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Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe turns 88, vows to stay in power

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe turns 88, vows to stay in power

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe who turned 88 today, is vowing to stay in power despite grumbling inside his party that he should hand over to a younger leader, and international condemnation of his economic and human [...]

US President Obama`s Director in kampala today

US President Obama`s Director in kampala today

The Executive director of President Obama’s Global Health Initiative (GHI), Lois Quam, is expected in the country today. Her six day visit is intended to support the Ministry of Health’s effort to reduce maternal deaths by [...]

Ministers Endorse EAC Vehicle Load Control Bill

Ministers Endorse EAC Vehicle Load Control Bill

Ministers from the EAC Partner States at a multi-sectoral meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, have endorsed a Bill that seeks to reduce incidences of overloading on the region’s road network. The Bill, titled EAC Vehicle Load Control [...]

World Bank President Zoellick to Step Down June 30th

World Bank President Zoellick to Step Down June 30th

World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick announced today he would step down at the end of a five-year term in which a transformed Bank played an historic role during the global economic crisis, using record [...]

President’s Car Attacked in Senegal

President’s Car Attacked in Senegal

Protesters angered by Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade’s decision to run for a third term pelted his car with rocks Wednesday, forcing him to abandon the vehicle. Mr. Wade was campaigning in the town of Nguegnene. Witnesses [...]

Fire sweeps through a jail in Honduras, killing at least 272 prisoners.

Fire sweeps through a jail in Honduras, killing at least 272 prisoners.

A fire has swept through a jail in Honduras, killing at least 272 prisoners. Local forensic services head Lucy Marder says that the number could rise. Some prisoners escaped the blaze at the jail in Comayagua [...]

Whitney Was Lesbian

Whitney Was Lesbian

Whitney Houston was a secret lesbian and binged on the drugs and alcohol that killed her because she was torn over living a lie, it has been claimed. Rumours have been circulating for 30 years that [...]

AMISOM Captures More Ground Beyond Mogadishu

AMISOM Captures More Ground Beyond Mogadishu

AU forces executed a successful operation against Al Qaeda terrorists on the outskirts of Mogadishu, capturing two sites of tactical importance. In an advance that begun at approximately 5 am, AMISOM’s Burundian Contingent took Al Janal [...]

Whitney Houston’s sad final days

Whitney Houston’s sad final days

Anyone who’d followed reports of Whitney Houston’s bizarre behavior in the days leading up to the Grammys had to have been “shocked, but not surprised” at reports of her demise, as the saying goes. Thursday in [...]

Over six hundred Ugandan Girls stranded in Malaysia.

Over six hundred Ugandan Girls stranded in Malaysia.

Over six hundred Ugandan girls who are victims of Human Trafficking are stranded in Malaysia. The girls were trafficked to Malaysia and some other parts of Asia by unscrupulous Businessmen. Many are being used as sex [...]