Kampala City Hall Court has sentenced an 18-year-old woman to one and half years imprisonment after she pleaded guilty to giving false information to Uganda police regarding the murder of fallen AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi. Kaweesi, who was spokesman and the director of human resource development and training in Uganda police, …

Kampala, Uganda | PWATCHUG| The Deputy Speaker of Par­lia­ment Ja­cob Oulanyah has blamed Pres­i­dent  Yoweri Mu­sev­eni for in­ad­e­quately fund­ing the Elec­toral Com­mis­sion. Oulanyah said this while meet­ing of­fi­cials from the Elec­toral Com­mis­sion led by its Chair­per­son Jus­tice Si­mon Byabakama, who com­plained of lack of funds to hold elec­tions in seven …

Kampala, Uganda | PWATCHUG| For­mer En­ergy Min­is­ter, Syda Bbumba has feigned ig­no­rance of the con­tent in an oil pro­duc­tion shar­ing agree­ment that led to a $157 mil­lion tax waiver to Tul­low Oil Com­pany. Bbumba is in the eye of the storm af­ter Pres­i­dent Yow­eri Mu­sev­eni, while meet­ing leg­is­la­tors on the …

Turin, Italy | AFP |  A stunning Dani Alves volley helped Juventus stroll into their second Champions League final in three years on Tuesday as a 2-1 win on the night completed a 4-1 aggregate victory over outclassed Monaco. Brazilian wing-back Alves’s 25-yard strike followed Mario Mandzukic’s opener for the …

Los Angeles, United States | AFP |  Hundreds of workers at a nuclear site in the US state of Washington were ordered to take cover Tuesday after a storage tunnel filled with contaminated material partially collapsed, but there was no indication of a radioactive leak. Employees at the sprawling Hanford …

Abuja, Nigeria | AFP | A schoolgirl who was among more than 200 kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 refused to be part of a release deal because she is now married to a militant fighter, Nigeria’s government said Tuesday. The disclosure underlines the complex psychological effects of a lengthy …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | AFP |  Four wild elephants from nearby forests paid an unexpected visit to a university in Tanzania’s capital on Tuesday, triggering more entertainment than panic before being chased away by rangers. “When we saw them in the morning, we were initially afraid and informed the …

Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP |  Congolese President Joseph Kabila named an expanded new government on Tuesday, with almost all his old team retained, as part of power-sharing deal to end a crisis over his wish to remain in power. The presidential list of 60 ministers, read out on television, …

Juba, South Sudan | AFP |  South Sudan President Salva Kiir sacked his powerful, hardline army chief Paul Malong on Tuesday, a government spokesman said. General Paul Malong, long regarded as an ethnic nationalist of Kiir’s majority Dinka tribe, was replaced by General James Ajongo Mawut, a career soldier. South …

US, China must ‘lead the way’ on climate: Obama Bonn, Germany | AFP |  UN climate negotiators in Bonn were left frustrated Tuesday as the White House postponed a meeting to determine whether America will stay in the 196-nation Paris Agreement to curb planet-harming fossil fuel. As uncertainty mounted over …