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Uganda: Authorities block access to social networks two days before general elections

January 13, 2021 Steven Addamah 0

This decision comes at the very end of a tense campaign for the presidential and legislative elections. The elections are scheduled to take place this […]

Uganda: MPs vote to maintain unpopular social media tax

October 3, 2018 Steven Addamah 0

Lawmakers in Uganda have voted to maintain a controversial tax law expected to be implemented later this year. The ruling National Resistance Movement, NRM, dominating […]

Ugandan parliament approves Mobile Money & social media tax bill

May 31, 2018 Steven Addamah 0

Uganda’s parliament on Wednesday approved a law that imposes new taxes on social media services and mobile money transactions. Human rights activists and critics of […]

Swahili becomes first native African language to get Twitter recognition

May 9, 2018 Geraldine Boechat 0

Social media platform Twitter has officially recognized the use of Swahili as a language on the platform. It became the first African language to achieve […]

Ethiopia shuts down internet to prevent exam leaks

June 1, 2017 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

The Ethiopian government has announced a total internet shutdown as means of blocking the leakage of papers for the country’s grade 10 examinations. About 1.2 […]

Rwanda: Nude photos of female presidential candidate leaked

May 11, 2017 Emmanuel Agbenonwossi 0

Social media in Rwanda was flooded this week with nude pictures believed to be Diane Shima Rwigara, a 35-year-old businesswoman who announced her intention to […]

Ghana Reject Telcos Proposal to Ban Social Media Based Calls

May 19, 2016 Emmanuel Agbenonwossi 0

By Emmanuel Vitus, Accra Ghana on Wednesday rejected proposals from telecom operators in the country to regulate internet based calls such as Skype, Viber, WhatsApp, […]

Uganda’s Museveni Vows to Fight Corruption

May 13, 2016 Pawla Nibramich 0

Wearing his trademark khaki bush hat with chin strap and a dark business suit, Uganda’s veteran president Yoweri Museveni embarked on a fourth decade in […]

US Accuses Uganda of Rights Violations

March 12, 2016 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

The United States on Friday said Uganda has persistently violated the rights of its citizens and media in the aftermath of last month’s presidential election. […]

Turkey: AK Party unshaken by recordings in elections

March 31, 2014 Steven Addamah 0

The much awaited results of the Turkish municipal elections which are considered by the Prime Minister Erdogan of the AK Party as referendum seem to […]

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