No country for old men: Japan’s elderly inmates prefer jail Tokyo, Japan | AFP | Every day is the same. He wakes at 6:45 am, eats breakfast 20 minutes later and reports for work at eight o’clock sharp. But this isn’t your typical Japanese salaryman. This man is in …

Coatzacoalcos, Mexico | AFP | A Mexican journalist was shot to death on Sunday while leaving a restaurant with his wife and son in Veracruz state, an area that journalism groups consider one of the country’s most dangerous for reporters, a state commission reported. The dead man was identified as Ricardo …

Washington, United States | AFP |  Jimmy Breslin, a brash, colorful award-winning reporter and newspaper columnist who took on the high and mighty and championed the underdog, died Sunday at the age of 88. His wife Ronnie Eldridge confirmed his death, The New York Times reported. Breslin had been recovering …

Washington, United States | AFP | The World Bank on Sunday announced $57 billion in financing for sub-Saharan Africa over the next three fiscal years. Of that total, $45 billion will come from the International Development Association, the World Bank fund that provides grants and interest-free loans for the world’s poorest …

Accra, Ghana | AFP | Twenty students died after trees fell on them while swimming in a river during a storm in Ghana, emergency officials said Sunday. Ghana National Fire Service spokesman Prince Billy Anaglate said the “unusual incident” happened on Sunday afternoon, when a group of high school students were …

London, United Kingdom | AFP |  Chelsea maintained their relentless march towards the Premier League title, Arsene Wenger endured another day to forget and Manchester City were frustrated by Liverpool. Here are five things we learned in the Premier League this weekend: Cahill proves title mettle Received wisdom in the …

VIDEO: Players in the motor cycle (Boda Boda) Industry have distanced themselves from the spate of murders linked to gunmen who disguise as riders. The leadership says whoever is responsible for such gruesome killings is doing it in their individual capacity because they are not riders. This comes a day after …

VIDEO: President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the Police chief General Kale Kayihura to clean up the force, which he says is infiltrated by criminals. The President pointed at the Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Directorate, describing it as an incompetent unit that is helping people abet crime. The president has issued a …

VIDEO (Luganda) : Buganda Katikkiro Mayiga’s speech at Kaweesi’s requiem mass….. “We’ve many problems in this country including poverty, unemployment and diseases but we can’t solve them by killing each other.” Share on: WhatsApp

VIDEO: President Yoweri Museveni has asked IGP Kale Kayihura to clean up the police as they have been infiltrated by criminals. He was speaking at the home of fallen AIGP Felix Kaweesi, killed in a hail of bullets on Friday.   Share on: WhatsApp