Algiers, Algeria | AFP | Security forces arrested 41 people during angry protests that rocked Algeria’s capital against ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika seeking a fifth term, authorities said Saturday. Police fired teargas on Friday afternoon to block a protest march on the presidential palace, prompting demonstrators to respond with stone-throwing. The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi has reduced on the number of his ministers from 25 to 14. According to Buganda Kingdom’s spokesperson Noah Kiyimba, Patrick Mugumbule is the new Speaker of the Buganda Lukiiko replacing Nelson Kawalya who is bedridden. Mugumbule commonly …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | The Uganda Tourism Board in collaboration with the Uganda High Commission in Malaysia are currently hosting a group of 10 Malaysian tour operators including one journalist, a representative from the Ethiopian airlines and one official from the Uganda High Commission in Malaysia to a tour experience …

Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Sudan’s main opposition party on Saturday dismissed President Omar al-Bashir’s declaration of a state of emergency, saying protesters would keep up their campaign until his three-decade rule was ended. On Friday, Bashir imposed a nationwide state of emergency and dissolved the federal and provincial governments in …

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Misfiring CAF Confederation Cup top group seeds Etoile Sahel, Raja Casablanca and Zamalek will have home advantage Sunday when seeking their first mini-league victories. Etoile have won the African version of the UEFA Europa League twice, Raja are the trophy-holders and Zamalek can boast of …

San Francisco, United States | AFP | Key parts of the internet infrastructure face large-scale attacks that threaten the global system of web traffic, the internet’s address keeper warned Friday. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) declared after an emergency meeting “an ongoing and significant risk” to key …

Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Here are key dates in Sudan since Omar al-Bashir, who Friday announced a nationwide state of emergency following two months of deadly anti-government protests, came to power three decades ago. – 1989: coup – In June 1989. army brigadier Bashir seizes power in a coup backed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Operation Wealth creation (OWC) Deputy Coordinator Lt. Gen. Charles Angina, has decried the absence of women in the leadership of the UPDF backed UWEZO Cooperative and Investment Society. UWEZO Sacco was launched in 2014 with an aim of promoting economic transformation among the officers …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara Chief Adminstrative Officer  Cuthbert Esoku has been arrested after a spot visit to Mbarara district by the state house anti-corruption unit. He was arrested alongside a Surveyor Godliver Nayebare and District Physical planner Julius Luck. The arrest followed intense questioning in relation to …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development has started a campaign to resettle over 150 children from the streets of Kampala and different towns across the country. The exercise that begun in Kampala will soon be launched in the areas of Jinja, …