Excitement As Entebbe Hospital Re-Opens
A cross-section of people could not hide their excitement when Entebbe Grade B Hospital, which had suspended operations over water and power shortages, resumed operations on Friday. However, hospital...
View ArticleFirm Disappears With Shs40 Billion
More compensation queries by the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee, more loss of taxpayers' money. That is the script as MPs discovered that taxpayers lost another $17.5m (Shs44b) to a French...
View ArticlePosta Intercepts Shs50 Million Bangi
Uganda security and Posta Uganda have intercepted a parcel containing five kilogrammes of marijuana worth Shs50m destined for United Kingdom.
View ArticlePolice Officer Killed, Nine Injured in Car Accident
A police officer has been killed and nine others injured in a nasty accident which occurred early Saturday morning.
View ArticleGovt to Change University Admission System
Public university admission under the quota system will be based on district population starting next academic year in order to ensure equitable access to the few available government slots.
View ArticleRwanda: Bourbon Coffee Recognised in Washington D.C
The event was sponsored by The Leon H. Sullivan Foundation and Operation HOPE. It's main aim was to spotlight the efforts of African Entrepreneurs and shine light on their success stories as they build...
View ArticleMINALOC Bids Farewell to Kirabo
The Ministry of local Government, Friday evening, bid farewell to Dr. Aisa Kirabo Kacyira the outgoing Governor of the Eastern Province who was last month named as the Deputy Executive Director and...
View ArticleUganda's Museveni Says State's Split a Result of Attempts to Force Arab Identity
The Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni blamed what he described as Arabisation policies by Khartoum for the eventual secession of South Sudan which took place this year.
View ArticleCatholic Church Denies Pleading for Former VP Bukenya
Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga and his predecessor Cardinal Emmanuel Wamala have dismissed rumours that the dropping of abuse of office charges against former Vice President Gilbert Bukenya was a...
View ArticleUganda: Kabale Siamese Twins Successfully Separated
THE Siamese twins born in Kabale five months ago have successfully been separated by a team of doctors in Cairo, Egypt.
View ArticleEgypt: Youth to Partake in Arab Youth Camp in Algeria
For a week, a number of Egyptian youth will take part in the Arab Youth Voluntary Camp due to be held in Algeria in December.
View ArticleThree Hacked to Death in Budaka
THREE people were on Friday hacked to death at Namatala wetland, located along the border between Budaka and Mbale districts, in suspected tribal clashes between the Bagisu and the Bagwere rice farmers.
View ArticleMuseveni Asks Bashir to Stop Aggression On South Sudan
Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called on President Omer El-Bashir to stop his aggressions against the Republic of South Sudan forthwith. President Museveni made this call yesterday during...
View ArticleTanzania: Drive to Narrow Gender Gap Should Be Recharged
Male chauvinism, out of which was born the highly distasteful expression "male chauvinist pigs", is a phenomenon that has characterised African societies for ages, and, there are no signs on the...
View ArticleSão Toméan Justice Minister Stops Over in Luanda
The minister of Justice and Public Service of Sao Tomé and Principe, Elísio Teixeira, is since the beginning of Saturday afternoon in Luanda, on a stopover en route to his country, after having paid a...
View ArticleVetting of Judges Should Go On - Court
JUDGES and magistrates appointed before the constitution was promulgated (on August 27, 2010) will be vetted following the High Court's dismissal of an application seeking to stop the process. Dennis...
View ArticleRwanda: Investment in Higher Education Paying Off
On the face of it, 400 graduands is a drop in the ocean. However, it ought to be recalled that this is the maiden graduation ceremony for the institution that largely aims to train people in science...
View ArticleRwanda: MINICOM Scoops Regional Award
The Ministry of Trade and Industry was yesterday awarded the Financial Reporting Award (Fire Award) after emerging the best in financial reporting among the corporate bodies in the East African region.
View ArticleEgypt: Police and Protesters Clash On Cairo's Tahrir Square
Clashes continued on Cairo's Tahrir Square on Sunday after two people died and an estimated 500 were injured overnight. Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas Sunday morning to prevent protesters...
View ArticleEgypt: Two Dead, 100s Hurt in Egypt Anti-Regime Protests
Two people were killed and hundreds injured in Egypt this weekend as police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters in a violent countdown to the first elections since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak.
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