Tag Archives: CAR

  Bangui, CAR | XINHUA |  The Constitutional Court of the Central African Republic on Monday confirmed the re-election of President Faustin-Archange Touadera. According to final results announced by the Constitutional Court, Touadera won his second term with 53.16 percent of the Dec. 27 balloting. On Jan. 4, authorities announced …

Bangui, CAR | Xinhua | Voters of the Central African Republic (CAR) are going to the polls on Sunday to elect a president and members of the National Assembly amid growing tensions. Since last week, tensions have intensified across the country. A new coalition of armed groups has been created with …

Bangui, Central African Republic | AFP | Two teams confronted each other on the dusty sports field, wielding roughly cut sticks to whack a homemade puck at high speed. For the middle-aged and beyond, the sight of this rugged game triggered distant memories, of happier times. The sport, known as ngbaba, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 50 local insurers have received training on how to address risks related to Uganda’s nascent oil and gas sector. The training was conducted by Insurance Broker Minet Uganda Limited, together with its correspondent partner in the United Kingdom, AON. Uganda has six billion …

Bangui, Central African Republic | AFP | “When I decided to come back, my friends took me for a fool,” recounts Clement Ndotizo, who spent a decade in France before returning to settle in his native Central African Republic, one of the world’s least-developed and most dangerous countries. But a “fool”, …

Race between Rav4, Subaru Forester, Kluger, Harrier Kampala, Uganda | MOTORING GURU | When The Independent’s motoring guru did a column in December 2017 predicting the popular car of 2018, the focus was on the evergreen compact SUV; the Toyota RAV4. Buried deep in that review was mention of an emerging …

Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | The organizers of the 2019 European Car of the Year (ECOTY) have announced the seven finalists of this year’s competition that will fight for the ECOTY crown. The seven finalists in alphabetic order are; Alpine A110, Citroen C5 Aircross, Ford Focus, Jaguar I-Pace, Kia Ceed, Mercedes-Benz …

The five factors to consider Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | For a car to be considered safe for passengers, it must be able to perform well in accident avoidance and maximally protect them in case of accidents; especially collisions and roll-overs. This means the car must have effective driving and collision …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Since President Yoweri Museveni ordered the Ministry of Finance to provide army snipers and bullet-proof escort cars for MPs, the Daily Monitor newspaper has been running stories unpacking the implication of the directive. One of the stories pointed out that the government could end up …

How to spot vehicles whose mileage has been changed Kampala, Uganda | MOTORING GURU | The mileage of a motor vehicle affects its value on the market. Generally speaking; the higher the mileage, the lower is the value. Unfortunately, mileage tampering is a very common practice in all used car markets, …