Thailand on Wednesday will start collecting value added tax (VAT) from foreign technology companies and expects to raise at least 5 billion baht ($154.70 million) in additional revenue each year, a senior official said. Foreign platforms providing electronic services in Thailand will have to register for VAT payments, senior finance …

Kenya’s customs authorities have given importers of unclaimed items up to the end of the month to pay relevant fees or risk them being auctioned or destroyed, local Business Daily news site reports. The items including sex toys, civilian drones and shisha pipes have “clogged” warehouses at the main airport …

Authorities in Zimbabwe have announced a further easing of Covid restrictions in the sports and arts sectors. They said access will only given to fully vaccinated people. The measure follows a reduction in new Covid-19 cases with 192 new cases and three deaths recorded on Tuesday. Businesses including cinemas, art …

Ugandan Education and Sports Minister Janet Museveni said on August 30 that God was using her to transform the education sector and reiterated that “the quality of education is and will continue to change for the better”. In a statement carried by government newspaper, the New Vision, Ms Museveni, who …

Opponents of the Transitional Military Council in Chad stand against the current version of the inclusive national dialogue project that they consider unrepresentative of Chadian society. The Reflection and Action Group for the June 1 and the Wakit Tama coalition have decided to unite against the government after the establishment …

After new analyzes by the Institut Pasteur in Lyon (France) on the samples taken from a young Guinean presented by the Ivorian authorities as infected, the World Health Organization (WHO), announced on Tuesday that there is “no proof” of the presence of the Ebola virus in the country. The World …

South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma is not happy with the judiciary. He has indeed accused the judiciary of not trusting a medical report by military doctors. The military doctors have filed a confidential report on his fitness to stand trial. Jacob Zuma has refused to undergo a medical examination …

The Nigerian military has urged residents of Plateau state not to arm themselves, as local politicians advised a few weeks ago. Last week, Plateau’s parliament said as the security forces could no longer guarantee people’s safety, they should take up arms. But the self-arming decision has not been welcomed by …

After several testimonies from women who accuse R Kelly of sexual abuse, it is a man who says he was a victim of R&B singer when he was a teenager. Presented in court under the pseudonym Louis, the man, who was part of the musician’s entourage, is himself being sued …

Reggae legend, producer, songwriter and singer Lee “Scratch” Perry, best known for guiding Bob Marley, died Sunday August 29 at age 85, Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced. “Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry died this morning while in Noel Holmes Hospital. He was 85 years old,” the Prime Minister said in a …