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Ugandan police foil ADF plot to bomb churches - Museveni
Ugandan police have foiled a plot by Islamic State-linked militants to bomb churches in central Butambala district, President Yoweri Museveni… -
Helium One resumes drilling in Tanzania
Helium One Global Ltd (AIM:HE1, OTCQB:HLOGF) told investors drilling was back underway in Tanzania after a rig repair, with the… -
Muslim boy, 6, killed after being stabbed 26 times with military-style blade 'over Israel-Hamas war'
A six-year-old Muslim boy has been killed after being stabbed 26 times over his religion and in response to the…
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International News
Action plan to improve civil military relations in Greater Yei unveiled
December 7, 2023 (JUBA) – The community, military, government, civil society and the UN have come together to develop an action plan to improve civilian and military relations in Greater...
Cabinet approves Shs 1 trillion to revamp Uganda Air Cargo Corporation
Cabinet has approved $266 million (about Shs 984.2 billion) to revamp the now dormant Uganda Air Cargo Corporation (UACC) Limited, another of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) enterprises. The...
Kigali: Campaign against GBV features testing for NCDs, HIV
Local government officials in Kigali, on Saturday, December 2, launched a two-day campaign to sensitize people about the dangers of gender-based violence (GVB). The effort is part of the 16...
Women facing the strain in southern Gaza's overcrowded camps as new pause extension announced
ActionAid welcomes the two-day extension to Gaza's humanitarian pause, but without a ceasefire, it warns it is not enough to help women and girls sheltering in overcrowded camps in southern...
Care for diabetics living in displaced persons camps in Burundi
Bujumbura – "I'm diabetic and life here is very hard, very complicated," complains Jean Ndimurirwo, 68, who has lived in the Maramvya camp for displaced people, near Bujumbura in Burundi,...
Immigration – legal and illegal. Only by squaring up to both does Sunak stand a chance of moving on from either.
How do you prefer the next Immigration Bill? “Full fat” – that’s to say, containing notwithstanding clauses which disapply the European Convention on Human Rights, the Refugee Convention, the Human...
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Uganda: Rights Group Claims Company Intimidates Communities Along Tanzania-Uganda Oil Pipeline
The French oil company TotalEnergies coerces and intimidates communities affected by the $5 billion East African Crude Oil Pipeline project in Tanzania and Uganda, a human rights organization said this...
Salvation Army responds to latest proposals for Rwanda plan
THE Salvation Army remains greatly concerned about the Government’s plans to remove asylum seekers to Rwanda. The new legislation proposed on 6 December states that the Government can bypass the...
China says US veto on Gaza cease-fire 'disappointing and regrettable'
China on Saturday said the US vetoing a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza is "disappointing and regrettable." "It's extremely disappointing and regrettable that...
EACC To Charge Mandago Over The Finland Scholarship Saga After DPP Nod
The Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC) says it has received the go ahead from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to charge Uasin Gishu senator Jackson Mandago over the...
East Africa: 4 East African Countries Are Going for Nuclear Power - Why This Is a Bad Idea
The east Africa region has the fastest growing population in Africa. Between 2013 and 2017, its growth rate was twice the African average. The region is also experiencing strong economic...
National Council of Churches Opposes Ruto Move to Bring Back CAS Positions
President William Ruto (centre), his deputy Rigathi Gachagua on his left, and PCS Musalia Mudavadi on his right posing with CAS nominees at State House Nairobi on March 23, 2023...
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Technology
Microsoft admits it...
This combination of file photos created on November 5, 2020 shows the PlayStation logo (top) on display on the final day of the E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, California on June 13, 2013; and the Xbox...
Tech CEOs including...
Jeff Bezos. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images Jeff Bezos will step down as Amazon CEO in Q3 2021, the company announced on January 3. CEOs are taking to Twitter to send their congratulations to both Bezos and his success...
Kenyan Woman’s Start...
Photo UNEP/YouTube An absolutely brilliant young woman in Kenya has started a company manufacturing bricks from recycled plastic. Nzambi Matee says she was “tired of being on the sidelines” while civil servants struggled...
Nigeria’s ‘Techprene...
As recently as 10 years ago, Africa’s technology industry was sparse. But as a result of advancements in mobile phone technology as well as better internet connections, the continent has transformed — unearthing countles...
Travel
New findings of early man...
An international team of archaeologists and paleoanthropologists has discovered a large collection of two million years old stone tools, fossilized bones, and plant materials at the Olduvai Gorge in northern Tanzania. N...
UK travel ban extended to...
File photo: Tourists have still flocked to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Picture PA The UK's travel ban has been extended to include United Arab Emirates, Burundi and Rwanda, with British nationals returning from those co...
South Sudan suspends airl...
Photo Anadolu Agency South Sudan's president on Wednesday suspended the operation of South Supreme Airlines, the company owning the plane that crashed in the Pieri Town on Tuesday evening, an official statement said. “As...
Kenya's SGR night train u...
NAIROBI, March 4 (Xinhua) -- For the last two months, a government worker George Agutu, who works in Mombasa, Kenya's coastal city, has traveled to the capital Nairobi every weekend to be with his family. However, befor...
Health
Kigali: Campaign against GBV f...
Local government officials in Kigali, on Saturday, December 2, launched a two-day campaign to sensitize people about the dangers of gender-based violence (GVB). The effort is part of the 16 Days...
Care for diabetics living in d...
Bujumbura – "I'm diabetic and life here is very hard, very complicated," complains Jean Ndimurirwo, 68, who has lived in the Maramvya camp for displaced people, near Bujumbura in Burundi, since...
Hazardous asbestos roofing rem...
Government aided the removal of about 1.4 million (82.4 per cent) square metres of asbestos roofing from public and private buildings in the country as of October 31, according to the Rwanda Hou...
How internally displaced perso...
Irakoze Chanceline, a 22-year-old mother of four, arrived at the makeshift camp in Gatumba in March this year after floods destroyed her house and property. "I want my children to stay healthy,"...
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The Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC) says it has received the go ahead from the Director...