A parliamentary vote on Wednesday elected Japanese ruling party leader Yoshihide Suga as prime minister. This makes him the country’s first prime minister in nearly eight years. Suga’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party used its majority vote in the powerful lower house of parliament. He came into power to lead the world’s third-largest economy as it tries to recover from the ...

The constitutional council of Ivory Coast cleared President Alassane Ouattara to seek a 3rd term in next month’s elections. The incumbent faces the main challenge from Henri Konan Bedie and two others selected out of the 44 presidential hopefuls. Opposition activists staged sporadic protests in the country since last month when Ouattara announced seeking reelection. His critics say the country’s ...

Three-time AFSA winner Judith Heard goes continental after scooping international recognition in the forthcoming Miss Elite. This inaugural event will take place in Egypt between 3rd and 10th December 2020. The global scale Beauty Pageant shortlisted Uganda’s model Judith Heard to represent the country in the contest. She won her place as a top model in East Africa and has ...

Microsoft reported that its offer to buy the Chinese video-sharing app TikTok was turned down. This has paved way for another company called Oracle to make a last-minute bid.The president of the United States, Donald Trump ordered the company to shut down and gave them a September 15 deadline. The Trump administration said TikTok and other Chinese apps pose national ...

NUP president Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu said he will defeat Museveni by a knockout in the 2021 elections. He made these remarks as he addressed a number of Ugandans about what the NUP intends to do to win office. ‘’We intend to win the elections by knockout. That is why we are encouraging every Ugandan to come out and vote,’’ Kyagulanyi ...