The Refugee Solidarity Summit in Kampala has raised $358.2 million in pledges towards support of refugees in Uganda. The money raised in pledges is way below the $2 billion that the government of Uganda had hoped to raise from the summit hosted by President Yoweri Museveni and attended by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. Check also: Uganda Deserves World Support For ...

Four Arab states that have boycotted Qatar have handed the country a list of 13 demands, including some likely to infuriate Doha and exacerbate the region’s worst crisis in decades. Check also: The Teenager Who Was Arrested For Building A Clock Is Set To Move To Qatar Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt sent Qatar the list which ...

Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has been condemned for comments that girls who give birth should not be allowed to return to school. Check also: This Is What Tanzanian Government Is Doing To Protect Its People From Ebola An online petition has been set up and a pan-African women’s organisation is mobilising to get the president to apologise and reverse his comments. Mr ...

One Ugandan farmer has donated half his land to refugees who have fled South Sudan so they can grow crops.  Imagine this: A refugee flees unspeakable violence and finds herself in a peaceful village where, not only is she welcomed, but the local farmer offers her half his land to farm. Dreamland? Check also: Peace Calling In South Sudan Through Video ...

Kampala — The Police Disciplinary Tribunal has acquitted Constable Benon matsiko, the driver who knocked down Dr Kizza Besigye’s supporter at Kyebando in July last year. Check also: Free All Idlers; IGP Kayihura Instructed Police Officers Mr Dennis Odongpiny, the Court chairman, told the police prosecutor Ms Katherine Kusemererwa, that she had failed to produce enough evidence against the accused. “This ...