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Uganda social media tax to be reviewed
Thursday, 12 July 2018 00:00Uganda is reviewing its decision to impose taxes on the use of social media and on money transactions by mobile phone, following a public backlash.
Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda made the announcement soon after police broke up a protest against the taxes.
President Yoweri Museveni had pushed for the taxes to boost government revenue and to end "gossip" on WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter.
Critics accused the 75-year-old of trying to stifle dissenting voices.
The social media tax targets the use of what are described as Over The Top (OTT) services, which offer "voice and messaging over the internet", according to a previous statement by telecom companies.
Users are asked to make an electronic payment before they can access the sites.
The social media tax is 200 Uganda shillings [$0.05, £0.04].
Activists argue that while the amount may seem little, it represents a significant slice of what poorer people are paying for getting online.
Turkey to take delivery of first batch of S-400 systems in late 2018: FM
Wednesday, 11 July 2018 00:00Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says his country will take delivery of the first batch of advanced S-400 air defense missile systems from Russia by late next year.
Germans want US troops withdrawal, poll finds
Wednesday, 11 July 2018 00:00Germans want the withdrawal of American troops from their country, a new poll says, amid US President Donald Trump’s threats to discontinue military support for the Western military alliance of NATO.
Turkish forces ‘neutralize’ 18 PKK terrorists in Turkey, hit their bases in Iraq
Wednesday, 11 July 2018 00:00Turkish security and gendarmerie forces have “neutralized” more than two dozen members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group when they carried out a string of counter-terrorism operations in the country’s southeastern provinces of Diyarbakir, Sirnak and Osmaniye.
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Trump attacks Germany on opening day of NATO summit
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The United States has softened its stance on new Iran sanctions after warnings that a possible face-off between the two countries would push oil prices back into the triple digits.
