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Lagos, Nigeria | AFP | Thousands of passengers across Africa have been left stranded after Nigeria’s largest airline said Tuesday it had suspended operations and might remain grounded for several days. Arik Air attributed the “temporary disruption” to “pending approval of aircraft documentation related to insurance renewal… a challenge due …

Twenty four women activists from Uganda’s civil society were today arrested near the National Theater where they were planning to march to parliament to deliver a petition opposing a bill which proposes to extend the retirement age of judges. They were taken to Kiira police station. No charges have been preferred against them and they …

VIDEO: As the world converged to celebrate Eid adhuha, traders at Port Bell city abattoir are complaining of low sales, blaming it on low turn up. They say, the July attempted coup in Turkey has to a larger extent affected their sales in Uganda as well.   Share on:

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP |  South African President Jacob Zuma has paid back $542,000 of public money spent refurbishing his private home, his office said Monday, in a controversy that has dominated his second term in office. The country’s highest court found earlier this year that Zuma had violated …

DFCU Bank shareholders are hopeful that 2016 will be good following the release of their company’s half year 2016 un-audited financial statements, which have indicated a Shs 9.6 billion increase in profit compared to the same period last year. According to the financial performance for the first half of the …

UMEME: NSSF to reap Shs 2.5 billion in dividend payment for first half of 2016 Utility company Umeme has released their 2016 half year results, which indicate that there was a significant revenue growth but an attendant rise in cost of sales means that there will be less profits for …

Washington, United States | AFP |  What happens if a candidate for the White House is forced to quit the race? Who steps up to fill their shoes? It’s a question suddenly in the spotlight Monday as Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton battles a case of pneumonia that left her feeling …

The Ministry of Education is finalising plans to introduce nursery classes in public schools starting next year. Janet Museveni, the Education and Sports minister, made the announcement while closing the education sector review conference recently. Private schools have been the sole providers of nursery education, which has seen costs skyrocket …

 Government moves to get South Sudan pay up multi-million dollar debt to Ugandan traders Over the last nine years, Appolo Nyagamahe, the proprietor of the Aponye Enterprises, has been going through a period of bitterness. Since 2008, he has suffered the ordeal of being forced to liquidate some of his …

COMMENT: By Peter Nyanzi National Theater – In many other countries, galleries, theaters, museums are supported as tourist attractions Sections of the population and more so the artistes have been angered by reports that the government is planning to give away to investors part of the land on which the …