Poverty and state violence, not religion, are driving young Africans to join militant groups, the United Nations said on Thursday, after interviewing almost 600 recruits. It is easiest for organisations like al-Shabaab and Boko Haram to recruit young people who are unemployed and frustrated about lack of opportunities and services
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Makerere University has been ranked the 5th best in Africa, according to The Times Higher Education World University rankings released last week. The best University in Eastern Africa lost two positions given the fact that in the previous ranking it was 3rd best in Africa. The University of Cape Town
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Tanzania said on Saturday it planned to nationalise diamonds whose value it put at $29.5 million belonging to a mine majority owned by London-listed Petra Diamonds after it accused the miner of under-declaring its mineral exports. The diamonds were seized at the main airport in Tanzania’s commercial capital
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Regional supermarket giant, Nakumatt will soon become history in Uganda, a development that will leave many jobless and adversely affect the economy at large. An inside source, who preferred anonymity, confirmed to Business Focus that Nakumatt is in advanced stages of ending operations in Uganda due to unprecedented debts. “The
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Eaton Angel put up a hard fought battle to win her third Uganda Ladies Golf Open at the Kitante Golf Course. Eaton returned a score of 235 gross (76, 81, 78) to win the Ladies Open after three days of a grueling challenge. She had previously won the 2012 and
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President Yoweri Museveni has said that government has the right to takeover land for public use, urging Ugandans to cooperate with government for development. He also condemned people who make fake and exorbitant claims as compensation for their pieces of land that government wants to acquire to pave way for
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"When I had surgery, I was not thinking that I would be anywhere near a US Open title," said Sloane Stephens. Sloane Stephens was planning to spend Saturday night in New York celebrating with Madison Keys, hours after beating her friend to a first Grand Slam title. The 24-year-old American,
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August has been a tragic and dark month for Kenya. Tragedies seem to strike in August. Prominent people die in August and some of the biggest terror attacks on the country have happened in August. It was on August 7, 1998 for instance, that an explosion ripped through the United
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China will set a deadline for automakers to end sales of fossil-fuel powered vehicles, a move aimed at pushing companies to speed efforts in developing electric vehicles for the world’s biggest auto market. Xin Guobin, the vice minister of industry and information technology, said the government is working with other
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The president calls the chief justice a cheat. A lawmaker denounces the head of the opposition as the devil and says he needs a whipping. The opposition leader accuses the president of making a public speech while drunk. The gloves are off as Kenya’s ruling party and the opposition battle
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