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South Africa President Jacob Zuma has has resigned. Announcing his resignation on Wednesday night, Zuma stated, "The ANC should never be divided in my name. I have therefor come to the decision to resign as president of the republic, with immediate effect." On 12, February, the African National Congress (ANC)

New Vision senior reporter, Charles Etukuri, who is attached to the weekend papers, was on Tuesday abducted by armed men in military uniform, the New Vision reports. He was picked just outside the New Vision offices on a hot afternoon, around 2:00pm local time. Reports indicate that a white double

Farmers whose land was acquired for a controversial Bidco palm oil project in Uganda have been compensated. The payoff to the 36 farmers follows mediation by the dispute resolution office of the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC). A Ugandan environmental lobby had last year filed the case at the

South Sudan’s government Friday declined to sign an agreement on rules to facilitate discussion aimed at reviving the country’s collapsed 2015 peace deal. The government’s delegates refused to approve the Declaration of Principles (DOP), intended to guide a second phase of high-level talks. They cited concerns over the document’s Article

Ethnic clashes in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s east have forced thousands to flee to neighbouring Uganda. People have been crossing Lake Albert - which sits on the border - in their thousands after attacks intensified in Ituri over the last week. There are fears the attacks may herald a

Three state witnesses have testified against Pine Car Bond owner, Muhammad Ssebuwufu over alleged murder of Donah Betty Katusabe. Katusabe formerly a Kampala Business woman was allegedly murdered in 2015 after she failed to pay nine million shillings she allegedly owed Muhammad Ssebuwufu. Prosecution led by Winfred Kobusingye presented the