Beijing, China | AFP | Hundreds of photos and videos of naked women used as collateral for loans on a Chinese online lending service have leaked onto the web, highlighting regulatory problems in the fast-growing peer-to-peer marketplace. A 10-gigabyte file posted on the internet exposed the personal details of more …
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The Hague, Netherlands | AFP | Child soldier-turned-warlord Dominic Ongwen denied 70 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity on Tuesday when he became the first member of Uganda’s brutal Lord’s Resistance Army to ever go on trial. Ongwen, 41, is also the first former child soldier to be …
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Nakawa Magistrates Court has sent back on remand key suspects in the Lugogo shooting of social worker Kenneth Akena Watmon. Matthew Kanyamunyu, his girlfriend Cynthia Munywangari and his brother Joseph Kanyamunyu appeared in court today, but were told they will stay on remand until December 20 as investigations into their …
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VIDEO: The trial in the case of The Prosecutor v. Dominic Ongwen is scheduled to open on Tuesday, 6 December 2016, at 9.30 (The Hague local time), before Trial Chamber IX of the International Criminal Court (ICC), composed of presiding Judge Bertram Schmitt, Judge Péter Kovács, and Judge Raul Cano Pangalangan. The …
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The Hague, Netherlands | AFP | Former child soldier-turned-warlord Dominic Ongwen on Tuesday become the first member of Uganda’s brutal Lord’s Resistance Army to go on trial in a landmark case before the International Criminal Court keenly watched by thousands of victims. Ongwen, now in his early 40s, will also …
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Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | More than 100 patients escaped from Kenya’s only psychiatric hospital on Monday as doctors and nurses joined a national hospital strike for pay rises. Nairobi Police Commander Japheth Koome told AFP that police had launched an operation to return the patients to the hospital, as …
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ATC News by Wolfgang H. Thome Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has marked its first year of operations in Tanzania, as it continues to support the growing two-way flow of business and leisure travellers flying between Dar es Salaam and the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi. Over …
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Washington, United States | AFP | Fraudsters posing as consular officers operated a fake American embassy in the Ghanaian capital Accra for about a decade and printed counterfeit visas, a US official said Monday. US State Department spokesman Mark Toner said no one was believed to have entered the United …
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Job Opening Posting Title: CHIEF OF SECTION, HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT Job Code Title: CHIEF OF SECTION, HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT Department/Office: UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT NAIROBI Duty Station: NAIROBI Posting Period: 05 December 2016 – 02 February 2017 Job Opening Number: 16-H APPLY HERE Share on: WhatsApp
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Job Opening Posting Title: Conflict Resolution Officer (2 Positions) – Entebbe Job Code Title: CONFLICT RESOLUTION OFFICER Department/Office: OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN Duty Station: ENTEBBE Posting Period: 02 December 2016 – 30 January 2017 Job Opening Number: 16-Ombudsman-OMBUDSMAN-68963-R-Entebbe (X) Staffing Exercise N/A Apply here Share on: WhatsApp
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
