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  Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Some turn up dead or injured. Others are never heard of again: A wave of kidnappings in Tanzania that appears to target critics of the government has set the nation on edge. In May, high-profile dissident Mdude Nyagali was snatched by four gunmen after leaving …

Maiduguri, Nigeria | AFP |  Maiduguri resident Ahmed Muhammed wanders through the rubble left behind as he recalls the outbreak of fighting in his city a decade ago that launched the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria. “We heard shooting — badadadadadada — here, there, everywhere around us,” the 44-year-old railway …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  A section of Members of Parliament has asked government to comply with an earlier resolution of parliament to present a list of Board of Directors of Uganda Airlines for scrutiny and approval. The Kasilo County MP, Elijah Okupa, raised a procedural matter during the plenary …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |   Members of Parliament have asked the government to take action against Pastor Aloysius Bujingo for publicly saying he tolerated his wife for over 10 years with haemorrhage. Kampala Woman MP Nabilah Naggayi Sempala who raised a matter of national importance on Wednesday at Parliament …

Athens, Greece | AFP |  “Once my taxes are paid, at the end of the day I have 20 or 25 euros left in my pocket,” lamented Greek hairdresser Babis Toumbanos. Like him, there are many entrepreneurs in the country who want the new conservative government that emerged from the July …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Patients around the country spend 74 minutes on average to access a government health facilities. This is according to findings from a national survey, Health Check released by Twaweza. The findings look at how citizens view health services in Uganda. According to the World …

Mekele, Ethiopia | AFP | In his cramped studio, Ethiopian reggae singer Solomon Yikunoamlak plucks his guitar and reads over his latest ballad, a strident call for unity in his native Tigray during a time of national upheaval. It is unusual material for an artist who rose to fame singing love …

Athens, Greece | AFP |   Greeks head to the polls on Sunday in a snap ballot that could bring an end to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s leftist government. Here are five things to know about the vote, the third in Greece since May following European and local elections. – Greeks …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Parliament is among the list of government entities that owe Kampala Capital City Authority–KCCA Shillings 16billion in ground rent and property rates for the 2016/2017 financial year.  The others are Uganda Police Force headquarters, National Water and Sewerage Corporation-NWSC among others. The acting KCCA Executive Director, …

Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Luweero district local government is on the spot because of registering a decline in performance across key sectors. Luweero district ranked 124th out of 144 districts in the Local Government Performance Assessment 2018/19 released last week by Office of the Prime Minister. The district dropped …