While US claims to be foremost defender of Free Press DOJ probe finds Trump regime secretely spied on journalists

While US claims to be foremost defender of Free Press DOJ probe finds Trump regime secretely spied on journalists

The inspector general did not name the two members of Congress whose records were seized, but the report indicates both were Democrats. According to the report, a Democratic committee staffer identified the two members as the potential leakers, “but without providing any evidentiary support for the claim.” This tipster was later found to be of “uncertain credibility” and “unknown reliability,” but prosecutors still relied on the witness in at least two search warrant applications.

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Under fire Nigerian President Tinubu announces plan to expand credit access to citizens, businesses

Under fire Nigerian President Tinubu announces plan to expand credit access to citizens, businesses

The implementation of the programme was planned in stages, beginning with Federal civil service employees and now the general public.

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Russian gas exports via Soviet-era pipeline to Europe ends as Ukraine declines to renew transit agreement

Russian gas exports via Soviet-era pipeline to Europe ends as Ukraine declines to renew transit agreement

The last remaining EU buyers of Russian gas via Ukraine, such as Slovakia and Austria, have arranged alternative supply. Hungary will keep receiving Russian gas via TurkStream, which runs two pipelines under the Black Sea.

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Kenya’s biosafety authority kicks off campaign for GMO maize against backdrop of steep ignorance

Kenya’s biosafety authority kicks off campaign for GMO maize against backdrop of steep ignorance

NBA Acting Director of Biosafety Research and Compliance Josphat Muchiri confirmed the authority’s readiness for the exercise in the listed counties, adding that the campaign would be expanded to cover all maize-producing regions in Kenya.

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Sixth time unlucky: Zimbabwe’s new currency wobbles as illegal night bazaars flourish, conventional stores tumble

Sixth time unlucky: Zimbabwe’s new currency wobbles as illegal night bazaars flourish, conventional stores tumble

Unfettered by expenses such as rising energy costs, taxes and laws that force formal retailers to accept the local currency at artificially low official exchange rates, informal traders, including children, offer better bargains. A box of juice that sells for $3 in a supermarket costs half of that on the streets.

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US Treasury accuses Chinese hackers of stealing documents in ‘major incident’

US Treasury accuses Chinese hackers of stealing documents in ‘major incident’

Tom Hegel, a threat researcher at cybersecurity company SentinelOne said the reported security incident “fits a well-documented pattern of operations by PRC-linked groups, with a particular focus on abusing trusted third-party services – a method that has become increasingly prominent in recent years,” he said, using an acronym for the People’s Republic of China.”

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Leaked Trump’s tax returns: Whistleblower Charles Littlejohn at risk of revenge as Biden’s in office winds down

Leaked Trump’s tax returns: Whistleblower Charles Littlejohn at risk of revenge as Biden’s in office winds down

With Biden winding down his time in office, Littlejohn’s advocates, including tax code reformers from the groups Revolving Door Project and Patriotic Millionaires, are worried for the incarcerated IRS consultant. They’re calling on Biden to commute Littlejohn’s sentence before it is too late and he is forced to spend Trump’s second term in prison at risk of retribution.

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Ugandans are so psychologically beaten that they believe China assembles plastic rice and eggs

Ugandans are so psychologically beaten that they believe China assembles plastic rice and eggs

One thing is true. If there can be fake rice and fake eggs, there can also be fake water melon, fake Avocado, fake banana, fake mango and fake everything which could find their way into supermarkets and markets as unscrupulous people try to maximise dishonest income from unaware customers. And there are unscrupulous people everywhere on the globe; not only in China.

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Uganda gears up for unveiling of AU’s 10-year strategic plan to up food production

Uganda gears up for unveiling of AU’s 10-year strategic plan to up food production

The summit according to the commissioner which is organised by the African Union and the republic of Uganda will commence in three weeks is a huge milestone as it will see the union’s heads of state and government consider and adopt the (2026-2035) CAADP strategic plan

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Food security: African Union working on long term plan to raise cropland, cut further imports

Food security: African Union working on long term plan to raise cropland, cut further imports

A statement issued at the Pre-African Union Extra-Ordinary Summit on Post-Malabo CAADP Agenda media briefing by Maj-Gen David Kasura-Kyomukama, cites statistics that show Africa spends $100 billion – mainly on cereals – while $16 billion goes to fat and oil imports.

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