Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP | Two foreign UN experts who were kidnapped in DR Congo have been found dead, one of them decapitated, the government said Tuesday, as spiralling violence in the vast country sparked international condemnation. The bodies of American Michael Sharp and Swedish national Zahida Catalan were …

2019 NATIONS CUP qualifiers:  Group L – Cape Verde, Uganda, Tanzania, Lesotho Group C – Mali, Gabon, Burundi, South Sudan Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | South Sudan thrashed Djibouti 6-0 in Juba on Tuesday to reach the group stage of 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying. Trailing 2-0 from the …

VIDEO: Former presidential candidate Dr. Col Kizza Besigye today beat security in Kampala and traveled to Kayunga district where he held a rally at a place called Baale. How did he do it?   Share on: WhatsApp

VIDEO: Kampala Lord Mayor Elias Lukwago, MPs Ssewanyan and Kasibante were blocked from going to Kayunga where former Presidential Candidate Kizza Besigye had escaped police surveillance  and was planning to launch an anti-land grabbing campaign.   Share on: WhatsApp

High Court has granted bail to Joseph Kanyamunyu and Cynthia Munwangari, but denied bail to her boyfriend Mathew Kanyamunyu in the ‘Lugogo Murder’ case. Justice Yasin Nyanzi ordered the sureties to pay sh50m not cash, while Joseph and Munwangari were ordered to pay sh5m cash before being released. The Kanyamunyu family were also …

The extraordinary Nile Council of Ministers (Nile-COM) meeting in Entebbe has rejected demands by Egypt for greater control of activities related to the flow of the river Nile. Uganda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan and Sudan were unanimous on Monday in seeking a revision of  proposals that Egypt, led by …

JOBS: People & Culture (HR) Business Partner West Nile Region Organisation – World Vision International Reference – 6631-14N22101 Location Africa – Uganda Town/CityAdjumani Application Deadline – Date29-Mar-17 Category – Human Resources APPLY HERE Share on: WhatsApp

JOBS: Youth Employment Consultant, Rome Organization: FAO – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Tasks include: Identifying the main challenges for youth employment creation along particular agricultural value chains, and on different approaches, initiatives and tools that have been developed by other institutions to overcome these challenges in …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | AFP | Tanzania’s government ordered the release of a popular rapper on Monday, jailed over his song lyrics, insisting that President John Magufuli loves his music but advising him to include verses on tax fraud and drug use. Emmanuel Elibariki, better known as Nay wa Mitego, …

Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP | Congolese national police accused rebels Monday of massacring 39 of their officers in the violence-wracked Kasai region. The victims were killed in an “ambush” early Friday and buried in a mass grave by supporters of late militia leader Kamwina Nsapu around 75 kilometres north …