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M23 Rebels Capture Kamanyola, Luvungi Towns in Advance to Uvira Near Burundi Border
Congo’s army has accused Rwanda and M23/AFC rebels of intensifying cross-border artillery bombardments on populated areas of South Kivu, just two days after Kinshasa an...
Meet Africa’s female tyrant ‘Butcher of Tanzania’ who ‘murdered 10,000 of her own people & dumped bodies in mass graves’
TANZANIA breathed a sigh of relief when President Samia Suluhu Hassan took power.After her authoritarian predecessor President John Magufuli died in 2021, the softly-spok...
Tulip Siddiq MP given jail sentence in Bangladesh after trial in her absence
Labour MP and former minister Tulip Siddiq has been sentenced to two years in prison in Bangladesh after being put on trial in her absence alongside 16 other people over...
Macron, who called Nato brain dead, warns of end to G20
‘We must also recognise that the G20 may be reaching the end of a cycle.’Macron speaks during the opening plenary session at the G20 summit in South Africa. Image: Bl...
Teso Progressive SS pays over UGX 10m for burial of student shot dead by runaway soldier
Deputy Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen. Sam Okiding, confirmed the army’s contribution of UGX 5m for burial expenses and UGX 2m for medical treatment of a teacher in...
ISIS-linked militants slaughter 89 people at Congo hospital
Isis-linked rebels have brutally slaughtered 89 innocent civilians in multiple attacks across east Congo. The violent assaults were carried out by fighters from the Allie...
Watoto Church Cantata moves to new venue to accommodate growing audiences
Pastor Edward Mwesigye, Pastoral Team Leader at Watoto Church speaking to media during the press conference.KAMPALA, UGANDA — Watoto Church announced a major venue chan...
Africa’s petrol shock map: Shs 100 in Libya, Shs 5,000 in Uganda
Fuel prices, especially petrol, have shot upFuel prices in Uganda are highAcross Africa, the price of a single litre of petrol can determine whether families eat, whether...
Sacked VP Bol Mel Accused of Plundering South Sudan’s Oil Wealth – UN
JUBA — South Sudan’s powerful Vice President, Dr. Benjamin Bol Mel, has been dismissed from all his government, military, and party positions following damning United...