In a Friday attack in Mali, two UN peacekeepers were left dead and four others injured according to the UN mission. Apparently, assailants opened fire on the police patrol in Timbuktu as revealed by the MINUSMA. “The attack left two peacekeepers dead, including a woman. Four other peacekeepers were injured, one of them seriously,” the report said. It further revealed ...

Rt Hon. Robinah Nabbanja, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda, has revealed how pleased she is with the work being done on the Kampala flyover. This is in line with the construction of the flyover in the city which has immensely progressed.Nabbanja made these remarks at a meeting on Friday with the Uganda National Roads Authority as well ...

Angelina Jolie, the Oscar-winning US actress, has been an ambassador for the UN refugee agency UNHCR for more than 20 years. However, though, she recently announced that she will be stepping down from the position. “I believe in many things the UN does, particularly the lives it saves through emergency relief. I will be working now with organizations led by ...

The government has been approached by the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) to appeal the school fees increment. The commission hopes to avoid exploitation of parents by schools that hiked their school fees in this current economic crisis. A board member of the EOC, Mr Habibu Sseruwagi yesterday addressed journalists in Kampala. He said the commission finds that 35% of parents ...

Many prominent journalists covering Twitter owner, Elon Musk, have had their accounts suspended out of the blue. Some of these include reporters for the New York Times, CNN and Washington Post. This happened a few hours ago. One spokeswoman for twitter told reporters that the main reason for the ban is related to live sharing of location data. This ban ...