Pastor Aloysius Bugingo survived Tuesday night’s assassination attempt because he was driving himself yet the assailants targeted the co-driver seat where his bodyguard, Muhumuza Richard was seated according to eyewitnesses. It is still unclear whether the assailant(s) targeted Muhumuza in particular, or it was just a case of misjudgement and mistaken identity. Meanwhile, several Ugandans…
A woman in Luwero has been electrocuted while fixing a faulty TV antenna. The deceased has been identified as Betty Nampijja aged 23 years, a resident of Kalagala village in Kikyusa sub-county. John Ojokuna the Luwero District Police Commander says that Nampijja bought a TV set on 31 December, 2023 and the following day she…
TEHRAN, IRAN — Iran has hanged nine convicted drug traffickers in recent days, state media reported Tuesday, as it keeps up one of the world’s highest rates of execution. Three were hanged at a prison in the northwestern province of Ardabil on charges of “buying and transporting heroin and opium,” the official IRNA news agency said.…
For most enterprising individuals, the new year comes with new financial objectives that have been established to surpass the previous year’s accomplishments, Africa included. As the new year begins, people aim to accomplish goals that have eluded them in the past, and African billionaires are no exception. Said billionaires are tasked with the responsibility of…
In the third quarter of 2023, the African market had a 12 per cent year-on-year increase in smartphone shipments despite economic challenges. According to the most recent study from global research firm Canalys, 17.9 million cell phones were supplied to the continent during the period under evaluation. This occurred despite macroeconomic challenges, import limitations, and…
Israel carried out new airstrikes Wednesday in the Gaza Strip, while the Israeli army said it was on high alert for attacks by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, following a drone strike that killed a senior Hamas official in Beirut. Hamas and security officials in the region attributed the strike that killed Saleh al-Arouri to…
Experts and analysts of the Middle East believe that Iran and its actions in the fight against terrorism, have brought many material and spiritual costs, which are the source of security and stability in this region and even at the international level, and all countries are indebted to it. Today, the fight against terrorism has…
The Executive arm of government and the Judiciary are headed for a collision course after president William Ruto yesterday vowed to disobey corrupt orders citing judicial impunity between corrupt judicial officers and unnamed individuals out to sabotage government agenda. And to make good his threat, the president ordered Roads Principal Secretary Joseph Mbugua to move…
In 2017, a terror group known as Ansar al-Sunna or Al-Shabaab had taken a foothold in the oil-rich northern region of Mozambique, having met no resistance from the country’s forces. However, following the intervention of Rwandan forces, JOEL MUKISA writes that normalcy has been restored, albeit with some civilian casualties. For years, African countries have…
Police in Kajjansi are investigating circumstances under which one Steven Kabuye was attacked and stabbed by unknown assailants. Mr. Kabuye aged 25 years an employee of Coloured Voices Media Foundation located at Lukuli, Buziga, and a Human Rights activitist was attacked this morning at around 7:30 am as he was going to work. According to…
