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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 ...

Motorists who will have bribed their way out of paying traffic fines will now have to pay twice for the same offense. The development comes after an internal police inquiry revealed that Shs5 billion has been stolen by traffic officers. These apparently tampered with the penalty payment system in the last two years. They have been diverting funds to other ...

As the Anti-Homosexuality debate continues, Mr. Jan Sadek, the European Union Ambassador to Uganda has said they will continue supporting the development agenda of Uganda. He said they are willing to continue despite the disagreement over the Anti-Homosexuality bill which parliament recently approved. Earlier this week, the Europe Day celebrations took place in Kampala. Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Sadek ...

Recent events had a pre-dawn air strike by Israel on an apartment in the Gaza Strip kill a top Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) commander. It also left one other person dead. The warplane attacked an apartment on the fifth floor of a building in Hamad residential city. It should be noted that on Wednesday, a number of militants were seen ...

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 ...