East Africa

Police in Masaka City, Central Uganda are investigating circumstances under which an 87-year-old man was murdered in cold blood in the wee hours of Saturday night, Dalymonitor reports. The deceased was identified as Mr Diriisa Mukasa, who was found dead outside his house lying in a pool of blood. Police preliminary …

Judges of the Kenyan court of Appeal have rejected the plan of President Uhuru Kenyatta to change the country’s constitution. The judges called the president’s project “unconstitutional and unlawful.” The proposition is nicknamed the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), and is spearheaded by President Uhuru Kenyatta and his political nemesis-turned ally, …

In Kenya, Court of Appeal is due to deliver a verdict shortly on President Uhuru Kenyatta’s controversial attempt to change the constitution and introduce widespread political changes. The introduction of a new post of Prime Minister and two deputies are among the proposed reforms . The High Court has however …

In Uganda, 54 NGOs working in the political, religious or environmental fields have been suspended. Chapter Four, the main human rights organization headed by lawyer Nicholas Opiyo has also been closed. The National Bureau for NGOs, part of the ministry of internal affairs, said in a statement the shutdown was ordered …

The United States on Thursday saluted Albania, Canada, Chile, Mexico and Uganda for agreeing to take in Afghans being evacuated in a major airlift after the Taliban victory. On Tuesday, Ugandan governement by the recommandation of the United States has accpeted to take in 2,000 Afghan refugees. Uganda is the …

As a prelude to the African basketball championship which begins on Tuesday, August 24, the Rwandan basketball federation has decided to limit access to the stadium to supporters. Entry into the Kigali Arena to attend the African basketball championship will be conditioned by the presentation of a vaccination record. This …

A conservation organisation in Tanzania is still looking into the mauling of children by a lion near the Ngorongoro wildlife park nearly three weeks ago, Anadolu agency reports. Three children were killed and one was injured as they ventured into the forest to trace their cattle. William Ole Seki of …

Ugandan police arrested a private security guard, who allegedly shot dead a Congolese national and his girlfriend, whom he was keeping in Bukasa, Makindye division in Kampala city, reports Dailymonitor. The deceased have been identified as Siviwe Katembo, 33, and his girlfriend whose identity is yet to be known. The …

Just 12 months after Uganda has been declared polio-free, the Ministry of Health has announced a fresh outbreak of this crippling and potentially fatal infectious disease in the country. The Ugandan health ministry in an August 12 press statement said Uganda, like other countries in the continent, is experiencing an …

Kevin Munoz, the White House spokesman on Twitter announced that the US has sent over 488,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Rwanda. The doses included part of “500 million shots pledged and purchased this summer” by President Joe Biden’s administration for the Covax initiative, which delivers vaccines to poorer …