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Miami, United States | AFP |  For the first time in Africa, researchers said Wednesday they have detected a malaria parasite that is partially resistant to the top anti-malaria drug, artemisinin, raising concern about efforts to fight a disease that sickens hundreds of millions of people each year. The discovery …

Goma, DR Congo | AFP |  Sixteen people have been killed in three days of fighting this week that pitted the Democratic Republic of Congo’s army against a rebel militia, a military spokesman told AFP Thursday. Guillaume Djike, a spokesman for the army in troubled North Kivu province in the …

VIDEO: The FDC party president Mugisha Muntu has withdrawn the candidature of Ingrid Turinawe to represent the party in EALA in a move that threatens the unity of the already fragile party as the decision has been resisted.  The decision has left Party Members are at cross roads as it …

 Uganda’s Constitutional Court has nullified all existing interim orders and injunctions, issued by  a bench that fell short of the required quorum. The landmark ruling, was delivered by Justices  Kenneth  Kakuru, Fredrick Engonda Ntende and Elizabeth Musoke who unanimously concurred with a group of six petitioners  who sought to block …

DAR-ES-SALAAM, Tanzania – The Vice President of Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan has noted that cooperation in managing the shared Nile Basin water resources is one of the key elements that need to be in place in order to achieve Sustainable Development Goal number 6 on water. Samia Suluhu Hassan said …

COVER STORY Hunger in Uganda: Does country have a food or policy problem? THE LAST WORD Uganda’s agricultural crisis: How politics, not the drought, explains the current famine our country is experiencing. ANALYSIS Secrets of ongoing registrations: Link to President Museveni unknown birthday and why many Ugandans don’t like that. …

VIDEO: Uganda is mourning the passing on of celebrated businessman and diplomat Boney katatumba, who succumbed to post surgery effects of pneumonia and asthma at IHK Namuwongo. The family has already laid out burial arrangements with burial planned for Sunday 26th February 2017.   Share on: WhatsApp

The High Court will Thursday start hearing the defence case of rally driver Desh Kananura, his brother Raymond Kananura and security guards  Samuel Muzolewa, Cyrus Maganda and Jacob Onyango, who are on trial for the alleged murder of an employee Badru Kateregga. Evidence from 10 witnesses was led by Senior …

Kampala, Uganda | AFP |  The inauguration of Uganda’s first gold refinery sparked concern Wednesday over the possibility of dirty minerals from regional conflict zones making their way into the country. Transparency International’s Peter Wandera told AFP the country’s failure to regulate the mineral sector meant there were “high chances” …

Aon expands partnerships to better serve clients in sub-Saharan Africa Johannesburg  – Leading global provider of risk management, human resource consulting and outsourcing Aon has announced two important strategic developments in its sub-Saharan Africa operations, reaffirming its positive outlook for business on the continent. Capitalworks, a leading Africa focused and …