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Cairo, Egypt | AFP | SATURDAY Wreckage including seats and luggage from EgyptAir Flight 804 were spotted in the eastern Mediterranean Friday as investigators tried to unravel why the plane turned sharply and plunged into the sea. While Egypt’s aviation minister has pointed to terrorism as more likely than technical …

Abuja, Nigeria | AFP | A second Chibok schoolgirl has been rescued, Nigeria’s army said Thursday, after President Muhammadu Buhari met the first student to be found and voiced fresh hope for the recovery of the more than 200 others still being held. Army spokesman Colonel Sani Usman said the …

The Kiyinda-Mityana diocese together with the Uganda Episcopal Conference and the Uganda Tourism Board have organised a faith-based walk on Sunday May 22. The walk and Martyrs Day activities will be marketed globally. Martyrs Day, to celebrate the martyrdom of Uganda’s martyrs, attracts national, regional and international visitors annually. Organisers …

The National Resistance Movement Party candidates Rebecca Kadaga and Jacob Oulanyah were re-elected to lead parliament today. Kadaga was unopposed as Speaker while Oulanyah got 300 votes against only 115 for Mohamed Nsereko in the contest for Deputy Speaker. President Yoweri Museveni attended the session and administered the oaths to …

Cairo, Egypt | AFP | FRIDAY Air-sea search intensifies for missing EgyptAir plane A massive search was under way for an EgyptAir plane that disappeared over the Mediterranean with 66 people on board, with suspicions swiftly focusing on a terrorist motive. Egypt’s aviation minister said that while it was too …

Nobody should be dying of yellow fever because the disease has an extremely effective vaccine. Experts say a single dose of the medicine which has been available for over 70 years can provide 99% protection from the mosquito borne viral infection. But, by May 09, seven people had been confirmed …

Uganda will showcase her leading role as a center for many refugees in Africa. This will be done at the United Nations (UN)  World humanitarian Summit 2016. Minister General Duties in Office of the Prime Minister, Tarsis Kabwegere told the media Thursday that Uganda was chosen for its positive attitude …

Paris, France | AFP | Searches were under way in the eastern Mediterranean on Thursday after an EgyptAir flight vanished from radar screens, with a Greek aviation source saying it had crashed south of Karpathos island. The flight, which had 66 people on board, was headed to Cairo after taking …

  Cairo, Egypt| AFP | A search and rescue operation was under way Thursday after an EgyptAir flight with 69 people on board vanished from radar en route from Paris to Cairo, the airline said A tweet on the airline’s official account said flight MS804 left Paris at 11:09 pm …

Victory casts spotlight on effectiveness of 20-year long gender affirmative action agenda ANALYSIS: On May 02, Kamuli district woman legislator, Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga won endorsement from her party to contest for Speakership of the incoming 10th parliament. Kadaga, who has been speaker of the out-going parliament, fought a bruising battle …