Sudanese protest leaders are calling for a million people to march on Thursday to demand the military council hand power over to a civilian administration, reports AFP news agency. This has been the central demand of protesters since the army ousted President Omar al-Bashir. A mass sit-in outside the military
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Parliament has set tough guidelines that Legislators are supposed to follow ahead of the consideration of the 2019/2020 ministerial policy statements for the various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). While issuing the communication during today’s plenary sitting, Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah (in featured photo) said that for Parliament to have
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President Yoweri Museveni has revealed why the revived Uganda Airlines will not collapse. “Why do I think the new baby will survive? There are four clientele constituencies that will support this business; Ugandans in the diaspora, families of Asians of Ugandan descent expelled by Idi Amin, our business people here
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13 people have been killed and 400 others injured following a rainstorm in Buyende District, URN reports. The storm ravaged the villages of Kabugudo, Nabweyo, and Nakabembe in Kidera town council after heavy rains which begun at 8:00 pm on Sunday night until 10:30 pm. The storm swept away 300
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The US Embassy in Uganda has issued a statement questioning why government has been blocking musician turned lawmaker, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine from holding his music shows. In the statement issued on Tuesday, the embassy says strong leaders do not stifle freedom of speech in a veiled attack on
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Ugandan opposition MP Bobi Wine has called for mass protests against the actions of police and other state injustices meted out on Ugandans, reports the privately-owned Observer newspaper. "We are encouraged by the people of Algeria who in the past weeks forced a dictator to resign, and the people of
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has received two Bombardier CRJ900 jets from Canada at the Entebbe International Airport. The coming of the new planes, with the words Ugandan Airlines on the sides of the aircraft, marks the official comeback of the east African country's national carrier that was grounded in 2001.
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The Chief Justice, Bart Katureebe has flown to South Africa for cataract surgery, which involves the removal of the eye lens and replacing it with an artificial one, URN reports. According to Mayo Clinic.org, a cataract causes the lens to become cloudy, which eventually affects your vision. Sources in the
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Kenya has intensified lobbying among peers to gain a seat on the UN Security Council. The seat will provide an avenue “to our rightful place as a responsible member state of the united states”, it argues, Daily Nation reports. Ahead of the official launch for the bid in June, Kenya
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Two gorillas have been photographed posing for a relaxed selfie with the rangers who rescued them as babies. The image was taken at a gorilla orphanage in Virunga National Park, DR Congo, where the animals were raised after poachers killed their parents. The park's deputy director told BBC Newsday that
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