Sudan’s warring sides on Friday ( May 12 ) signed an agreement and committed to protect civilians and the movement of humanitarian aid. However this is nearly a week following the US-Saudi Arabia brokered talks between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary faction rapid support forces began in Jeddah. A report from the AFP media citing a US involvement in ...
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Earthquake Of Magnitude 7.4 Hits Tonga, No Tsunami Warning
The United States Geological Survey said that an earthquake of magnitude 7.4 rattled Tonga on Thursday(May11). The US Tsunami warnings system said there was no tsunami warning after the earthquake. The USGS stated that the quake hit at 1602 GMT about 100 kilo meters off Tonga’s remote volcanic island of Niuatoputapu at a depth of 210 kilometres. Gary Vite, chief ...
Read More »US Jury Orders Trump To Pay $5M Damages For Sexually Abusing Writer E. Jean Carroll
Former United Sates president Donald Trump sexually abused magazine writer E . Jean Carroll in the 1990’s and then defamed her by calling her a liar, the jurors decided on Tuesday. The nine member jury in Manhattan federal court awarded about $5m in compensatory and punitive damages to Carroll. However the decision was made by a six men and three ...
Read More »Ugandan Government Loses Shs359 Billion In Unused Loan Charges
Following an analysis contained in the report by the Auditor General for the year ending June 2022 raised a red flag on the cost of undisbursed loans causing hemorrhage of taxpayer’s money. In the year under review the government paid commitment fees mounting to Shs 77.5 billion, a two percent drop from the previous year. The Shs 31.6 billion of ...
Read More »Air Strikes Resume In Sudan With No Major Progress In Truce Talks
As the two warring factions in Sudan began, United States – Saudi Arabia brokered truce talks in the Saudi Red Sea City of Jeddah over the weekend, the Sudanese capital ,on Monday (May 8) continued to witness air strikes. However there has been no official word on the talks that began on Saturday between the Sudanese army and the rival ...
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