Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has urged Ugandans to handle investors with care as they are key to the country’s economic advancement. He also lashed out at judges who he said connive with wananchi to frustrate government projects. “No economy ever developed because of its politicians, …
Read More »Bobi Wine arrested, arraigned before Buganda Road Court
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & AFP | Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine who was arrested today as he headed to Kibuli to respond to Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) summons, has been arraigned before Buganda Road Court and remanded to Luzira until May 2. He faces charges …
Read More »BRAC Uganda Bank launched
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | BRAC, one of the largest microfinance providers in Uganda, has been transformed into a Tier 2 Credit Institution (CI) to broaden the range of financial services it provides to low-income communities. First Deputy Prime Minister General Moses Ali represented President Yoweri Museveni …
Read More »Despite record diversity, 70-something white men rule 2020 race
Washington, United States | AFP | Democrats seeking to reclaim the White House are calling for generational change. It may be time for a woman, they say, or a minority figure. But for all the talk of breaking new presidential ground, the opposition party’s top candidates to become the new …
Read More »Modi’s ‘free cooking gas’ leaves bitter taste for some Indians
Naubatpur , India | AFP | Reena Devi says her life changed when she got a cooking gas connection under a billion-dollar programme championed by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, meaning she no longer has to cook with wood or coal and breathe in smelly, toxic fumes. But the programme …
Read More »Infighting threatens to tear Uganda North America Association
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In-fighting is threatening to tear apart the Ugandans North American Association (UNAA). The fights have intensified in the run-up to polls for new leadership later this year in Chicago USA. The fights revolve around the control of association’s bank accounts, suspension of some members …
Read More »China’s vast investment in Africa hits a snag in Congo
Paris, France | AFP | China’s investment strategy of throwing money at developing countries appears to have hit a snag in the Republic of Congo as the central African nation is seeking an IMF bailout. While the funding it provided to Congo wasn’t part of the Belt and Road Initiative …
Read More »US military spending up for first time in 7 years: Sipri
Stockholm, Sweden | AFP | US military spending has risen for the first time in seven years, reflecting Trump administration policy, according to a new report released Monday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Worldwide military spending also rose by 2.6 percent to $1.8 trillion overall last year, …
Read More »Opposition leader urges ‘people power’ to oust DRC president Tshisekedi
Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP | Martin Fayulu, who claims he was robbed of victory in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s presidential election, on Sunday called for people power to drive President Felix Tshisekedi from power, an AFP journalist reported. Citing popular uprisings in Algeria and Sudan, he told a …
Read More »Five things we learned from the Premier League
Manchester, United Kingdom | AFP | Manchester City remain just a point ahead of Liverpool at the top with two games of the Premier League season to go as both were victorious again this weekend. By contrast, the pack of four chasing behind them for Champions League football failed …
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