Seven people have been arrested in Moroto district in connection with trafficking enguli (local potent gin). It was alleged that the suspects, all employees of Uganda Wildlife Authority, used their official car to transport the illicit gin.

Operations to capture six elephant bulls in the Kruger National Park began on Monday to relocate them to Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park.

Fourteen abuse victims, backed by a coalition of African and international rights groups, today filed complaints with a Senegalese prosecutor accusing the former Chadian dictator Hissиne Habrй of crimes against humanity and torture.

MRI Botswana Limited (MRIB), the first medical assistance company in the world to go public by listing on the bourse on Friday, reversed the gains when it delisted from the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) to seek a new lease of

Choppies Super Stores might be famous for their affordable prices and prominent presence in the country.

Brookside Dairy (Tanzania) Limited will continue with its investment plans to boost its operations in northern Tanzania despite insufficient milk supplies from dairy farmers.

ALThough Vittorio Scabbia, the outgoing commercial director of Air Uganda is leaving, a part of him will remain here.

In a bid to provide quality and affordable services for it subscribers, Africell mobile company Friday launches three more added services; 'name analyzer, voice credit transfer and collect call'.

GLASS and aluminium company AG Industries (AGI) yesterday reported a headline loss of 15,4c per share for the year to June, saying the "year under review continued to be difficult" for the South African operations.

Nyanza Petroleum Dealers, the local holding franchise for Pirelli tyres has changed its name to AutoXpress.

Serengeti Breweries Limited (SBL) has donated Sh5 million to the Tanzania Football Coaches Association (TAFCA) ahead of the soccer stakeholders' convention scheduled for September 18 to 20 in Dar es Salaam.

Former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation Njidda Gella (PDP Adamawa) has alleged a plot to return Ajaokuta Steel Company to the Indian company, Global Infrastructure Holdings Limited (GIHL).

Berger Paints Plc is re-introducing its mosquito and crawling insects repelling paint towards complementing efforts of the Federal Government at curbing the spread of malaria in Nigeria.

SA's largest cement producer, PPC, has completed an environmental impact assessment (EIA) on its proposed R4bn investment in a new cement factory in Western Cape.

It was unexpected, but Unilever Nigeria Plc. could not have had a better endorsement of it's acclaimed Lipton Yellow Label Tea than the one given by Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administartion & Control (NAFDAC),

POSTBANK, a business unit of the South African Post Office (Sapo), would be transformed into a separate company within three years and could eventually be listed, the Post Office said yesterday.

Pan Africa Life Assurance Limited has joined the annuity market in the wake of the growing competition in the insurance industry.

IN SA we're not used to checking in online before a flight. It may be the norm in the US or the UK, but here, where less than 10% of the population have online access and those who do are

CONSOLIDATION in the platinum sector looks set to gather speed after Impala Platinum (Implats) said on Friday it had entered into talks to acquire the entire issued share capital of Mvelaphanda Resources and Northam Platinum.

PLASTICS packaging company Bowler Metcalf said yesterday it needed R8m working capital and expected R20m in revenue and a modest profit in the new financial year after buying Gad-Tek, a KwaZulu-Natal-based plastic converter.