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Ugandan satellite called PEARL AFRICA SAT-1 is set to go into space today after NASA announced the launch postponement yesterday. NASA revealed that the launch scheduled for 6th November had to be rescheduled due to a fire alarm. Dr. Monica Musenero, the state for Science, Technology and Innovation confirmed that the launch will be happening today. She said it will ...

On Sunday evening, sources in the security forces revealed that two pilots, a Russian and Ugandan were killed in a plane crash in DR Congo. This happened after a private business plane they flew crashed in a forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo in South Kivu. Jackson Ninsiima and his fellow pilot from Russia only identified as Peter were ...

United Nations estimates that the world population will reach eight billion by mid November and will continue to spread, albeit at a slower pace and with regional disparities in the decades to come. Given the increased life expectancy as well as the number of people of childbearing age, the UN projects the population to continue growing to about 8.5 billion ...

The deputy lord mayor of Kampala Doreen Nyanjura has come out to wonder why African values are always reduced to sexuality. This followed the Deputy Speaker of Parliament Hon Thomas Tayebwa’s comments in regards to the LGBTQS. Tayebwa while at the Organization of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States Parliamentary Assembly said that Uganda can never pass laws supporting LGBTQS ...

First son Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has become accustomed to controversial messages via his Twitter page. In fact Ugandans and his followers are no longer surprised by what he tweets. This was the same case this time round as he clashed with his father President Museveni on the blue bird app. Museveni took to Twitter to update the region about the ...