Kigali, Rwanda | AFP | Rwanda’s first cricket stadium was inaugurated Saturday by President Paul Kagame as a permanent home for developing the sport in the country. Gahanga Cricket Stadium in the capital Kigali is built on a 4.5 hectare (11 acre) ground and cost $1.3 million (1.1 million euros), …
Read More »ECONOMY: Which way Uganda?
Taking stock of Uganda’s economy 55 years after independence Kampala, Uganda | COMMENT | SARAH LOGAN| October 9 marked 55 years since Uganda’s independence in 1962. The country’s economy has seen many changes during this time, affected by periods of political instability, civil war, fluctuating global commodity prices, and various …
Read More »Business leaders bow to Xi as Communist Party pushes in
Beijing, China | AFP | Chinese billionaires are boasting about their Marxist bonafides. The Communist Party is tightening its grip on state-owned companies. And foreign companies are being asked to invite party cells into their offices. Under President Xi Jinping, the country’s ruling party is muscling back into business, expanding …
Read More »Hillary Clinton marks painful date with Twitter quip
Washington, United States | AFP | Hillary Clinton got a reminder that exactly one year ago, then FBI director James Comey said he was re-opening a probe into her emails. “Oh is that today?” the former Democratic presidential candidate quipped on Twitter late Saturday, in response to a post by …
Read More »Prof Olweny is new Mbarara University Chancellor
Mbarara, Uganda | PPU | President Yoweri Museveni has said government does not support the establishment of courses in higher institutions of learning in the country that are not marketable. “Let us not start any course that has got no relevance to the job market. The Government will not fail …
Read More »Gunmen killed after Mogadishu attack left 14 dead
Mogadishu, Somalia | AFP | Somalia’s security ministry said Sunday that forces had killed two gunmen and captured three after a siege at a Mogadishu hotel following a twin car bombing that left at least 14 dead. Spokesman Abdiasiz Ali Ibrahim said a number of people had been rescued from …
Read More »Tricky legal questions around Kenya’s repeat poll
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenya’s repeated presidential election, held after an August 8 vote was annulled, has still not been completed after violence prevented voting Thursday in flashpoint opposition strongholds. Some tricky legal questions remain: – When will the result be announced? – It is impossible to say at …
Read More »S.Africa economy in dire straits as political stakes rise
Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | South Africa’s finance minister received some faint praise last week — not for the economy’s performance, but for admitting the country is in a dire position that is set to get worse. Malusi Gigaba delivered a mid-term budget that laid bare South Africa’s …
Read More »Behind the massacre in Somalia
Trump’s strategy and 5 factors around Mogadishu killing of 300 Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO, IAN KATUSIIME, JULIUS BUSINGE | October 20| Hundreds of dead were burnt beyond recognition. One mother lost all her nine children. Wives, husbands, children and whole families perished in the Oct.14 bomb attack in Somalia capital, …
Read More »THE INDEPENDENT: Does she know who killed Kaweesi?
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT| The top stories in this week’s The Independent magazine. COVER STORY Does this woman know who killed Kaweesi?: Details of how she has juggled Kaka,Kayihura, Tumukunde, Museveni THE LAST WORD The tragedy of self-indulgence: The blind politics of Diane Rwigara and her allies in the …
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