Khartoum, Sudan | AFP |  Sudan’s central bank Sunday announced it will devalue the local currency to 30 Sudanese pounds against the US dollar, the second such move in weeks amid soaring inflation. The new official exchange rate will go into effect on Monday, the central bank said on its …

FT: Morocco  4  Nigeria 0 Casablanca, Morocco | AFP |  Ayoub el Kaabi scored his ninth goal of the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN) as Morocco became the first hosts to triumph by thrashing 10-man Nigeria 4-0 Sunday in a Casablanca downpour. With Nigeria in disarray and the match long …

Nakawuka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan musician Moses Ssekibogo aka Mowzey Radio of the Goodlyfe Crew was on Saturday laid to rest by thousands of fans at his ancestoral home in Nakawuku, on Kampala-Entebbe road. Africa’s top musicians earlier took to social media to hail Mowzey Radio as one of …

Abuja, Nigeria | AFP | Nigeria’s former president Olusegun Obasanjo has called on the country’s current leader Muhammadu Buhari not to seek a second term of office, in wide-ranging criticisms that could hit his support should he decide to stand. (FULL TEXT OF STATEMENT BOTTOM) Obasanjo’s outspoken comments come against …

Kampala, Uganda | COMMENT | John Ssewava | Social media is awash with remarks of all kinds, the usual after the death of a Ugandan star at home or abroad. Many seem to be blaming alleged negligence at Case Hospital for the demise of Ugandan musician Moses Ssekibogo aka Mowzey Radio, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In one of his rare newspaper interviews, Moses Ssekibogo aka Mowzey Radio of the Goodlyfe Crew showed the enigma he was in a candid 2014 interview with The Observer in Uganda. “I cry all the time. That’s one thing you don’t know about me. When …

Kigali, Rwanda | FRANCIS BYARUHANGA | Rwandans on Thursday celebrated the Heroes Day with the celebration being organized at Village levels as speeches was held at grass root with the theme ‘Upholding Heroism to build the Rwanda we want’ However, President Paul Kagame with other senior officials laid the wreath …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The requiem mass for Ugandan musician Moses Ssekibogo aka Mowzey Radio was held Friday at the Rubaga Cathedral in Kampala. Leading politicians and musicians are attending the mass at which Rev Fr Deogratius Kateregga Kiibi told Ugandan artistes to learn how to handle fame. He …

Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | The United States has come out to warn that the decision by Raila Odinga to swear in as the people’s president this week undermines the Kenyan constitution. “The United States is gravely concerned by Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga’s self-“inauguration” on January 30. We …

IN THE INDEPENDENT: The fall of Kayihura’s men Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The top stories in this week’s THE Independent COVER STORY The fall of Kayihura’s men: How the war between Kayihura and CMI crashed Boda Boda 2010 (click to read) NEWS ANALYSIS Museveni’s decision on Kayihura: Unlike …