Manchester, United Kingdom | AFP |  English Premier League leaders Manchester City on Tuesday announced record turnover of $480 million and its Abu Dhabi owners said the club has reached a “turning point”. City, who were hit by UEFA sanctions over their finances in 2014, announced a 20 million pound …

Peninah Rutebemberwa is a tele communications engineering graduate who took on self employment upon the expiry of her four-year work contract with an engineering firm in 2014. She started Moisture Well, a skin and hair care products business, on discovering a growing demand for natural hair and skin products. The …

VIDEO: After being stopped early in the day as he attempted to go to court, former presidential candidate Kizza Besigye was later in the day allowed to leave his Kasangati home. He revealed he was heading to Entebbe airport for a trip abroad.   Share on: WhatsApp

Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP | Participants in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s “national dialogue” agreed Monday, in the absence of the main opposition coalition, to push back to April 2018 the presidential election due to take place before the end of the year. The accord was announced after the …

The 14 Muslim Sheikhs accused of masterminding the murder of several clerics were on Monday charged afresh before the International Crimes Division of the High court in Kampala. This after their pre-trial hearing last month  in which the court  confirmed charges of murder, terrorism and attempted murder, against them. Consequently the …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | More than 50 researchers from 30 countries are to carry out the first scientific full circumnavigation of Antarctica in an attempt to measure pollution and climate change, with the official launch held on Monday. The international team will cruise on Russian research vessel Akademik …

Liverpool, United Kingdom | AFP |  Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho praised his team for subduing Anfield after they held in-form Liverpool to a dour 0-0 draw in the Premier League on Monday. United have won only one of their last five league games and remain seventh in the league, …

Tripoli, Libya | AFP |  Five years after Libyan strongman Moamer Gaddafi was captured and killed, the country remains unstable, with political and military rivalries sabotaging a viable state and the fight against Islamic State group jihadists. Following are key markers in the oil-rich North African country’s bid to become a …

Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Commissioner General Doris Akol has encouraged entrepreneurs and businesses to not only plan for marketing, rent, wages and transport costs, but also taxes, that eventually determine the survival of their enterprise. “Businesses need to start looking at tax as another cost of operation. My advice to …

Vienna, Austria | AFP |  The house in Austria where Adolf Hitler was born is to be torn down to stop it from becoming a neo-Nazi shrine, authorities said Monday after years of bitter legal wrangling. “The Hitler house will be torn down. The foundations can remain but a new …