BLANTYRE, MALAWI – Pressure is mounting on Malawi’s government to release three activists detained this week for planning to hold protests aimed at shutting down presidential residences.Two members of the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) — vice …
ADDIS ABABA – Relatives of victims in last year’s Ethiopian Airlines crash have arrived in Addis Ababa to commemorate the anniversary of the tragedy and to get answers. An airline industry final report on what caused the Boeing 737 MAX to crash is exp…
KAJIADO, KENYA – Kenya’s Amboseli National Park is home to herds of elephants that have been the target of poachers trafficking in the illicit trade in ivory. Now a program that has brought women on board in the fight against poaching is gaining tracti…
It is a great honor to preside at the opening of this Positive Masculinity high level dialogue for Uganda Police the first of its kind, where Uganda Police Force (UPF) and UN Women combine synergies to promote positive masculinity among male police of…
WHITE HOUSE – U.S. President Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi spoke on Tuesday to discuss the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), after U.S.-brokered talks on the Nile mega dam fell apart last week.The White House in a state…
BISSAU, GUINEA BISSAU – A dozen soldiers have occupied the grounds of Guinea-Bissau’s Supreme Court, the court said Tuesday, deepening a post-election crisis that has resulted in the appointment of rival presidents and the silencing of state media. The…
The police at KMP East and Kiira Division, arrested a female guardian after concerned citizens in their neighborhood, recorded videos of child abuse and informed the police. The video was widely shared on the 27/2/2020, clearly indicating how the 3 yea…
There has been a lot of discussion and debate over a fatal accident that was not captured on CCTV cameras along the Nakawa Naguru road on the 24th, February, 2020. The cameras around the whole section were not working due to disruptions in the fibre o…
Yesterday, 25/02/2020, at around 7:30pm, the Joint Security Patrol team at Nansana Municipality, in Wakiso district, was confronted by a violent procession that disrupted traffic flow and business around Masitowa area in Nansana for almost two hours. …
On 7 February 2020, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2206 (2015) concerning South Sudan held a meeting open to all Member States during which the Coordinator of the Panel of Experts briefed participants on the Panel’s i…
The police at Jinja road, continues to actively investigate circumstances surrounding the fatal accident involving two motorcycles that occurred on the 24/02/2020 at Naguru road behind Nakawa market. The area is busy due to the parking area and the p…
The police in Tororo arrested 3 suspects in connection with the alleged theft of drugs from Tororo main hospital on the 17/02/2020 at around 2pm. The suspects used an ambulance belonging to the hospital under Reg number UG 3701, and transported a box c…
KAMPALA: The High Court is set to hold 11 Special Sessions on Land Justice in different parts of the country, targeting to clear at least 220 land cases in 60 days. The sessions commenced on Monday (February 24, 2020).In this pilot phase, six of the se…