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US Secretary Of State Antony Blinken To Visit The Middle East To Negotiate Release Of Hostages
A press statement on Friday, February 2, said that the Secretary will have a week’s travel to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, Israel, and the West Bank. According to a statement released February 2 by the State Department, “U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, Israel, and the West Bank…
US R&B Singer R. Kelly Sentenced To 30 Years In Sex Trafficking Case
Disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison for using his fame to sexually abuse young fans, including some who were just children, in a systematic scheme that went on for decades. Through tears and anger, several of Kelly’s accusers told a court, and the singer himself, that he had…
US Navy Seizes Large Cache Of Smuggled Weapons Off Somalia
By Agencies The U.S. Navy seized a large cache of weapons being smuggled by two small ships off the coast of Somalia, it announced Tuesday, amid the grinding war in nearby Yemen. Among the arms seized by guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill in the Indian Ocean last week were thousands of Kalashnikov-style rifles, light…
US Most Wanted Murder Fugitive Kangethe Re-arrested In East Africa
Kenyan police have re-arrested a fugitive murder suspect who had escaped from police custody, local media report. Kelvin Kangethe, 41, is wanted by US authorities in connection with the killing of his girlfriend in Boston last October. He has not commented on the allegations. He had been detained in Kenya awaiting a decision on whether…
US Medical Workers Stand Up To Anti-lockdown Protesters
By Agencies At least two Colorado healthcare workers dressed in full scrubs with masks stood silently with their arms crossed on Sunday as they blocked a line of vehicles full of protesters honking their horns and screaming, “This is the land of the free.” “You go to work. Why can’t I go to work!” a…
US House Votes To Impeach Trump For Abuse Of Power, Obstruction
Washington, DC – The United States House of Representatives voted largely along party lines to impeach President Donald Trump for obstruction of Congress and abuse of power related to his dealings with Ukraine. Trump is only the third president in US history to be impeached by the full House. Wednesday’s votes set up a likely…
US Govt Slaps Financial Sanctions On CMI Boss Maj Gen Abel Kandiho
The Chief of Uganda’s Military Intelligence Maj Gen Abel Kandiho has been slapped with sanctions by the US government. In previous target sanctions, targeted leaders in Uganda were banned from traveling to US, their properties and bank accounts frozen and also their family members denied any visas among other restrictions. Meanwhile, the Washington uses the…
US Government Announces More Sanctions for Errant Ugandan Officials
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday announced sanctions against current and former Ugandan officials who committed human rights abuses against opposition leaders and other groups including homosexuals. “After Uganda’s flawed 2021 presidential elections, I announced a visa restriction policy targeting those believed to be responsible for, or complicit in, undermining the democratic…
US Ex-presidential Candidate Herman Cain Dies Of Covid-19
Herman Cain, a US businessman and onetime Republican presidential candidate, has died after a month-long battle with coronavirus. Cain died in an Atlanta-area hospital, where he was admitted in early July, according to Newsmax, where he had been set to launch a weekly television program. “Herman Cain – our boss, our friend, like a father…
US Evangelists Join Buyende Community To Support Quality Education
A team of visiting evangelists from the USA has partnered with the local communities to improve education in Buyende District. Led by Senior Pastor Karl Hofheinz of Radford Baptist Church in Georgia,the team is in Uganda to check on the different projects of interest,minister to their flock,administer medical care with emphasis on dental and eye…