Saudi royal urges coup to depose King Salman, protect kingdom from harm

Saudi royal urges coup to depose King Salman, protect kingdom from harm

An exiled Saudi prince has called for a coup by his influential uncles to depose King Salman and prevent the current ruling structure led by his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, from doing more damage to the kingdom.

Prince Khaled bin Farhan, who has been awarded asylum in Germany, made the call on Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz and Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz in comments to the Middle East…

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Former Grace Mugabe Ally Kasukuwere Returns

Former Grace Mugabe Ally Kasukuwere Returns

Former Zanu-PF national political commissar and G40 kingpin Mr Saviour Kasukuwere returned home yesterday after spending six months and six days in self-imposed exile. He fled the country last November alongside other G40 cabalists, Professor Jonathan Moyo and Mr Patrick Zhuwao, who remain in exile.

Mr Kasukuwere, who was aboard a South African Airways plane, landed at Robert Gabriel Mugabe…

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Rwanda Becomes Arsenal's First Tourism Partner

Rwanda Becomes Arsenal’s First Tourism Partner

Rwanda is Arsenal’s first-ever tourism partner.

The top-flight English Premier League football club will have all their teams wear ‘Visit Rwanda’ on the sleeves. Vinal Venkatesham, Arsenal’s Chief Commercial Officer said the deal will bring Rwanda into people’s minds in a new and dynamic way.

“This is an exciting partnership which will see us support Rwanda’s ambition to build their tourism…

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Kenya Death Penalty Plan for Poachers Has Stirred a Hornet's Nest

Kenya Death Penalty Plan for Poachers Has Stirred a Hornet’s Nest

Kenya’s minister for tourism and wildlife recently announced that the country will fast track a law to make the illegal hunting of wildlife a capital offense punishable by the death penalty.

The statement has attracted a great deal of attention. So has the unclear position taken by The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, CITES, a respected authority…

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How the Wealth From Diamonds Fails to Enrich Local Communities

How the Wealth From Diamonds Fails to Enrich Local Communities

Ever since diamonds were discovered in Sierra Leone in the 1930s, they have had a significant impact on the country – socially, politically and economically. This is partly to do with how they are extracted from the ground.

In countries in southern Africa, diamond mining is mostly undertaken by large-scale, mechanised companies, which monitor and control deep reserves. But in Sierra Leone,…

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You Are Ignorant - Obasanjo Fires Back At Muhammadu Buhari

You Are Ignorant – Obasanjo Fires Back At Muhammadu Buhari

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has responded to the suggestion by President Muhammadu Buhari that the administration he (Obasanjo) led between 1999 and 2007 wasted $16billion on power projects without anything to show for it.

Mr. Buhari had while receiving a delegation of Buhari Support Organisation (BSO) at the Presidential Villa Tuesday criticised previous Nigerian administrations for…

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Zimbabwe's President Mnangagwa Sends Minister Shamu Packing

Zimbabwe’s President Mnangagwa Sends Minister Shamu Packing

Webster Shamu’s sacking as Mashonaland West provincial affairs minister suggests President Emmerson Mnangagwa was still too grateful to those who helped him get into power to a point of allowing them to negatively influence some government decisions. Mnangagwa took the bold decision Monday to fire a sitting minister from his government.

Although no reasons were given, Shamu’s name has been…

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Pastor Orders Congregation to Take Off Their Underwear in Church South Africa's pastor Mboro has always been on a level of controversy of his own, and he has never stopped raising his bar high, catching a spot in the country and continent's news headlines.

Did You Know Trevor Noah Was in Black Panther? We Didn’t Either! The Daily Show host Trevor Noah had a role in Black Panther that almost everyone certainly missed.

Valuable lesson about studying in the Island of North Cyprus

Protected: Valuable lesson about studying in the Island of North Cyprus

As a graduate of a university in North Cyprus, I would like to point out that prospective students should not consider going to study there with the intention of earning a lot of money but rather only for education purposes because the probability of earning a fortune in North Cyprus is close to non-existent.

Part-time jobs are hard to come-by and they are very competitive because a considerable…

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Tidal does more for music culture than Apple Music and Spotify combined

Tidal does more for music culture than Apple Music and Spotify combined

Tidal Launch in USA: 30/03/2015 Culturally Advantageous Actions: 25 Actions per month: 0.81

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In August, Tidal live-streamed Lil Wayne’s “Lil WeezyAnaFest”, a concert commemorating Hurricane Katrina on the 10th anniversary of the tragic event. It turned into a benefit concert. Apple Music allegedly threatened Tidal with a lawsuit if any of Drake’s music was featured on the stream.

In…

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Thomas Mpofu brutally attacked by illegal miners as Zimbabwean police look away

A man from Homestead area of Esigodini is in intensive care unit at United Bulawayo Hospitals after he was axed and left for dead by amakorokoza who were illegally mining and digging a service road to the farm he worked at. Thomas Mpofu was attacked by a group of seven illegal miners as he and a co-worker tried to stop the makorokozas from digging up a road on Thursday night. Mpofu was axed…

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Businessman Strive Masiyiwa now Zimbabwe’s first billionaire

Exiled Zimbabwean businessman Strive Masiyiwa, often described as Zimbabwe’s richest man, is now a billionaire for the first time, according to the latest Forbes rankings released today.

His current net worth is estimated at $1.7 billion raking him 14th among Africa’s 23 billionaires.

According to Forbes:

Masiyiwa overcame protracted government opposition to launch mobile phone network Econet…

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Egypt looks to play a key role in driving regional integration in Africa

The Africa 2017 Forum (www.BusinessForAfricaforum.com) wrapped up in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el Sheikh with a clear message of intent from President Al Sisi to bring Africa closer together.

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi hosted five African heads of state and top business leaders from across the continent. The Heads of State stressed on the need for self-reliance and domestic resource…

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Rugby Africa unveils the 2018 Competition Schedule: 32 African countries, 10 competitions, more than 100 matches

World Rugby (www.WorldRugby.org) Africa association, Rugby Africa (www.RugbyAfrique.com), today unveiled its 2018 Competition Schedule. The year promises to be particularly busy with 10 competitions totalling more than one hundred fifteen-a-side and sevens rugby matches and up to 32 participating countries. The 2018 African champion will automatically qualify for the 2019 World Cup in Japan…

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Luambe National Park Now The World’s Most Carbon Neutral

Luambe National Park in Zambia has achieved a conservation milestone this week as it became the most carbon neutral National Park in the world. Luambe’s carbon neutral status is a result of the USAID-funded Community Forests Program (CFP) implemented by BioCarbon Partners (BCP) (http://BioCarbonPartners.com), in partnership with the Zambian Government. This world-first level of carbon neutrality…

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Without improving tax collection, East African countries will not be able to effectively finance the building of infrastructure and the provision of public services

The Pay As You Earn (PAYE) tax year-end is looming in most East African territories, and governments are clamping down on non-compliance among businesses and individual taxpayers as they strive to raise more funding for public spending. That means businesses must ensure that their payrolls are fully compliant with the laws and regulations around collection of PAYE tax.

Commenting on compliance…

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