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- Weaning East Africa from aid proving a taxing affair
By Kevin Mwanza NAIROBI (Reuters) - East Africa's economies - Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda - may need to do more than just present their budgets simultaneously if they are to draw the foreign investment they need to wean themselves off aid. The countries are working towards a single currency to increase trade and harmonise their economies further under the East African Community, and the ...
June 14, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News - UK court rules in Tullow's favour in Uganda tax case
LONDON (Reuters) - Africa-focused oil explorer Tullow Oil said on Friday that a London court ruled in its favour in a case brought against Heritage Oil over Ugandan tax. The case was centred on over $400 million worth of capital gains tax demands made by the Ugandan government after Tullow's former partner, Heritage Oil, sold assets in the East African country to Tullow in a $1.45 billion deal ...
June 14, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News - ICC trials for Kenya's new leaders may shift partly back home
Judges trying a high-profile case related to Kenya's 2007 election violence suggested some proceedings could be moved from The Hague to East Africa, causing alarm among victims.
June 13, 2013 - Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News