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People gather in front of the Moroccan Parliament demanding the release of Nasser Zefzafi and other leaders of the protest movement in Rabat, Morocco, on June 27, 2018. Late on Tuesday, Nasser Zefzafi, figurehead of the protest movement, along with three other leaders, was handed 20 years' imprisonment. (Xinhua/Aissa)

Imprisonment sentences spark outrage in Morocco

Thursday, June 28, 2018

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday commissioned the construction of a 1.5 billion U.S. dollars Chinese-funded Hwange Power Station expansion project, the second major power development project by China in the southern African country in five years. The expansion to be carried out by China's power and engineering construction firm, Sinohydro, will add two generating units each producing 335 megawatts (MW). (Xinhua/Zhang Yuliang)

Zimbabwe commissions construction of Chinese-funded power plant

Thursday, June 28, 2018

Joel Boutroue. / Internet photo

UNHCR urges jobs for refugee youths in Uganda to curb violence

Thursday, June 28, 2018

Fabrice Leggeri, executive director of European Border and Coast Guard Agency. / Internet photo

EU hails Egypt's role in tackling illegal immigration

Thursday, June 28, 2018

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Land prices in Kenya swell as political stability revs up demand

Thursday, June 28, 2018

President Kagame with Serge Kamuhinda, Board Member, Volkswagen Mobility Solutions Rwanda (left); Thomas Schaefer, the Volkswagen Group South Africa and Sub- Saharan Africa Managing Director (second from right); and Michaella Rugwizangoga, CEO, Volkswagen Mobility Solutions Rwanda (right). Village Urugwiro.

Kagame: Africa deserves better than second hand

Thursday, June 28, 2018

Some Volkswagen cars in the workshop at Kigali Special Ecomic Zone (Sam Ngendahimana)

How much will the locally-assembled Volkswagen cars cost?

Thursday, June 28, 2018

Members of Parliament yesterday passed the Budget Law for the Financial Year 2018 2019. Sam Ngendahimana.

Over 700 projects to be implemented as Parliament approves 2018/19 Budget

Thursday, June 28, 2018

Some of the drug addicts at the Mombasa Council Court in 2015. Over 38 drug addicts were arrested in an operation led by Mombasa police boss Kipkemoi Rop. Net.

Kenya tries to tackle illicit goods to boost manufacturers

Thursday, June 28, 2018

Ugandau2019s President Yoweri Museveni (second left) and his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Bashir (second from right) joined Machar (L) and Kiir (R) ahead of the signing event. Net.

South Sudan rivals sign deal

Thursday, June 28, 2018

Mnangagwa and Grace Mugabe. Net.

Mnangagwa blames Grace Mugabe faction for blast

Thursday, June 28, 2018

u2018Iu2019m very glad our two countries work so closely together and have had success stories,u2019 the Duke of Cambridge tells Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, in Ramallah. Net.

Palestinian president meets Prince William in first British royal visit to West Bank

Thursday, June 28, 2018

Congolese family, who migrated from Democratic Republic of Congo by fleeing on a boat across Lake Albert, waits to be registered by United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Ntoroko, Uganda February 17, 2018. Net.

Uganda’s introduction of diarrhea vaccine to reduce child deaths: UN

Thursday, June 28, 2018

Gold prices fell for a third straight session and was down 0.3 per cent at $1,255.51 an ounce. Net.

Gold prices fall as dollar firms

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Facebook has said that they are taking steps to ease a January policy banning financial products and services associated with cryptocurrency. Net.

Facebook eases ban on cryptocurrency ads

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Participants during the summit. Diane Mushimiyimana.

A disabled child is not a curse - Kaboneka

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Around 6,000 couples in Eastern province tied the knot during the family month that was concluded in Kirehe, with 188 more saying 'until death do us part' vow this Tuesday.

What mass wedding ceremonies mean to family conflicts

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

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Survivors welcome life sentence for Genocidaire in Sweden

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Prosecutor General Mutangana together with MICT Prosecutor, Dr Serge Brammetz, brief the media in Kigali during a past event. File.

UN prosecutor wants Rwanda involved in the early release of Genocide convicts

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Rwanda Wednesday dispatched a female dominated police contingent to South Sudan (Courtesy)

Rwanda deploys female-dominated police contingent to South Sudan

Wednesday, June 27, 2018