Abuja, Nigeria | AFP | Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is apparently unwell. Or he might not be. Either way, it’s enough for his health to have increasingly become a national talking point. The 74-year-old former army general had been due to resume work on Monday morning in the capital, Abuja, …
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Washington, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump returned to Washington Monday from a weekend trip to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida — stopping off at a US military base where he made the provocative, and unexplained, claim that the media was deliberately disregarding jihadist attacks. Meanwhile on the …
Read More »VIDEO: How Ingrid Turinawe lost EALA FDC party vote
VIDEO: FDC’s ‘Iron lady’ and leader of the party’s women’s league Ingrid Turinawe has lost to little known Ekwau Ibi Florence in polls to pick candidates to represent the party in the East African Legislative Assembly. The victor polled 20 votes ahead of Ingrid’s 18 votes leaving many wondering what this …
Read More »Tech sector leads resistance to Trump travel ban
Washington, United States | AFP | A coalition led by some of the world’s biggest tech firms is taking on President Donald Trump’s travel ban, signaling the contentious relationship between the sector and the White House could be about to get worse. Scores of technology giants — including Apple, Facebook, …
Read More »Museveni commissions Sh925m Bombo military health facility
President Yoweri Museveni on Monday commissioned a modern 25-bed Uganda People’s Defence Forces medical facility at Bombo. The newly built UPDF Officers’ Wing and Intensive Care unit consists of an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), maternity and delivery room and general ward as well as VIP suits. According to Col. Bekunda – …
Read More »Aruu MP Lucy Achiro Otim thrown out of parliament
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by Lucy Achiro Otim, the elected MP for Aruu North Constituency Pader District over non compliance with the electoral laws. Achiro’s election was first nullified by the High Court in June 2016 and the Electoral commission was ordered to conduct fresh elections. James Kidega …
Read More »Mumbere released on bail, ordered to stay away from Kasese
Jinja High Court has today granted bail to Rwenzururu King Charles Wesley Mumbere following an agreement reached between the state and defence lawyers that his security shall be provided by the UPDF royal guard Brigade as his entitlement as a cultural leader. Justice Micheal Elabu thereafter released Mumbere on a …
Read More »JOBS: Head, Labour Mobility and Human Development IOM Kenya
JOBS:Head, Labour Mobility and Human Development Division Position Title: Head, Labour Mobility and Human Development Division Closing date: 16 Feb 2017 Duty Station: IOM Somalia in Nairobi*, Kenya Classification: Professional Staff, Grade P3 Type of Appointment: Fixed term, one year with possibility of extension Estimated Start Date: As soon as …
Read More »JOBS: UNDP Finance Assistant, Windhoek, Namibia
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Read More »Trump blasts courts for blocking travel ban, warns of ‘peril’
Palm Beach, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump blasted the federal courts for a second day in a row on Sunday after his efforts to implement a travel ban were suspended and warned that the judiciary could be placing Americans in “peril.” “Just cannot believe a judge would …
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