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Tanzania: Highway Fuel Hawkers Endanger Motorists, Economy
[Daily News] Dar es Salaam — WE call upon the government through relevant organs, including the police, to urgently tighten enforcement against the illegal sale of petrol and diesel along highways.
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Kenya: Murkomen – Over 100 Organized Gangs Operating Across Kenya As Government Tightens Crackdown
[Capital FM] Nairobi — Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has revealed that national security assessments indicate more than 100 such groups are currently operating across the country.
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Kenya: Kenya to Roll Out Ic4 Surveillance System Next Month – Murkomen
[Capital FM] Nairobi — The government will next month finalise procurement of a new Integrated Command, Control, Communication and Coordination (IC4) security framework to replace the ageing IC3 surveillance system, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen told lawmakers on Tuesday.
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Kenya: High Court to Deliver Judgment in Safaricom Data Breach Case On May 13
[Capital FM] Nairobi — The High Court will on May 13 deliver its judgment in a high-stakes petition accusing Safaricom PLC of failing to protect subscriber data in a breach said to have affected more than 11.5 million users.
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Uganda: Speaker Among – I Have Overachieved, Time to Retire in 2031
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala — The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has dismissed reports suggesting she intends to contest for the presidency in 2031, saying instead that she plans to retire from active politics and support a successor backed by President Yoweri Museveni.
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Africa: Africa Is Repositioning Poultry for Food Security
[Independent (Kampala)] Africa’s poultry sector is shifting from import dependence to coordinated, policy-driven domestic production, with countries aligning finance, skills, and regional partnerships to scale output.
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Somalia: Turkey Pledges Direct Support to Somalia in Fight Against Militant Groups
[Shabelle] Ankara — Turkey has for the first time formally announced that it will directly support efforts to combat armed groups operating in Somalia, particularly Al-Shabaab and ISIS, according to officials.
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Somalia: Somali Police Destroy Al-Shabaab Extortion Checkpoint in Lower Shabelle Operation
[Shabelle] Mogadishu — Somalia’s police counter-terrorism command said it carried out a planned operation targeting militant extortion activities in the Lower Shabelle region, killing a local leader and dismantling an illegal checkpoint, officials said.
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From Baggy to Boutique: The Decade That Transformed Cannabis Branding
Has cannabis branding officially grown up? In just 10 years, the industry has traded sandwich baggies for sophisticated CPG strategies, navigating a high-stakes shift from snake-oil cure-alls to intentional lifestyle icons. From the rise of gender-neutral packaging to the return of stoner culture, we track the evolution of a category that’s no longer just trying
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Kenya: Kenya Named in Global ‘Transnational Repression’ Report Over Cross-Border Crackdowns
[Capital FM] Nairobi — Kenya has been named among a growing list of countries accused of engaging in transnational repression, as regional security cooperation in East Africa comes under renewed scrutiny over alleged cross-border targeting of political dissidents.