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UN urges steps to ensure future elections not ‘marred’ by rights abuses seen in recent polls

UN urges steps to ensure future elections not ‘marred’ by rights abuses seen in recent polls

In a report released on Monday, the United Nations urged Somalia to take steps to ensure future elections are not marred by the human rights violations and abuses committed during the 2016-2017 electoral process. “Insecurity, weak justice institutions, and an insufficient human rights protection system contributed to the lack of accountability for human rights violations […]

Place Citizens First, Rwandan President Paul Kagame Cautions

Place Citizens First, Rwandan President Paul Kagame Cautions

President Paul Kagame yesterday cautioned local leaders and other government officials who fail to address citizens’ problems, urging them to focus on addressing the issues affecting communities. He delivered the message in Kigali while presiding over the dissolution of the outgoing Lower House, which also involved the presentation of the 2017/18 performance contract (Imihigo) report […]

Ugandan Police, CMI recover five bodies from Kayunga shrine, healer arrested

Ugandan Police, CMI recover five bodies from Kayunga shrine, healer arrested

Police in Naggalama, Mukono District and operatives from Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) have arrested a traditional healer and also recovered five bodies from his shrine in Kisoga village, Nazigo sub-county, Kayunga District. The Naggalama police division police commander, Ms Jesca Naawe, identified the suspect as a 27-year-old a renowned youthful traditional healer. Ms Naawe […]

Locals Accuse President Yoweri Museveni of Grabbing Their Land

Locals Accuse President Yoweri Museveni of Grabbing Their Land

Residents of Rupa Sub County in Moroto District in Karamoja sub region have said that President Museveni is backing prominent Karimojong business man Mr Cornelius Kodet and some ministers to grab their land. The protesting residents on Thursday rejected a plan by Mr Kodet to build a cement factory called Ateker cement covering a total […]

HIV Transmissions Seen Increasing Among Syringe-Using Drug Users

HIV Transmissions Seen Increasing Among Syringe-Using Drug Users

The way HIV is transmitted is changing in Seychelles from a sexually transmitted virus to one passed on among drug users, an official at the Ministry of Health said. “Before, we considered HIV to be transmitted mainly between men and women. For the past five years, we have found that this is no longer the […]

UN Envoy urges Burundi leaders to ‘seize opportunities for national unity and peace’

UN Envoy urges Burundi leaders to ‘seize opportunities for national unity and peace’

The Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Burundi, Michel Kafando, has called on the country’s leaders to “seize the opportunity” offered by the recent adoption of a new constitution, to create a new political environment that is “conducive to the consolidation of national unity and peace”. Addressing the UN Security Council on Thursday, he commended in particular […]

Five Things to Know About South Sudan

Five Things to Know About South Sudan

South Sudan, where arch-foes signed a final power-sharing deal on Sunday aimed at ending its civil war, has been mired in an economic crisis due to the devastating conflict. Independent since 2011, the world’s newest country became engulfed by civil war in 2013 after President Salva Kiir accused his rival and former deputy Riek Machar […]

South Sudan’s Peace Agreement – Good News or More Trouble Ahead?

South Sudan’s Peace Agreement – Good News or More Trouble Ahead?

South Sudan has a new peace agreement. The question is: will it hold? According to author and scholar Douglas Johnson, that depends on a lot of factors. If it holds, the deal on power-sharing signed on August 6 by President Salva Kiir and his now reinstated Vice President Riek Machar could end a civil war […]

Looking Back At Constitutional Court Ruling On Age Limit

Looking Back At Constitutional Court Ruling On Age Limit

When the 1995 Constitution was promulgated, President Museveni termed it, “the best Constitution in the world” and promised to protect it and ensure that Uganda does not again descend into its dark post-independence history, characterised by anarchy and misrule. It was no doubt a much more inclusive constitution than its predecessors – the 1962 and […]

Kenya Commemorates 20 Years Since the Us Embassy Bombing

Kenya Commemorates 20 Years Since the Us Embassy Bombing

Security was beefed up across the country Tuesday as Kenya marked 20 years since the bombing of the US Embassy in Nairobi where more than 200 people were killed in the Al Qaeda-linked attack. The memorial is being held at the site next to Co-operative House, which hosted the US Embassy at the time when […]

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