Tag: Africa

A Umeme substation in Mbale The government has finally informed Umeme, the country’s prime electricity distributor that it will not renew its 20-year concession once it expires in 2025. The company has since 2019 pressed the government to pronounce itself on the concession, especially with...

Minister Kahinda Otafiire commissioning police houses Internal Affairs minister Maj Gen Kahinda Otafiire has ordered police to probe leaders of the opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) party for allegedly parading fake torture victims at a UN human rights conference in Kenya last month. According to...

President Museveni with some of the appointed High court judges at State House Appointing judges in an acting capacity contravenes the 1995 constitution, the Constitutional court has ruled. In a 4:1 majority ruling, the court ruled in a favour of a petition filed by Makerere...

Ukranian army launching an offensive against Russia Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he expects a long war in Ukraine, but that he saw “no sense” in mobilizing additional soldiers at this point. Putin told a televised meeting of the Kremlin’s Human Rights Council —...

King Oyo (R) has been sued by kingdom loyalists Tooro king, Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV has been dragged to the High court in Fort Portal over the appointment of the current kingdom premier. The king is sued alongside four kingdom officials by Rev...

Some of the properties of the youths who threatened to walk out of the centre Over 200 youth trainees at the Presidential Skilling Centre in Zombo district, northern Uganda on Tuesday walked out on their army instructors, citing ill-treatment. President Yoweri Museveni started the youth...

The African Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) – a non-profit affiliate financier of the Pan-African agricultural organisation Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (Agra) – says it took a bet on some of the continent’s agro start-ups while others shied away and eight years later, they...

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United Arab Emirates carrier Emirates in October suspended flights to Nigeria over inability to access foreign exchange, bringing to a climax the lingering crisis between UAE and the most populous African country.