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KAMPALA, Uganda — A Ugandan army general who sparked controversy over the presidential succession said Wednesday he’s fighting the use of state institutions to keep the country’s long-serving president in power. Gen. David Sejusa – who is in London- told The Associated Press Wednesday that the Ugandan military is a “prison” used by President Yoweri […]
May 29, 2013 · 4 min
NAIROBI, May 29 – Kenyan police tortured and abused more than 1,000 refugees, asylum seekers and Somali Kenyans in Nairobi in a “10-week rampage” beginning in late 2012, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report on Wednesday. The abuses were part of a police crackdown that began the day after an attack on a […]
May 29, 2013 · 2 min
The Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) has arrested a staunch member of the main opposition New Patriotic Party, NPP, Mr. Michael Omari Wadie, Radio XYZ reports. The arrest, according station, was in connection with a doctored sex photo which Mr. Omari Wadie allegedly posted on his Facebook wall to portray President John Mahama as having […]
May 27, 2013 · 2 min
On Monday the Benoni Magistrates court will hear the case after the 14-year-old spent the weekend in custody over the grizzly murder of his mother, grandmother, brother and baby sister. Two sisters, aged eight and nine, escaped to the neighbours during the killings and raised the alarm early Friday morning in the Etwatwa informal settlement […]
May 27, 2013 · 1 min
Africa’s most entertaining reality show that attracts viewers from all over the continent starts at 1900 hrs CAT. Season 8 tagged the chase starts with 28 housemates 14 boys and 14 girls from 14 African countries. Pokello from Zimbabwe LK4 from Uganda Sello from Ghana Bassey from Sierra leone Dellish from Namibia Angelo from South […]
May 26, 2013 · 1 min
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s police chief says gunmen believed to be Somali militants killed six people in an attack on police posts near Kenya’s border with Somalia. Inspector General of police David Kimaiyo said Sunday that two of the victims in the Saturday night attack were Kenyan police officers and that six more are missing. […]
May 26, 2013 · 1 min
SABC talk show host Dali Tambo has lashed at accusations that he was sprucing up Robert Mugabe’s image in a rare interview with the Zimbabwean leader who took a swipe at Nelson Mandela’s reconciliation policies. In the interview, Mugabe insists that Zimbabwe’s people still need him and that Mandela was “too much of a saint”. […]
May 26, 2013 · 4 min
Originally posted on Africa Online News : Malawi’s luxury presidential jet, bought by late leader Bingu wa Mutharika, has been sold for $15 million to raise cash for the impoverished African country, a government official said on Wednesday. Mutharika, who left the economy on the brink of collapse after he picked a fight with donors whose…
May 25, 2013 · 1 min
Originally posted on Africa Online News : CENTRAL Intelligence Organisation (CIO) deputy director, Elias Kanengoni, has died, a Cabinet minister confirmed on Friday. Kanengoni who was the head of the spy agency’s internal operations collapsed and died at his Concession farm on Wednesday. Information and Publicity Minister Webster Shamu confirmed the development but could not give…
May 25, 2013 · 1 min
Originally posted on Africa Online News : Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has removed his head of the military Aronda Nyakairima, and moved him to a civilian position as the minister for internal affairs, a statement from the military said on Friday. Read More from Sources: http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCABRE94N09Y20130524 http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/643103-president-museveni-make
May 25, 2013 · 1 min
Originally posted on Africa Online News : Member States of the African Union (AU) in Ghana on Friday embarked on a peace walk to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Union. The walk, which ended at the Liberation Circle with a bonfire, to symbolize the unity of the African Continent, brought together High Commissioners and Ambassadors…
May 25, 2013 · 1 min
Originally posted on Africa Online News : ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Making his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday demanded that Nigeria respect human rights as it cracks down on Islamist extremists and pledged to work hard in the coming months to ease tensions between Sudan and South…
May 25, 2013 · 1 min
