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Ghana is set to have its second successive female Chief Justice with the appointment of Justice Sophia Akuffo, all but confirmed. Her nomination is to be officially announced by the President at a press briefing later today. Check also: Ghana In Plans To Make Travel In Africa Easier For Africans Local media portals including the state-owned Daily Graphic have reported that ...

Elegu — Uganda’s economy is being pushed to the wall following the renewed conflict in South sudan that is currently sending waves across the region Uganda is one of South Sudan’s biggest trading partners. The county’s revenue body, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), targets Shs200 million monthly in taxes at the South Sudan-Uganda border at Elegu. Check also: Uganda Is Increasingly Welcoming ...

A Ugandan academic detained for calling the president “a pair of buttocks” was freed on bail Wednesday after spending over a month in jail. Stella Nyanzi, a research fellow at Makerere University, appeared frail and had to be assisted by prison warders. Check also: Dr Stella Nyanzi Runs To High Court To Fight Mental Exam Nyanzi faces charges of offensive communication ...

Nakaseke — Mr John Bahigi, 68, a resident of Kinyogoga Sub-county in Nakaseke District, owns more than 80 acres of land with a lease title. His family has stayed on this land since 1961. Check also: Bobi Wine Shedding Tears As Buganda Land Board Raids (ULB) One Love Beach He was, however, shocked after strangers turned up from nowhere in 2016, ...

A flash of excitement about travel to Cuba after the country opened its borders to the U.S. in 2016 for the first time in decades may have lost some of its shine. Check also: Meet A Town In America Where There Is No Wi-Fi And No Smartphones Americans are less interested in travel to Cuba this year than they were in 2016, a ...