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Karamoja Mining Rush Threatens Livelihoods of Indigenous People
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Zimbabwe’s Government Spokesman Seizes Farm From Resettled Farmers
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A court in Zimbabwe has further delayed passing a ruling in a matter in which Ubuntu Times correspondent Jeffrey Moyo is seeking refusal of remand.
The ruling which was expected...
Indigenous communities in Tanzania map own land to deter foreign grabbers
MANYARA, TANZANIA — As you trek down a rocky terrain dotted with thorny shrubs, that form a rosette of gray-green leaves with sharp spines on the tips, you can...
Public Leaders Wealth Declaration in Tanzania Goes Digital
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An ‘Illegal’ Economy Fortified With Blessings Of Ruling Elite
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Family Demanding Answers Six Years After Disappearance Of Scribe
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On...
Former Government Minister Jailed In Zimbabwe
Gweru, September 22 — Former Provincial Minister for Midlands Province in Zimbabwe was this Tuesday sentenced to four years in jail following accusations of criminal abuse of office, this after he...
Zimbabwe’s Health Minister In Charge Despite Reports Of Expulsion
Harare, June 21 — Zimbabwe’s Health Minister, Obadiah Moyo who had been widely reported to have been fired after he was implicated in a 60 million USD corruption scandal...
Journalist Denied Bail, Faces 10 Years In Prison
A Zimbabwe magistrates’ court in the city of Bulawayo on Monday, May 31 threw out a bail application by Mr. Jeffrey Moyo, a correspondent for Ubuntu Times, citing that...
Tanzania’s Accidental Journalist To Serve One Year Suspended Sentence
Dar es Salaam — A Tanzanian court on Tuesday, November 17 sentenced a well-known media entrepreneur to one year suspended sentence after he was found guilty of obstructing police...
Zimbabwean Government Urged To Stop Hemorrhaging Gold And Other Minerals
Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG), a Zimbabwe-based NGO advocating for violence-free and conflict-free extraction of natural resources now wants the government to halt the scourge.
“We are gravely concerned...
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Soldiers Kill In Nigerian Town After Anti-police Protests
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Zim Govt Trying To Frustrate Arrested Journalist’s Freedom Bid – Lawyer
The lawyer representing Ubuntu Times’ Zimbabwe correspondent Jeffrey Moyo, 37, says the State is “acting in an unjust way” after it issued an arrest warrant for his client on...
Zimbabwe Court Tells Ubuntu Times Journalist He Has Case To Answer
A Zimbabwe magistrate in the southern city of Bulawayo, Mark Nzira, on March 15 dismissed an application for discharge at the close of the State case by Ubuntu Times...
Africa Could See Spike In Illicit Financial Flows Amid COVID-19 Onslaught
Nairobi, August 1 — With COVID-19 proving to be the most adverse peacetime shock to the global economy, tax advocates have raised concern over a possible rise in the...
Outspoken Tanzanian Lawyer, Banned For Malpractice
Dar es Salaam, September 24 — A top Tanzanian lawyer and the former president of the Tanganyika Law Society (TLS)—a local bar association has been disbarred from practicing law...
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