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[Nile Post] State Minister of Finance Henry Musasizi has dismissed concerns that government taxation policies are hurting businesses, insisting that Uganda's economy is growing steadily and remains on a positive trajectory.

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[Nile Post] Uganda is grappling with a deepening governance crisis, evident not only in its political class but across nearly every layer of society--from cooperatives and professional associations to religious institutions and civil society organisations.

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[Nile Post] In a bid to address growing humanitarian and environmental concerns, district leaders have begun engaging residents of a congested camp to reduce its population, with particular focus on reintegrating school-going children into the formal education system.

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[New Times] It is remarkable how the success of an African leader can unhinge a certain breed of Western journalists. The case of President Paul Kagame, who has led Rwanda from the ashes of genocide to become one of Africa's most impressive transformation stories is instructive.

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[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia -- The Monrovia City Court has imposed a travel ban on former House Speaker J. Fonati Koffa and four other lawmakers in connection with the December 2024 fire that gutted the Capitol Building.

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[Vanguard] A civic advocacy group, The Action Collective, has called on Mr. Ken Okolugbo, Communication Adviser to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, to provide clarity regarding a now-deleted post from his verified X (formerly Twitter) account. The group is urging transparency following the emergence and subsequent deletion of a message that appeared to be a personal statement referencing Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.

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[Nile Post] A police officer based at Mpondwe Police Station in Mpondwe Lhubiriha Town Council, Kasese District, has died after being struck by a falling tree during a Sunday afternoon rainstorm.

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[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis, June 8 -- Around 1,000 Tunisians, mostly young people, will participate starting Monday, in the "Al-Soumoud Convoy" heading from Tunisia to the Egyptian-Palestinian border.

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[Nigeria Health Watch] During my National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in 2021, while I was posted to the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) office a prominent government hospital in Abuja, an elderly woman, old enough to be my grandmother, approached me. She held in her hands a diagnosis form from her doctor, she urgently needed orthopaedic surgery.

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[Nile Post] Residents of six villages in Nakisunga Sub-county, Mukono District, are reeling from a wave of night-time attacks by unidentified individuals who cut and stole electricity cables from poles and Light (Yaka) meters, leaving hundreds of homes in the dark and communities on edge.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The National Assembly Departmental Committee on Finance and Planning is expected to submit its report for consideration by legislators this week.

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[Capital FM] NAIROBI, Kenya, June 8, 2025 - The Nairobi City County Government has begun formal legal proceedings to auction properties over unpaid land rates, with thousands of owners receiving final SMS alerts on Sunday.

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[African Union] Djibouti, 6 June 2025. From 2 to 6 June 2025, the African Union (AU) Commission organized an experts' retreat in Djibouti on the Mid-Term Strategic Evaluation of the AU Master Roadmap (AUMR) of Practical Steps to Silence the Guns in Africa. The Silencing the Guns Roadmap was adopted by the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) during its Annual Retreat on the Review of its Working Methods held in Lusaka, Zambia from 7 to 9 November 2016.

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[Daily News] Arusha -- THE Tanzanian government has continued to recognize the contribution of teachers in the development of the education sector, as they are the producers of various professionals across all sectors, including health, energy, science, and technology.

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[Daily News] Mwanza -- Minister of Works, Abdallah Ulega, has stated that the construction of the JP Magufuli Bridge (Kigongo - Busisi), which spans 3 kilometers, will significantly ease transportation and logistics services, thereby boosting the economy of residents in the Lake Zone.

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[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor on Sunday paid a visit to former Speaker Cllr. J. Fonati Koffa, Representatives Dixon Seboe, Abu Kamara, and Jacob Debee, following their first night in detention at the Monrovia Central Prison. She expressed sadness over their incarceration.

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[Daba Finance] TLDR

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[Scrolla] The girl was taken after armed men stormed her home and tried to force her family to hand over money. Her kidnappers returned her in an ehailing car and warned the family not to go to the police.

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[L'Express] As the world convenes at UNOC3, the island nation calls for global support to enshrine the Blue Corridor as the SSR Marine Protected Area As global leaders prepare to gather in Nice for the Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), a small island state in the Indian Ocean is quietly positioning itself as a moral and strategic leader in marine conservation. Mauritius, long celebrated for its natural beauty, is now stepping forward with a message of global significance: the ocean can no longer wait and