Tag Archives: RDC

Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP |  After two years of delays, the Democratic Republic of Congo voted Sunday in presidential elections that will determine the future of Africa’s notoriously unstable giant. The country’s Catholic Bishop Council said the voting took place in “relative calm”, based on their observations in 78 …

Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP | A candidate in upcoming presidential elections in DR Congo said Thursday that the national election commission had confirmed the long-delayed vote would be postponed again. Theodore Ngoy, one of 21 candidates vying to succeed President Joseph Kabila on Sunday, said the Independent National Election …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lira District Security Committee has directed police to conduct fresh investigations into some closed case files. The directive stems from several petitions by some residents to the Lira Resident District Commissioner, Milton Odongo. The RDC told URN this morning that they had resolved to conduct …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka Resident District Commissioner, Herman Ssentongo has banned strip dancing alias “Kimansulo” there. According to Ssentongo, the District Security Committee resolved to ban nude dancing following complaints that students were getting involved in the nude shows disguised as music and drama concerts. He has directed …

THIS WEEK: Entebbe authorities issue tight guidelines for De bar to re-open Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe Municipality RDC Rose Kirabira has revealed that De bar, a bar in which fallen vocalist Moses Ssekibogo aka Mowzey Radio sustained severe head injuries that finally caused his death at the beginning …