The Uganda National Teachers’ Union (UNATU) on Monday announced the suspension of a weeks-long strike following a meeting with President Yoweri Museveni. Primary and middle school art teachers have been on strike since June 15 citing wage inequality among science […]
On August 9, Kenyans go to the polls, and for the first time, class, not ethnicity, dominates the fight. Election seasons in Kenya have been marred by violence in the past. After the 2007 elections, 1100 people were murdered and […]
In a recent publication obtained by NCMP, the South Sudan Government blamed the late Manawa Peter Gatkuoth’s death on a heart attack caused by complaints and pressure from certain individuals who overstated the Nile dredging ambitions. However, rather than blaming, […]
Seen from space, the Sudd swamp is a giant green smudge where the White Nile, one of the great river’s two main branches, spreads out across flat arid land, forming myriad back channels that are often covered in floating vegetation. […]
President Salva Kiir of South Sudan has ordered an immediate halt to the escalation of communities in the Abyei administrative region against a part of Twic County in Warrap State. The riots on Sunday claimed lives and destroyed property, with […]
As the 55th and 56th members of the Commonwealth, Gabon, and Togo are now members. Both nations were once French colonies. Two West African nations submitted bids after the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Kigali, Rwanda. It comes after […]
On June 19, Robert Kyagulanyi, the head of the National Unity Platform (NUP), wrote a message on Facebook about his new song, Tujune, and inquired where one should turn “when prayers wait much too long to be answered.” Mr. Kyagulanyi, […]
Another 21 teachers were arrested on Wednesday morning at the Lakes State Legislative Assembly in Rumbek and incarcerated at the SSPDF’s Panda Military Barracks, according to a teacher who survived the arrest. The teachers had gone to the state government […]
According to an assistant, South Sudan President Salva Kiir is urging six other regional leaders to back Sudan’s political problems. Tutkew Gatluak Manime, Kiir’s security affairs adviser, claimed the South Sudanese leader is in Kenya to witness the signing of […]
This year, the globe saw the displacement of 100 million children, women, and men as a result of conflict, violence, persecution, and human rights violations. As displacement shatters all records, the right to seek safety for individuals – whoever they […]
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