Latest Articles by Ishioma Emi

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  Uganda’s Central Bank threatens cap on bank interest rates. The year 2020 has been a very traumatic year for the global economy following the impact of COVID-19 (coronavirus).
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  Hundessa’s murder triggers Ethiopia’s deadliest protest. When the Addis Ababa Police Commissioner, Geta Argaw, broke the news of the assassination of Hachalu Hundessa, by unknown gunmen, a deadly protest erupted.
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  Ethiopia accuses Egypt of inciting protests to stop a dam project. Ethiopia’s Water, Irrigation and Energy Minister Seleshi Bekele has accused Egypt of inciting a recent protest with aims to stop the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project.
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  How illegal fishing hampers Somalia’s economic growth. Somalia with an estimated fishery production potential of over 800,000 tonnes per annum barely derives sufficient revenue from the sector, a report shows.
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  Global brands race against a deadline for trademark renewal in Kenya. Following the expiry of their trademark licences, about 2,162 brands in Kenya are at the risk of losing their market protection rights.
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  Williamson becomes Old Mutual’s CEO in place of Peter Moyo. One of South Africa’s biggest insurers, Old Mutual, has announced the permanent appointment of Iain Williamson as its Chief Executive officer (CEO) after months of court battles with ousted CEO, Peter Moyo.
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  Defence Ministry to probe troops after discovering seven corpses with multiple bullet shots. Following the discovery of seven corpses with multiple bullet shots in Burkina Faso, the country’s Defence Ministry announced that it launched an investigation to uncover the perpetrators. This was announced on Wednesday, July 2, 2020.