How hackers used betting site to access Airtel Money in Uganda
While the licensed betting firm’s website prides itself on making “use of standard encryption to protect the data of its users”, cybercriminals used it as a gateway to Airtel Money's digital systems.
Germany likely to block Chinese takeover of Elmos’ chip production
The German government will likely block the Chinese takeover of Elmos’ chip factory, the Dortmund-based company said on Monday. The economics ministry had been examining the sale to competitor Silex, a Swedish company that is a subsidiary of Chinese group Sai Microelectronics . The deal...
South Sudan readies for $112.7m IMF emergency funding
This comes after the country’s authorities and the IMF staff reached a staff-level agreement for an emergency financing through the fund’s new Food Shock Window of the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) combined with a programme monitoring with board involvement (PMB).
PM Nabbanja scoffs at opposition boos during Ssemogerere burial
Some of the DP supporters at the requiem mass at Lubaga Cathedral Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has scoffed at Ugandan opposition who think booing government officials at public events will force the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) out of power. The premier was delivering President...
Old Kampala hospital demands apology from mayor Lukwago over organ harvesting allegations
Old Kampala hospital Old Kampala hospital has issued a 7-day ultimatum for Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago and their former patient Muhamood Kabanda to apologise for accusing the hospital of illegal organ harvesting. Failure to retract the allegations, the hospital threatens to pursue a defamation...
Gunmen abduct more than 100 in Nigeria
FILE – Security forces are seen on patrol in Nigeria’s Zamfara state, March 3, 2021 More than 100 people, including women and children were abducted when gunmen raided four villages in Nigeria’s northeastern Zamfara state on Sunday, the information commissioner and residents said on Monday....
S.African court orders 80-year-old former president Zuma to return to prison
Jacob Zuma South Africa’s highest appeals court has ruled that former President Jacob Zuma must return to prison, saying his release from a contempt of court sentence last year on medical parole was unlawful. Zuma lost his appeal Monday to remain on medical parole. The...
Another Congolese soldier shot dead for crossing into Rwandan territory
Rwandan army officials showing Defense attaches the spot where they shot dead a Congolese soldier Rwanda army on Saturday shot dead a Congolese soldier whom they accused of crossing into Rwandan territory and shooting at their guard towers. The yet-to-be-identified soldier was shot at around...
Air Tanzania’s woes far from over as engine crisis grounds planes
According to fleet data, one of ATCL’s A220 last flew on January 3, this year and has been parked at Maastricht Aachen Airport in The Netherlands. A second aircraft that has been on the tarmac in Dar es Salaam last flew on August 27. A...
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