Cotonou, Benin | AFP |  Benin President Patrice Talon underwenttwo surgeries during a prolonged stay in Paris, one procedure due to doctors finding a lesion in his prostate, his office said Monday. The admission comes weeks after Talon’s absence, which lasted nearly a month, had been a hot topic in …

King of the Jopadhola Moses Owor says Tororo town for all, calls for unity Tororo, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG |   The King of the Jopadhola, Kwar Adhola Moses Stephen Owor, has challenged people in eastern Uganda to realize that they live in an era where ethnicity and individualism have no place in society. …

Police in Amudat has arrested two people in possession of 49.1kg of ivory reportedly worth sh19.6 million. A Local Government Double Cabin Hilux Pick up No. LG 0084-52 was also impounded, as it was being used to transport the contraband. Samuel Lokwale, 27,  a peasant and Edis Labatir, 32 , …

Washington, United States | AFP |  Top White House aide — and presidential son-in-law — Jared Kushner is among the most powerful men in America, but few have heard him speak, until now. His voice is common enough to those working in and around the White House, but Kushner on …

Zitto Kabwe: The arrest of Rugemalira and Seth is the ‘single most bold step by President Magufuli against corruption’ Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Two Tanzanian energy magnates on Monday became the first big industrialists to be charged over a multi-million-dollar graft scandal that led to the sacking of several …

Chicago, United States | AFP |  Otto Warmbier, the US student released by North Korea in a coma last week after more than a year in detention, has died, his family said Monday. The 22-year-old, who had suffered severe brain damage, was medically evacuated to the United States on June …

The Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) Electoral Committee has on Monday evening pronounced itself on the status of Mujib Kasule’s nomination in the on-going FUFA presidential polls. They ruled that incumbent Moses Magogo will be unopposed. The FUFA Electoral Committee is chaired by Samuel Bakiika with Yusuf Awuye vice …

Alliance Française opened their week-long music festival Fête de la Musique on Sunday June 18 at QuePasa in Kampala, drawing a large and lively crowd. The line up of artists included lesser known but highly talented Uganda singers, poets and instrumentalists including Body of Brian, Wake the Poet, Apio Moro …

Vienna, Austria | AFP |  Cuba will “never negotiate under pressure,” Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said Monday, responding to a toughening of the US line on links with his country. “We will never negotiate under pressure or threat…,” he told reporters in Vienna during a visit to Austria. “Cuba will …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Worshippers leaving a London mosque early Monday were helping an elderly man who had collapsed when a van deliberately rammed them, driven by an attacker who shouted: “I want to kill all Muslims”, witnesses said. Shortly after midnight, the van swerved towards people who …