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Strasbourg, France | AFP | The European Parliament on Thursday voted in favour of a freeze of membership talks with Turkey over its post-coup crackdown, further escalating tensions with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Erdogan has already dismissed the vote as having “no value” as it is non-binding, and as most …

Government gives alcohol manufactures deadline to stop kavera sachets Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI |  Government has given alcohol manufacturers up to  September 30, 2017 to stop the sale of alcohol packaged in sachets. This is one of the resolutions agreed on in a meeting between the Minister of Trade, Industry …

Butembo, DR Congo | AFP | The question is so absurd that Butembo’s deputy mayor misses a beat before answering. What is the town’s unemployment rate? “Unemployment is the norm around these parts,” says Godefroid Kambere Matimbya. “There aren’t any businesses.” Butembo is no ghost town, but a city of …

VIDEO:President Yoweri Museveni has moved to end anxiety over the exploitation of the country’s oil and gas resource. Museveni told experts and investors earlier today that revenue from Uganda’s oil will only be used for capital expenditure. He called for more emphasis to be put on the development of other …

Santiago, Chile | AFP |  Chilean authorities are suing the giant breakfast cereal-makers Nestle and Kelloggs for putting children’s cartoon characters on packets of fattening food in breach of an anti-obesity law, officials said Tuesday. The government’s National Consumer Service said in a statement it had filed a suit against …

  London, United Kingdom | AFP |  King Emere Godwin Bebe Okpabi holds up a plastic bottle containing contaminated water from his community in Nigeria, proof of oil pollution that he blames on Royal Dutch Shell — and on which he hopes a London court will deliver justice. “My people …

Patience Kajoina is a retired secondary school teacher by profession. Prior to her retirement, she trained as a tailor, enabling her venture into textile and garments industry to earn some extra income during holiday and evenings. “I had to source an additional income to supplement my husband’s farming income and …

Dr. Gudula Naiga Basaza is the chairperson of Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Limited (UWEAL). She spoke to The Independent’s Agnes E. Nantaba about women entrepreneurship in Uganda. What are the key elements in your style as a manager? Our management style seeks to satisfy the interests of the different categories of …

Ugandan bourse managers say pharmaceutical firm’s latest plans no different from past claims The Kampala-based pharmaceutical firm Cipla Quality Chemical Industries Ltd, often called just Quality Chemicals Ltd, has once again signaled intention to offer shares to the public in an Initial Public Offer (IPO). The subsidiary of Indian drugs …

Dakar, Senegal | AFP | Above the sacks of seeds and coal, three kerosene lamps gather dust in the tiny shed that Kenyan chicken farmer Bernard calls home. He prefers to use solar energy to light up his evenings, listen to the radio or watch television, after abandoning a diesel …