Paris, France | AFP | In keeping with time-honoured French presidential tradition, Emmanuel Macron has given the country a First Dog. The 39-year-old president and his wife Brigitte adopted a black labrador-griffon mix at the weekend, whom they have named Nemo after the captain in Jules Verne’s science fiction classic, Twenty …

Tokyo, Japan | AFP | As Japan takes on the mammoth task of upgrading its capital’s outdated roads and infrastructure, a local “highway doctor” is betting that its 3-D technology can led a hand. Tokyo’s sprawling maze of ageing expressways, measuring 320 kilometres (or 200 miles) in length, have long been …

VIDEO: Members of pornography control committee sworn in Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Members of the the Pornographic Control committee have been sworn in . Five of the committee members took the oath of office yesterday at the Ministry of Ethics and Integrity. The nine member committee was appointed in …

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | A South African legal rights group on Monday took the government to court in a campaign pressing for new legislation to recognise Muslim marriages as legally valid. The Women’s Legal Centre (WLC) said it was lobbying against “unfair discrimination” as South African law does not …

VIDEO: Nateete market vendors protest against alleged sale of market Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Traders from Natete market have engaged the police in running battles as they protest the alleged sale of the market to private investor. The traders are demanding for an explanation on the fate of the …

VIDEO: Basena names squad ahead of Egypt tie Kampala, Uganda | NBS TV | All is set for the Uganda cranes to face the pharaohs of Egypt in the FIFA world cup qualifiers . The cranes team today held a friendly with KCCA FC at Mandela National Stadium where they defeated …

VIDEO: Export Strategy to Cost Uganda 2.7 Trillion Shillings Kampala, Uganda | NBS TV | Government has in an effort to improve the country’s trade balance turned focus on products where Uganda has a comparative advantage. Trade Minister Amelia Kyambade says the newly approved export promotion strategy will help government promote …

VIDEO: Twenty five countries’ delegates meet to create continental force Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | The third Ministerial Meeting of the African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crisis commenced on Sunday in Kampala with 25 member countries in attendance. The meeting was held to discuss the creation of a functional …

Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP | The family of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s late independence hero, Patrice Lumumba, said their Kinshasa home was burgled by soldiers on Friday and his daughter Juliana attacked and injured. “Five soldiers managed to get through the barrier” at the Lumumba family residence at 1:00 …

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | South Africa’s first online auction of rhino horn — held his week amid outrage from conservationists — attracted fewer buyers than anticipated, lawyers for the organiser said Saturday. John Hume, owner of the world’s largest rhino farm, organised the controversial three-day selloff which ended on …