Tanzania: Construction of sixlane highway to start by end of this month
CONSTRUCTION works on the six-lane 16-kilometre road from Kimara in Dar es Salaam to Kibaha in Coast region is scheduled to start by the end...
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Uganda: Soroti hospital mortuary closes
Soroti Regional Referral Hospital has closed its mortuary services following a breakdown of its refrigeration system. According to the hospital administration, the four-capacity refrigerator became...
Museveni supports extending presidential term limit to 7 years
Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni said on Wednesday he supports extending a president’s term to seven years from five but one critic said any such move...
Uganda begins Somalia troop withdrawal
Uganda’s military says it has begun the withdrawal of 281 troops serving in the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia. The move announced on Wednesday...
Probe into killing of German tourist underway: Ethiopian gov’t
ADDIS ABABA – The Ethiopian government on Wednesday announced that investigations are underway into the killing of a German tourist in northern Ethiopia. The German...
HRW: Ethiopia Used Israeli-made Surveillance Technology to Spy on Journalists, Dissidents
ADDIS ABABA – Israel-based defense outfit Elbit Systems Ltd. provided the Ethiopian government with spyware software that was used to track journalists and dissidents, according...
Fida asks Uhuru Kenyatta to appoint 7 women to the Cabinet
The Federation of Women Lawyers wants President Kenyatta to appoint at least seven women to his Cabinet for his second term, and is prepared to...
Ugandan judge Solome Bossa joins the ICC in The Hague
A Ugandan judge has been elected to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, The Netherlands. The Assembly of State Parties sitting in...
Uganda: New Age Limit Poll Shows Stalemate
The most comprehensive poll conducted so far on how MPs are likely to vote when the Raphael Magyezi age limit amendment bill reaches that stage...
Uganda: Government to airlift minister Moriku to Nairobi today
Kampala. The government yesterday said that State Primary Healthcare minister, Dr Joyce Moriku Kaducu, will be airlifted to Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi this morning...
