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Voting is underway in Uganda, in a tense presidential election pitting longtime President Yoweri Museveni against opposition frontrunner Bobi Wine, a pop star-turned-opposition leader. The internet went down on the eve of the vote, with some...

Malawi has recorded 9027 cases and 203 fatalities. The southern African nation has confirmed 1500 cases in the last 14 days alone. On Tuesday, the presidency said it was cutting visits to the State House to...

Uganda has banned all social media and messaging apps on Tuesday, ahead of the presidential polls. Users complained that they were unable to access Facebook and WhatsApp social media platforms being widely used for campaigning by...

Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz went on trial on Monday in Geneva for allegedly forging documents and bribing the wife of Guinea’s former president in order to secure an iron ore mining concession in the West African...

Facebook has shut a batch of accounts belonging to Ugandan government officials accused of seeking to manipulate public debate ahead of elections on Thursday the internet giant revealed late Monday. The East African nation is holding...

Elon Musk has edged past Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to grab the title of world's richest person. Musk is a major shareholder of the electric car company and has benefited from Tesla’s surging share price over...