have realised that prejudice is very profitable in the “cash for views” model. A special kind of entrepreneurial spirit is...
Pakistan’s tax-to-GDP ratio lags due to narrow tax net, informal economy: ADB
Business Recorder
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July 9, 2025
ISLAMABAD: Despite numerous reforms, Pakistan’s tax-to-GDP ratio remains below regional averages, hindered by the limited reach of its tax system and the widespread prevalence of informal economic activity, says the Asian Development Bank (ADB)....
Why Flying Can Be Good For Climate Change And Local Economies
Forbes
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Young Asian woman carrying suitcase, walking by the window at airport terminal.getty Has flying become the ultimate climate sin? Air travel is often cast as a scapegoat when it comes to tourism, but the numbers may tell a different story. Only 11%...
Ecotourism in Gilgit-Baltistan
The Nation
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June 28, 2025
The global tourism industry, a colossus of economic activity, continues to expand despite geopolitical and environmental headwinds. In 2024, international tourist arrivals reached 1.4 billion, surpassing pre-pandemic levels by 1%, with total...
Kiswahili’s global ascent, our shared future
Daily News Tanzania
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July 8, 2025
DAR ES SALAAM: YESTERDAY, the world united to celebrate World Kiswahili Language Day, a momentous occasion marking the remarkable journey of East Africa’s lingua franca from its regional roots to a burgeoning global language. Now spoken by over...
Jessica Mulroney's life after being 'Markled' by Meghan: TV star who stole the show at the royal wedding is now reduced to selling content on Instagram - after 'rift' with BFF following 'white privilege' row
Daily Mail
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July 8, 2025
She was on FaceTime to her best friend Meghan as Prince Harry popped the question and stole the show on the big day as she posed on the steps of St George's Chapel alongside Kate Middleton. But fast forward seven years and there is no hint that...
Southport stabbing murders came after 'wholesale and general failure' to stop Axel Rudakubana in lead-up to attack, inquiry hears
Daily Mail
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July 8, 2025
The Southport murders were the result of a 'wholesale and general failure' to stop Axel Rudakubana in the lead-up to the attack, the chairman of the inquiry into the attacks has said. The brutal stabbings last July at a Taylor Swift-themed dance...
Fun Facts For The Fourth
Severna Park Voice - Maryland
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By Jaina Peveto Independence Day is a time to celebrate our nation, its founding, and its traditions. With almost 250 years of Fourth of July celebrations to look back on (and 50 years of the Severna Park Independence Day parade), there are many...
Day 1 ILTM Asia Pacific: Breakfast, breathing and exploring new boundaries
Travel Weekly
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July 1, 2025
Day 1 of the International Luxury Travel Market Asia Pacific started with flat whites, breakfast treats, deep breathing and bit of mediation, then once on the floor, there was a wealth of ideas, innovations and insights for the travel industry at...
Finance experts from Africa, Arab states meet on biodiversity financing
The Malaysian Star
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June 26, 2025
KIGALI, June 26 (Xinhua) -- A regional dialogue on biodiversity finance for Africa and the Arab states opened in the Rwandan capital of Kigali on Wednesday to discuss ways to fill the biodiversity financing gap. The three-day meeting, hosted by...
What Foreign Aid Cuts Mean for the World’s Worst Displacement Crisis
Foreign Policy
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July 2, 2025
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: Sudanese refugees face worsening hunger amid unprecedented aid cuts, analysts remain skeptical of the new peace deal between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, and...
SARAH VINE: This is Labour's disturbing plan on immigration... and why Starmer's red-carpet summit with the mocking Macron is a farce
Daily Mail
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July 8, 2025
The plushest of red carpets is being rolled out for Emmanuel Macron's visit to the UK, with the French President welcomed by the Prince and Princess of Wales at RAF Northolt before enjoying a state banquet at Windsor Castle in the presence of the...
Prosperity and power: Trump’s selective US-Africa summit and the race with China
The Brookings Institution
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Introduction In his first major diplomatic move with Africa during his return to the White House, President Trump is set to welcome the leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal at a three-day summit in Washington, D.C....
Readers discuss royal value, road rules, seagulls and Spitting Image
Metro
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July 8, 2025
In MetroTalk: Readers discuss the value of the Royals, memories of 7/7, welfare reform and the return of Spitting Image (Picture: Chris Jackson/Getty Images) Do you agree with our readers? Have your say on these MetroTalk topics and more in the...