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Chief Justice Benjamin Odoki The Judiciary has today been forced to suspend hearing some cases due to lack of operational...

Flying School Library full of “Obsolete” Books

Some of the books in the scarcely stocked library include Dynamical & Physical Meteorology 1957, an introduction to the mechanics...

Kony Slaughters 16 In Central Africa

At least 16 people have been killed during clashes between rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and villagers in...

Police Arrests Four Black monday Activists

Black Monday activists today staged a short-lived protest titled “The Tax Payers Journey against the 2013/2014 budget presented last week.”...

Tear Gas in Kampala as Taxi Drivers Protest Levy

At least six people have been arrested this morning as taxi drivers in Kampala protested payment of 120,000 shillings levied...

Nsenga Family Fight Over Billions

The family of Juvenal Nsenga, the businessman who was in January this year knocked dead by the wife, is in...

Kampala – Juba Police Sign Deal To Fight Robbery

Uganda and South Sudan police forces are to start conducting joint patrols along Oraba-Yei-Juba highway to eliminate thugs who are...

Nelson Mandela recovering well, grandson says

Staff Writer June 16, 2013

The former South African president and anti-apartheid icon, Nelson Mandela, has been ‘recovering well’ in hospital, his grandson says. Anti-apartheid...

Southern African leaders call on Mugabe to delay elections

Staff Writer June 16, 2013

Southern African leaders have called on Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to extend a July 31 deadline to hold general elections....

ANALYSIS: How M7 is Weakening Tinye

Staff Writer June 16, 2013

The Renegade General David Sejusa a.k.a Tinyefuza A few days before President Yoweri Museveni left for Korea last month, he...

Hassan Rohani Elected Iran’s New President

Hassan Rohani has won Iran's 11th presidential election following a vote that saw mass popular turnout on June 14. Hassan...

M23 Rebels Accuse Kabila Govt Of Delaying Peace Process

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s M23 rebels have accused the government in Kinshasa of refusing to negotiate to establish peace...

160 Army Deserters on Trial in Gulu

The army authorities are expressing concern that the ex-servicemen melted away with war materials upon arrival in the country, while ...

IGG Orders Malaba Boss out of office

She cites the Anti Corruption Act law, which bars any public official convicted for corruption from holding office for the...

Public Cemetery turned into Dumping Site

Kabale municipal council is under fire from Civil Society Organizations for dumping waste in the public cemetery. The municipal cemetery is...

BUDGET: Increased Fuel Tax Will Hurt Common Man

The 2013/2014 Budget presented to Parliament by Finance Minister Maria Kiwanuka shows a 50 shillings additional excise duty on fuel....

Speaker Kadaga Halts Debate on Supplementary Expenditure

The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga in a special sitting this morning has suspended the debate on the supplementary schedule...

CDF Katumba Voices Support For ‘Boda boda’ Tax

The Chief of Defence Forces General Katumba Wamala says the increase on motorcycle registration fees will bring sanity to the...

Obama Lauds Odinga For Respecting Election Petition Outcome

US President Barack Obama has commended Kenya's former Prime Minister Raila Odinga for his conduct during the post-election judicial review...

M7 Ups Rhetoric On Nile, Warns Egypt