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Following the reaffirmation that the consent age for marriage is 18 years, the Constitutional Court has outlawed child marriages. The petitioners in this case were Mr Michael Aboneka and Mr Martins Kirya. They argued that some laws allowed child marriages of their daughters who are 16 years. This makes these laws contradict the constitution that demands that one has to ...

The leader of the People’s Progressive Party, Abed Bwanika has demanded the National Unity Platform(NUP), to let those in the party who can negotiate with government over the incarcerated members do so. It should be recalled that for quite a while, Bwanika has called for negotiations with government. He has now intensified this after the release of MPs, Allan Ssewanyana ...

A video of two Nigerian street preachers has gone viral on social media after they fought over a preaching space in the city of Lagos Nigeria. It was an embarrassing moment seeing the two clerics engaging in a bitter fight over a preaching space in Lagos’ capital Ikeja. In an Instagram video shared by @lindaikejiblogofficial, both male and female street ...

The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) is yet again celebrating the birth of a new gorilla. One of the gorillas at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park recently delivered a baby gorilla. Bashir Hangi, the UWA Communications Manager announced the birth of a health female gorilla. He revealed that this took place on 14th February, 2023 on Valentine’s Day. An adult female identified ...

African leaders yesterday set an ultimatum for the rebel groups in the eastern region of DR Congo to withdraw by the end of March. This came as the latest bid by the seven-nation East African Community to silence the guns in the mineral-rich region. Fierce fighting in the region has pushed huge numbers of Congolese out of their homes and ...