VIDEO: A group of people who claim they fell victim during Alice Lakwena’s war have given government a week ’s ultimatum to compensate them or they seek legal redress. The victims claim government failed to protect them, leading to loss of property, animals and lives during the war waged by …

Accra, Ghana | AFP |  Ghana is a resource-rich west African country where worries about the economy are set to dominate Wednesday’s presidential election. Major producer of cocoa, gold  Ghana is the world’s second biggest producer of cocoa after Ivory Coast and Africa’s second biggest gold producer after South Africa. …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | The last foreign reporter living in South Sudan said Wednesday he had been deported from the war-torn country after a series of articles critical of the government. In a statement posted on his Twitter account, Justin Lynch, 25, said he was “arrested and deported” by …

Statement of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, at the opening of Trial in the case against Dominic Ongwen. Honourable Judges, This trial is about violence and misery that blighted the lives of millions of people living in Northern Uganda. Ordinary civilians, who simply wanted to be …

VIDEO: Parliament has issued a 14 days ultimatum to Chinese investors dealing in petty business down-town Kampala to vacate their business for violating licensing procedures. But Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Minister Amelia Kyambadde said the committee’s decision is uncalled for, thus asking parliament to extend the deadline given to Chinese in …

Washington, United States | AFP |  The US Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a $399 million penalty imposed on Samsung for copying Apple’s iPhone design, in a case watched closely for patent infringement in the digital era. The justices ruled 8-0 that Samsung should not be required to forfeit the …

Lukodi, Uganda | AFP | Alanyo Juzima wipes the tears from her eyes and points at the flickering image of a smartly-dressed man in a suit projected onto the classroom wall. “He’s the one,” she says. Juzima scrutinises the picture in front of her, of Dominic Ongwen in the dock …

New York, United States | AFP | Pop diva Beyonce on Tuesday led nominations for next year’s Grammy Awards but faced tough competition from fellow chart-topping artists including Adele. Beyonce received nods in nine categories for the music industry’s biggest night including Album of the Year for “Lemonade,” her contemplative …

Buganda Road Court will on Wednesday hear the defence of former Old Kampala DPC Joram Mwesigye, accused of assaulting a WBS TV journalist Andrew Lwanga. Lwanga sustained spinal injuries from the said assault and he is walking on crutches. Last month Grade One Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu ruled that Mwesigye had a …

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal on Tuesday overturned a ruling that granted a man the right to medically-assisted death and could have opened the way to legalise euthanasia. Last year, the High Court in Pretoria had ruled that a doctor could help retired …