Pence meets Erdogan to urge halt to Turkey’s Syria offensive
TURKEY U.S. Vice President Mike Pence met President Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey on Thursday on…
AFRICA
South Africa hit by power cuts for the second day
SOUTH AFRICA South Africa was hit by power cuts for a second day on Thursday…
Forty-five inmates die due to lack of care in Congolese prison
BUKAVU, DRC Medical staff working at a prison in Bukavu in the east of the…
Cameroon insurrection defendants freed
CAMEROON Twenty-two supporters of the opposition Cameroon Renaissance Movement (MRC) party have been released after…
Uganda’s Kadaga in move to bolster relations with Nile Basin Member States
BELGRADE, Serbia The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has allayed concerns raised by the Speaker…
Uganda: Lawyer files 32,000 pages of documents to challenge Age limit case
KAMPALA, Uganda Ahead of the hearing of the presidential age limit case by the East…
Uganda: 4 pupils injured as classroom collapses during immunization exercise
MUKONO, Uganda Four pupils at Nsonga C/U Primary School in Nsonga Village, Nakisunga Sub County…
Kenya: Kenyatta refuses to sign the budget over rate cap
NAIROBI, Kenya Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has demanded that lawmakers remove a cap on commercial…
Detractors won’t derail implementation of development projects, Kenyatta warns
SUSWA, Kenya Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday said detractors will not be allowed to derail…
Uganda’s Amongin takes leadership of PAP Alliance on SDGs
MIDRAND, South Africa The leader of Uganda’s five-member delegation to the Pan African Parliament, Hon….
Pan African Parliament honours Robert Mugabe
MIDRAND, South Africa Pan African Parliament (PAP) MPs have honoured President Robert Gabriel Mugabe, referring…
Moroccan King pardons journalist Hajar Raissouni jailed on abortion charges
MOROCCO A Moroccan journalist sentenced to a year in jail for premarital sex and having…
Zimbabwe cancels deal with Transnet JV to recapitalize state rail firm
HARARE, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe has canceled a deal struck with South African logistics group Transnet and…
Uganda: Heavy rains destroy newly commissioned bridge in Kyenjojo
KYENJOJO, Uganda Heavy rains have ravaged a new bridge in Kyenjojo district which was commissioned…
Nigerian art work sells for $1.4m after owners googled signature
NIGERIA A painting by the artist considered to be the father of Nigerian modernism has…
Eliud Kipchoge returns to Kenya after historic feat
NAIROBI, Kenya Eliud Kipchoge has returned home after becoming the first athlete to run a…
Blaming dress code for sexual abuse in Zimbabwe criticised
HARARE, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) – the state body in charge of gender issues…
Rwanda opposition leader undergoing ‘psychological torture’
KIGALI, Rwanda The main opposition party in Rwanda, FDU-Inkingi, says its leader, Victoire Ingabire, is…
Kenya opens Chinese-built railway linking Rift Valley town to Nairobi
NAIROBI, Kenya Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta is due to open a new $1.5 billion Chinese…
Kampala City traders request President to assent to Landlord and Tenants Bill
KAMPALA, Uganda Traders in Kampala are appealing to President Museveni to assent to the Landlord…