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Koboko wins UGX 1.7b Global Cities Fund grant for refugee communities empowerment

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New York City, United States: Uganda’s Koboko Municipality has been awarded a catalytic grant from the Mayors Migration Council’s Global Cities Fund for Migrants and Refugees (GCF), making it one of six global cities selected to advance bold economic inclusion projects for migrants, refugees, and host communities. The announcement was made in New York City on […]

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Microsoft blocks some services used by Israeli military unit after investigation into mass surveillance of Palestinians

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Microsoft’s Azure software was used to store “millions” of recordings of mobile phone calls made by Palestinians living in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Microsoft has blocked an Israeli military unit from accessing some services after preliminary evidence supported a media investigation that the software was used for surveillance of millions of Palestinian civilian

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Cross Switch at Seamless Africa 2025, orchestrating growth in payments.

Leave a Comment / Africa, Business, East Africa, Security, Technology, World / Ronald Kabuubi

Seamless Southern Africa 2025, held in Johannesburg, brought together over 6,000 professionals from the banking, fintech, retail, and e-commerce sectors. The energy in the air confirmed the feeling that Africa isn’t just following global digital commerce trends, but is moving ahead at its own lively pace, showing that payments can adapt and thrive in fast-changing,

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Trump demands inquiry over UN ‘triple sabotage’

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Donald Trump has demanded an investigation into what he called a “triple sabotage” during his visit to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday. In a post on social media, the US president referred to an escalator abruptly stopping as he and First Lady Melania Trump stepped on, a teleprompter malfunctioning during his speech, and

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White House asks for mass firing plans ahead of possible shutdown

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Trump has launched a campaign to downsize the 2.4-million-strong federal civilian workforce, which he says is bloated and inefficient. The White House asked federal agencies on Wednesday to prepare plans for mass firings during a possible government shutdown next week, marking a sharp departure from the temporary furloughs of workers typically seen during past shutdowns.

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Denmark closes second airport this week after more drone sightings

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Aalborg Airport in northern Denmark temporarily suspended all incoming and outgoing flights on Wednesday evening after unidentified drones were spotted in its airspace, according to local police. The drone activity was reported to police at 9:44 p.m. local time. Authorities have not disclosed how many drones were seen. “We’re currently unable to comment on the purpose of the drones’ flight in the area or who might be behind it. However,

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Trump administration designates Barrio 18 gang as foreign terrorist organization

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The Trump administration has designated the Barrio 18 gang as a foreign terrorist organization, joining other Latin American criminal groups receiving the designation in recent months. MEXICO CITY — The Trump administration Tuesday designated the Barrio 18 gang as a foreign terrorist organization, joining other Latin American criminal groups receiving the designation in recent months. Barrio 18, largely

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ICE agents arrest one of Haiti’s most powerful and wealthy businessmen on US soil

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Federal agents have arrested Dimitri Vorbe, one of Haiti’s most powerful businessmen and the latest elite figure from the troubled Caribbean country to be detained on U.S. soil. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Federal immigration agents have arrested Dimitri Vorbe, one of Haiti’s most powerful businessmen and the latest elite figure from the troubled Caribbean country to be

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Putin offers Trump one-year extension to nuclear weapons treaty

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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday offered to voluntarily maintain the limits on deployed strategic nuclear weapons set in the 2010 New START accord after it expires in February if the US agreed to do the same. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Putin’s proposal sounded “pretty good,” but she added that US President

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Three West African countries to quit UN top court

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Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced they will immediately withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), labelling it an “instrument of neo-colonialist repression”. The three military-led countries issued a joint statement, saying they would not recognise the authority of the United Nations’ top court, based in The Hague. “The ICC has proven itself incapable

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