STEPHEN WANDERA
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Genocide suspect Kabuga dies in custody
By AgenciesHAGUE – Felicien Kabuga, a suspect in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, has died in custody, a U.N. court said on Saturday. He was 93.Kabuga was arrested in France in 2020 after more than two decades on the run and extradited to The Hague. He was later ruled unfit to stand trial because of dementia […]
Kenya, Tanzania battle for Dangote’s cash
CAPTION: L-R: Chairman Dangote Refinery, Aliko Dangote and Tanzania’s President Samia Hassan. [X, formerly Twitter/@ikulumawasliano] By Agencies Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has held investment talks with Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote in Dar es Salaam, as competition intensifies over the location of a proposed multibillion-dollar oil refinery in East Africa. Tanzania and […]
Martyrs’ day celebrations postponed
CAPTION: Christians celebrate Martyrs’ Day in Namugongo recently. (File photo). By Stephen Wandera Oume KAMPALA – The Government has postponed this year’s Martyrs’ Day celebrations, a major annual religious and national event held on June 3 in honour of the Uganda Martyrs. This follows heightened public health concerns linked to an Ebola outbreak in […]
EAC command post exercise opens
CAPTION: Members of the EAC forces during a parade in Nairobi on Thursday, May 14th 2026. (Courtesy photo). By Our reporter NAIROBI – The 14th edition of the East African Community regional security command post exercise, codenamed Ushirikiano Imara, has officially commenced in Nairobi, Kenya, bringing together military, police, and civilian components from all […]
South Sudan rejects U.S. visa ban
CAPTION: South Sudan’s Foreign Affairs Minister Dr. James Pitia Morgan. By AgenciesJUBA – South Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday, May 14, 2026 rejected a U.S. State Department statement criticising the implementation of the country’s peace agreement and announcing visa restrictions on government officials, as well as sanctions targeting Crawford Capital Ltd, which Washington said has siphoned funds […]
New ebola outbreak in DR Congo
By AgenciesKINSHASA – Health officials have raised the alarm over an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the continent’s top public health body, said on Friday that it has recorded 246 suspected Ebola cases and 65 deaths in the […]
Uganda grants Elon Musk’s Starlink licence
CAPTION: President Museveni, 3rd left, poses for a photograph with the US Delegation, Starlink representatives and UCC team at State House – Entebbe. (PPU Photo). By Stephen Wandera Ouma ENTEBBE – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has witnessed the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding and operational licence agreement between the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) […]
Northern Uganda gets C-Care healthcare boost
CAPTION: Azhar Sundhoo,(2nd L), CEO C Care Uganda and Helene Echevin,(3rd R), CEO C Care International pose for a photo with some of the hospital staff and the launch May 14th, 2026. (Courtsey Photo). By Priscilla Najjuma GULU – C-Care, Uganda’s has inaugurated its new C-Care Hospital Gulu, marking a transformative shift […]
Museveni appoints new Deputy Chief Justice
By Our reporterKAMPALA – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has appointed Justice Moses Kazibwe Kawumi as the new Deputy Chief Justice.“The Presidential Press Unit (PPU) would like to inform the general public that the President of the Republic of Uganda, President Museveni has also appointed Her Worship, Agnes Alum as the new Chief Registrar,” a press […]