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Besigye is considering involving the international legal mechanisms to stop what they describe as repression and human rights violations by government. Former Forum for Democratic change (FDC) presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye told the media at his Kasangati home, outside Kampala following his arrest and what he described as torture on Tuesday, that the state agents were operating with impunity ...

Parliament Speaker Rebecca Kadaga yesterday claimed one of her opponents for the Speaker job is ‘sponsoring’ stories in the media to decampaign her. She, however, did not name the opponent. Ms Kadaga, who is seeking a second term as Speaker, is facing a challenge from Mr Jacob Oulanyah, her deputy. She also claims Foreign Affairs minister Sam Kutesa is secretly ...

The first woman and the youngest person at 36 to ever make French Minister of Education. As well as first Muslim. While some are too busy shouting ‪ban migrants, Najat Belkacem quietly reminds us that immigrants are an asset and that believing in our children and investing in them with the right character traits and the right education literally means ...

Nigeria’s defense minister claims that Boko Haram will be vanquished from its final stronghold in the Sambisa Forest within three months. Mansur Dan Ali, a retired general in the Nigerian Army who took over the defense ministry in November 2015, said on Wednesday that President Muhammadu Buhari had “changed the game” in the battle against Boko Haram, which has pledged ...

British colonialists would travel from the countryside to watch planes take off in Nairobi. Back in 1945, then British territory and Colonial Office had set up the East African Airways Corp. with a budget of just 50,000 pounds. Flight technology was new and exciting an elite toy operated by the colonial overlords of Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika, now Tanzania. Check ...