London, United Kingdom | AFP | With Prime Minister Theresa May on the ropes over her Brexit strategy and immigration policy, Britain’s main opposition Labour Party hopes to deliver a further blow in local elections on Thursday. Labour is targeting traditional strongholds for May’s Conservatives such as Wandsworth, south London, …
Read More »Museveni wants seven year term
MUSEVENI 7-YEAR-TERM: Details of how his team plans to get it Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | Just days after the Constitutional Court sitting in Mbale completed hearing of a case challenging amendments passed last year to remove the 75-year constitutional age limit to allow President Yoweri Museveni to contest again …
Read More »Long battle to stop firms bribing Africa for contracts
Paris, France | AFP | A spectacular probe into French tycoon Vincent Bollore over suspected graft in Africa marks a rare exception among corporate titans doing business south of the Sahara. Bollore — charged on Wednesday over contracts to operate ports in Guinea and Togo — is by far the …
Read More »Scientists shocked as NASA cuts only moon rover
Tampa, United States | AFP | In a move that shocked lunar scientists, NASA has cancelled the only robotic vehicle under development to explore the surface of the Moon, despite President Donald Trump’s vow to return people there. Scientists working on the Resource Prospector (RP) mission, a robotic rover that …
Read More »Handshakes that shook the world
Seoul, South Korea | AFP | When the leaders of North and South Korea reached across the Military Demarcation Line to shake hands on Friday, they symbolically — if fleetingly — united a peninsula that has been divided for decades. The handshake between the two leaders marked the latest milestone …
Read More »“We are not happy”: CAOs demand 13.5m salary increment
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Chief Administrative Officers (CAOs) have demanded a monthly gross pay of Shs 13.5 million up from the net Shs 1.7 million they currently earn. The CAOs who are the accounting officers for the Ministry of Local Government at the district level say they handle large …
Read More »Nigerian parliament summons Buhari over violence
Abuja, Nigeria | AFP | Nigeria’s parliament has called for President Muhammadu Buhari to appear before it to explain what his government is doing to stop spiralling violence between herders and farmers in central states. Members of the lower chamber of parliament, the House of Representatives, voted Wednesday to summon Buhari …
Read More »UIA’s restructuring takes shape
Investment body to nearly double its staff to promote investment, create jobs Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Jolly Kaguhangire, the executive director of Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) is marking her first anniversary on the new job with restructuring at the investment agency aimed at marketing Uganda as a profitable …
Read More »Why are Ugandans so unhappy?
New report gives unexpected clues Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans are becoming one of the unhappiest people in the world, according to the latest World Happiness Report 2018 that was released on March 14 by the United Nations. Uganda is ranked at 135, just 21 slots from the …
Read More »Cameroon’s ghost president
AFRICAN ARGUMENTS | Emmanuel Freudenthal | On the podium for the World’s Longest-Serving President, Paul Biya currently holds the silver medal. At an impressive 35-plus years in office, the Cameroonian leader’s ability to keep hold of power over the decades has been remarkable – perhaps all the more so because of how little …
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