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Notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman is likely to die in jail after being sentenced to life for smuggling illegal drugs into the US over a violent, decades-long career. Jurors found the 62-year-old guilty of drug trafficking, money laundering and the use of firearms in February
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Betting agents operating under various betting companies have pointed fingers at the government for maintaining a hard-line stance and refusing to engage them in the stalemate surrounding the gambling industry in Kenya. The agents said the latest stand by the government on the betting sector is ill-informed and aimed at
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Congo's first Ebola patient in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s largest city, Goma, has died, the government said. The spread of the Ebola to Goma, Goma's largest city with more than 1 million people and on the border with Rwanda, has caused alarm that the
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British public radio broadcaster BBC will close its operations in Burundi after it failed to reach an agreement with the government on airing of programmes. The broadcaster’s Africa Business Editor Larry Madowo said on Tuesday that efforts to resolve a dispute over the ban on BBC transmissions in March
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Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) has dropped the standard-range variants of its Model X and Model S from its product lineup and adjusted prices across its range, in a sales push that comes days after the U.S. electric vehicle maker reported record deliveries. To simplify its offerings, the automaker on
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City lawyer Andrew Musangi, a kin of billionaire entrepreneur Chris Kirubi, has bought a 1.1 percent stake in tyre distributor Sameer Africa with an eye on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) listed company’s prime land holdings. Mr Musangi, who has accumulated his stock in the company gradually, is
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Via AFP US President Donald Trump took aim at progressive Democratic congresswomen Sunday, telling them to "go back" where they came from in remarks that sparked yet another firestorm over his views on race and immigration. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1150381394234941448 Trump -- whose comments were branded
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An unusual crime wave of firewood thieves has swept through many villages in rural Kenya. Many of these incidences, reported in central Kenya and few parts of Western Kenya have come just days shy of the fuel price increase. Much of the firewood is usually stocked by owners during the
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Authorities in Uganda say the country’s healthcare system has succeeded in stemming further spread of the deadly Ebola virus that killed at least three people in Kasese, a border district with the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been battling it over the past 11 months. The announcement came
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Home and landowners are looking for ways to make their investments more attractive to buyers and renters despite the supply of properties for sale being very high. To realise the full potential of a property, a developer or investor has to boost its appeal through upgrades and renovations. You can
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Three suspects have been arrested by police in Embu North after they were found with fake Ksh. 100,000 in new currency notes. The suspects were caught following a tip off from residents in Manyatta trading market and the police swiftly moved in to arrest them. The three were then
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The implementation of a directive by the betting regulator appeared to falter yesterday even as betting firms cried foul, saying their businesses were being unfairly targeted by the very government that issued them with licences to operate. This follows the suspension of the operations of 27 betting companies by BCLB