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A Ugandan MP has been told to apologise to victims of domestic violence after saying men should "beat" their wives. Onesimus Twinamasiko said on Ugandan television channel NTV "as a man, you need to discipline your wife. "You need to touch her a bit, you tackle her, beat her somehow

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will cut short his first diplomatic trip to Africa on Monday to return to deal with urgent work in Washington, his spokesman said. The top U.S. diplomat will now spend just a few hours in key ally Nigeria on Monday evening rather than the

Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) is ever ready to defend the peace of the country at any cost. These remarks were made by Maj. General Stephen Tumusiime Rwabantu, the Deputy Commander of the Reserve Forces Monday morning at UPDF Headquarters in Mbuya, at a ceremony held to decorate the 62

Newly promoted Major General, Presidential Adviser on Security in Buganda region, Kasirye Gwanga has missed the ceremony where he was expected to be officially pipped. Last week, Gwanga was elevated from the rank of Brigadier to Major General. It is not clear why the celebrated military general missed the occasion

Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza has been named "Eternal Supreme Guide" by his political party. The move means no one in the governing CNDD-FDD is allowed to disagree with his choices, Secretary-general Evariste Ndayishimiye said. "He is our leader. Therefore in our party... no one is comparable to him," Mr Ndayishimiye

Police have uprooted a three-acre farm of marijuana in Bulwanyi, Ssisa Subcounty,Wakiso District and have arrested  two suspected cultivators. The two suspects arrested are Umar Ssentongo aged 28 years and Hakim Kibwiika aged 35 yrs believed to be in­volved in the cultivation of the illicit drugs and are being questioned