Martha Koome is expected to make history in the coming weeks by becoming Kenya’s first female chief justice. The 61-year-old came top of 10 candidates interviewed in front of live television audience by Kenya’s Judicial Service Commission (JSC). “This woman […]
In an investigation into the killing of a retired South Sudanese army General in Wakiso District by the Ugandan police on Tuesday last week, investigators recorded statements that they heard the killers speak Arabic and other dialects commonly used for […]
The South Sudanese government has warned oil companies operating in the country to desist from dumping industrial wastes into the environment. According to the South Sudanese Environment Ministry, any oil company in the country that fails to adhere to this […]
The African Union (AU) has welcomed the Levy Firestone Muse on the role of the French Government in Rwanda in the period from October 1990 and the period after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. The report, which was released […]
The Uganda Communication Commission urged consumers to be wary of criminals attempting to scam people out of funds using mobile money platforms, having recorded an increase in cases during the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. In a blog the regulator outlined security […]
The government is encouraging Burundi refugees to go back home across the common border, assuring them that their country is safe and stable. Thousands of Burundians are still in refugee camps in Tanzania, harbouring concerns over their safety and reintegration. […]
Uganda’s main opposition figure, Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has welcomed the imposition of sanctions on certain Ugandan officials by the United States in the aftermath of disputed elections in the East African country. On Friday, U.S. […]
The government of Uganda says it is baffled by a recent US government report titled ‘2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Uganda’ released on March 30, 2021. In the report, the State Department of the United States of America raises various […]
An unfortunate incident happened at Freedom Square in Aweil. A national minister, the minister of Humanitarian Affairs Peter Mayen Majongdit disrupted a football match as he demanded why his wife was allowed to play in the match. The minister fired […]
A Rwandan priest was arrested in France this week on charges of providing, among other things, food to militiamen who massacred members of the Tutsi minority in his church during the 1994 genocide in the African country, authorities said Friday. […]
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