Goma, DR Congo | AFP | The Congolese army said Wednesday it had killed 20 fighters from the M23 militia group and lost two soldiers in clashes with the rebels since the end of January. General Leon Mushale told reporters in the eastern city of Goma that a further 25 …
Read More »VIDEO: Ibrahim Kirya, the new man in charge of URA
VIDEO: Ibrahim Kirya is the new man in charge at URA. On his unveiling, he spoke of the need to seek advise when the ground is shaky and promised team work as he started his reign as the new football coach of Uganda Premier league giants URA FC. At the same …
Read More »President Oprah? Winfrey doesn’t rule out 2020 run
Washington, United States | AFP | Media mogul Oprah Winfrey did not say she was running for president, but she didn’t rule it out either, raising the unlikely prospect of a titanic celebrity-on-celebrity duel with Donald Trump in 2020. In an interview with Bloomberg TV that aired Wednesday, host David …
Read More »Sudan’s Bashir appoints PM for first time since coup
Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Wednesday appointed a top aide as prime minister, reinstating a post he had abolished after coming to power in a 1989 coup, an official said. Bakri Hassan Saleh was named prime minister by the executive bureau of Bashir’s National Congress …
Read More »VIDEO: What next for FDC after EALA?
VIDEO: 10 years in a row, the blue party will not have its input at the regional parliament. Forum for Democratic Change lost yet again, and will not send any representative to the East African Legislative Assembly, which loss leaves the party in a fragile state given the events that …
Read More »VIDEO: French Ambassador to root for Uganda’s Tourism
VIDEO: French Ambassador to Uganda Stephanie Rivoal says there has not been enough marketing of Uganda’s tourism potential in France and what majority know is Idi Amin, the former Ugandan president. But players have blamed this on low funding of the sector. Share on:
Read More »Elephants are insomniacs, sleeping just 2 hours a night
Miami, United States | AFP | Elephants hardly ever sleep in the wild, getting around two hours of shut-eye per night and only in the wee hours of the morning, researchers said Wednesday. The findings in the journal PLOS ONE are based on two female wild African elephants — living …
Read More »VIDEO: ‘MPs broke no law when they booed Ingrid’
VIDEO: Chaos, disorder and hate speech characterized elections of members of the East African legislative assembly raising questions on whether members of the country’s legislative assembly have some code of conduct that guide their operations. But according to the Spokesperson of Parliament Chris Obore, the MPs broke no law in …
Read More »Russian jets mistakenly bomb US-backed forces in Syria
Washington, United States | AFP | Russian warplanes bombed US-backed fighters in several small villages in northern Syria after they mistakenly thought Islamic State forces were in the area, a US general said Wednesday. Army Lieutenant General Stephen Townsend said Russian and Syrian regime aircraft attacked the villages to the …
Read More »US stocks in record surge on Trump speech, Dow ends above 21,000
New York, United States | AFP | US stocks powered to fresh records Wednesday, with the Dow topping 21,000 for the first time, after President Donald Trump struck a more conciliatory note in a major address Tuesday night. All three major US equity indices smashed past highs, with the Dow …
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