Month: January 2025

A military court in South Sudan has sentenced 10 soldiers to jail terms ranging from seven years to life for raping foreign aid workers and murdering a local journalist. The court also ordered South Sudan's government to pay each rape survivor $4,000 (£3,000) in compensation. The crimes were committed during

Kenya’s Immigration Department on Thursday deported a Chinese man after a video emerged of him making racist comments. The Chinese national, identified as Liu Jiaqi, was arrested after a video of him making a string of racist remarks was widely shared on social media. "His work permit has been cancelled

Uganda’s Prime Minister, Ruhakana Rugunda has defended the role of Special Forces Command (SFC) in the recently concluded ‘bloody’ Arua Municipality by-elections. This follows Parliament’s ad hoc Committee report on tortured MPs said that it did not find any evidence that the situation in Arua was beyond the ability and

The police have arrested three people earlier put on the list on most wanted criminals. Their luck ran out when they tried to con a DFCU client in Masaka last weekend. At the time, the bank manager was watching through the CCTV cameras. The management was able to identify one

The government is probing a number of International Non-government Organizations (NGOs) for allegedly sponsoring subversive activities in Uganda, URN reports. The Minister for the Presidency Ester Mbayo says that the government has obtained intelligence indicating that some foreign organizations are sponsoring political violence, protests led by opposition groups and activities

Government has officially withdrawn the controversial constitutional amendment bill 2017 which was seeking to enable the government or local government to compulsorily acquire private before compensation. The motion withdrawing the bill was moved by the deputy Attorney General Mwesigwa Rukutana on Tuesday and seconded by the prime minister  Dr.Ruhakana Rugunda