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Omar Al Bashir, the former president of Sudan, has been sentenced to two years in detention after being found guilty of corruption, receiving illegal gifts and possessing foreign currency. Bashir has been in prison in Khartoum since being forced from power in April when security forces withdrew their support for his repressive regime after months…
On Thursday, the second wife of ousted President Omar Al Bashir was arrested from her home in Khartoum North, on charges of illegal ownership of wealth and suspicious richness. A police force took Widad Babikr from her and her husband’s residence in Kafouri in Khartoum North to the prosecution office in Khartoum. There she was questioned…
Uganda and South Africa have appreciated the role played by sharing intelligence information in neutralizing global challenges. This was discussed in a meeting between the South African Chief of Defence in charge of Intelligence (CDI) Lt Gen Jeremiah Nyembe and UPDF Chief Of Military Intelligence and Security Brig Gen Abel Kandiho. In a meeting attended…
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this year, mainly for the 2018 deal he reached with Eritrea to end a long-running border conflict. In accepting the prize in Oslo on Tuesday, Abiy insisted the prize also belonged to his “partner and comrade in peace, President Isaias Afwerki, whose goodwill trust…
Joe Rwamirama from Kampala, Uganda is cashing in on his unique and deadly farts that kill mosquitoes instantly. Two big mosquito repellent companies are paying Joe millions to study his farts so they can convert them into a mosquito repellent product. Joe’s good fart can drop all flying insects not bigger than mosquitoes dead within…
Former Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe has left behind $10 million and some properties, but without a will for onward distribution. The development provoked the High Court to call for an edict meeting this week to appoint an executor, the state-owned The Herald reported. Mugabe died on September 6, 2019 in Singapore where he was receiving treatment…
The President of Uganda, H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on November 30, 2019 received and held a meeting with Mr. Parfait Onanga Anyanga, who is Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary General in Charge of the Horn of Africa. During the meeting held at State House Nakasero, Mr. Museveni and his guest discussed issues related…
| Sudan’s new authorities have ordered that the party of ousted autocrat Omar al-Bashir be dissolved and his regime “dismantled”, heeding the call of protesters whose campaign led to the leader’s overthrow. Bashir and his Islamist National Congress Party (NCP) had ruled the northeast African country since 1989 before a nationwide protest movement resulted in…
At least 19 people were killed in a new rebel attack in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as anger grows against United Nations peacekeepers and security forces for failing to protect civilians. The latest attack on Wednesday took place after fighters belonging to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group went into…
The Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga and her Ethiopian counterpart, Hon Tagesse Chafo have called for improved transport infrastructure across the African continent to improve trade and ease movement of persons. The two speakers said there is need to improve the existing road, rail and air transport network and pledged that Uganda and Ethiopia can take the…
