CAPTION: Graduates of Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces Junior Staff College in Jinja. JINJA – Eighty-six officers, including four allied students from Gabon, graduated from the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces Junior Staff College in Jinja after completing a four-month Grade III Staff Course (Junior Staff Course).Speaking at the graduation ceremony, Brig Gen James Kinalwa, the Joint Staff […]
CAPTION: Miss Rwanda Divine Muheto arrived in court looking the part with handcuffs expertly conceded under her jacket the sleeves of her jacket. KIGALI – Miss Rwanda Divine Muheto has owned up to drink-driving and causing an accident that damaged public infrastructure as prosecution asked she be jailed for 20 months. The defence team […]
CAPTION: Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba (2nd R) with his Algeria counterpart inspect a parade on Monday January 20th 2025. (Courtesy photo). Our reporterALGERIA – The Chief of Defense Forces (CDF), Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, arrived in Algeria on Monday for bilateral discussions with his counterpart, General Said Chanegriha, Minister Delegate to the Minister of National Defence and Chief […]
CAPTION: President Museveni signs on a board as other Head of State and delegates look on at the closing of three days of meetings at Spere Resort Munyonyo Organised by the African Union on Saturday, January 11th 2025. (PPU Photo). MUNYONYO – The Head of State and government from Africa have endorsed a new […]
GOMA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO – Rwanda-backed M23 rebels moved closer Friday to a key town in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, capturing a nearby area, sources told AFP.The March 23 Movement (M23), a militia supported by neighbouring Rwanda and its army, has seized vast swathes of the eastern territory of the DRC since […]
CAPTION: Pro-Yoon Suk Yeol supporters at his residence in Seoul. (Courtesy photo). SOUTH KOREA – After a dramatic six-hour-long standoff with security, South Korea police have called off an attempt to arrest suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol reports BBC.The military and Yoon’s security service officers formed a human wall and used vehicles to block the arrest […]
CAPTION: President Yoweri Kaguta Museven, left, Kenya’s President William Ruto, centre, and former Kenyan Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga, right after being crowned as a Luo elder at the closure of the fourth edition of Piny Luo Festival in Siaya County, Kenya Thursday, January 2nd, 2025. (PPU Photo). By Stephen Wandera […]
CAPTION: President Yoweri Museveni, left, with his Russian counterpart Putti. (File photo). By Our reporter MOSCOW, RUSSIA | TASS | Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda and Uzbekistan will become BRICS partner states from January 1, 2025, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported, adding that four other countries have received invitations.“From January 1, 2025, Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, […]
CAPTION: South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol face arrest. BBC | A court in South Korea has issued an arrest warrant against suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol over his attempt to impose martial law on December 3. The warrant comes after Yoon, who is being investigated for abusing his power and inciting an insurrection, […]
CAPTION: Kenyan President William Ruto, center, reviews the honor guard in Nairobi, Kenya, on Nov. 21, 2024. (File Photo). By Our reporterNAIROBI – Kenyan President William Ruto said Saturday that he and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni will help mediate a dispute between Ethiopia and Somalia, which threatens the stability of the region.Landlocked Ethiopia, which has thousands […]