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YAS COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF WANANCHI GROUP, STRENGTHENS FIBRE LEADERSHIP ACROSS EAST AFRICA

Kampala, November 10,2025- Yas, a subsidiary of AXIAN Telecom Holding & Management PLC, has officially completed the acquisition of 99.63% of Wananchi Group (Holdings) Ltd, the parent company of Zuku and Simbanet. The acquisition marks a major milestone in AXIAN Telecom’s regional growth strategy, consolidating its leadership in fibre connectivity and expanding its footprint across […]

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PRESIDENT MUSEVENI URGES YOUTH TO CHAMPION EAST AFRICAN INTEGRATION, WARNS AGAINST WASTING TIME ON RIOTS AND NON-PRODUCTIVE DEBATES

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called on Uganda’s youth to dedicate their energy to championing the long-sought political and economic integration of East Africa. During the interaction, President Museveni critiqued young people who, in his view, spend too much time engaging in riots or waste energy on radio debates that “do not benefit them.”  

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Man arrested over deadly Delhi car bomb attack

A man has been arrested in connection with a deadly car bomb attack that killed eight people and wounded 20 others in Delhi last week, authorities have said. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) said the car used in the attack, which the government has called a “terrorist incident”, was registered in the arrested suspect’s name. They have

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Mohamed Salah, Achraf Hakimi and Victor Osimhen make shortlist for Men’s Player of the Year at CAF Awards 2025

The Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) has officially unveiled the Top Three Nominees in each of the Men’s Categories of the highly anticipated CAF Awards 2025. The prestigious event will be held in Rabat, Morocco, on 19 November 2025 from 19h00 local time (18h00 GMT), celebrating the exceptional performances and achievements that have defined African

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Belgium strengthens digital partnership with Africa with ATOMNIA launch

Cape Town, 16 November, 2025 – Networking and cybersecurity specialist, ATOMNIA, the Wallonia Export & Investment Agency (AWEX), and Belgian technology incubator and support organisation, IGNITY, have announced a deepening of their partnership to grow secured digital connectivity in Africa. The support will fast-track ATOMNIA’s Africa-wide roll out of its pay-as-you-go OMNIA offering through its distribution and enablement partner,

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Speakers of the East African Community (EAC) legislatures have reaffirmed the growing value of sports, saying the annual EAC Parliamentary Games are becoming one of the bloc’s effective tools for strengthening regional cohesion and informal cooperation.

The Rt. Hon. Joseph Ntakirutimana, Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) with Uganda’s Deputy Speaker Rt.Thomas Tayebwa are seen in talks  as they head to the Press Conference at Speke Resort Munyonyo 14th November,2025.Photo by Ronald Kabuubi/KMA Updates. Speakers of the East African Community (EAC) legislatures have reaffirmed the growing value of sports,

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Japan protests China’s travel warning after Takaichi’s remarks on Taiwan

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (left) shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of the Japan-China summit on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Gyeongju on Friday. AFP Japan has protested China’s latest travel advisory telling Chinese citizens to avoid visiting the country, issued after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s recent

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Trump urges Thailand to recommit to ceasefire with Cambodia, threatens to halt trade talks

US President Donald Trump (right) looks on as Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet (centre) and Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul hold up documents during a signing of a peace deal on the sidelines of the Asean Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on October 26, 2025. (Photo: Andrew Caballero/AFP US President Donald Trump put pressure on Thailand to recommit

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BBC now faces tough legal battle with world’s most powerful man. What happens next?

Anyone who thought the BBC’s apology to Donald Trump was going to stop his threat of a lawsuit was, quite frankly, deluded. The BBC chairman Samir Shah perhaps summed it up in the interview he gave me the day after the director general and the CEO of News resigned. He called the president “a litigious fellow”. That’s

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