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Betting firm SportPesa sacks 400 Kenyan staff
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Sports betting firm SportPesa has sacked 400 Kenyan employees days after halting operations in the east African nation.
Plus, the leaders of Nigeria and South Africa meet in a show of solidarity to end recent tensions caused by Xenophobic attacks that targeted Nigerians.
And Uganda's president orders private pharmacies to cease doing business within state hospitals.
(Photo: Credit: SportPesa is the main sponsor of English Premier League football club, Everton.)
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