France issues international arrest warrant Carlos Ghosen.

Ghosn staged an audacious getaway, being smuggled out of Japan in an audio equipment case on a private jet, in 2019. Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1144 EAT on Friday 22 April 2022. France has issued an international arrest warrant for Carlos Ghosn, the auto tycoon who jumped bail in Japan and fled to…

Russia Captures British Fighters in Ukraine

Two British men captured by Russian forces while fighting in Ukraine are being “taken care of”, Russia has said. Aiden Aslin, 28, and Shaun Pinner, 48, were captured last week while defending the south-eastern city of Mariupol. In footage shown on Russian state TV, both appeared to have facial bruising, prompting their families to call…

Museveni picks Oulanyah’s son to complete father’s term in Omoro.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1443 EAT on Thursday 21 April 2022. President Museveni has handpicked former speaker of parliament Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah’s son, Andrew Ojok as the flag bearer for the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party in the Omoro County by-election. This followed a meeting the president held with NRM aspirants on Tuesday…

Court summons Luzira Prisons OC over Mabirizi’s Internet services demands.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1129 EAT on Thursday 21 April 2022. Mengo Magistrate’s court has summoned the officer in charge (OC) of Luzira Maximum Security Upper Prisons to come and assist in establishing whether jailed lawyer Male Mabirizi can be provided with internet, typing and printing services. According to the summons issued by…

Big Blow -UK Court Orders extradition of Julian Assange to the US

Breaking Assange is wanted in the US over an alleged conspiracy to disclose national defence information after WikiLeaks published hundreds of thousands of leaked documents relating to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. Updated Wednesday 20 April 2022 13 EAT Westminster Magistrates’ Court has formally issued an order to extradite the WikiLeaks founder after years of…

POISON: General buys antidote tablets.

Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0941 EAT on Wednesday 20th April 2022. For many high-profile politicians, the threat or fear of ingesting poison in public spaces remains an ever-present threat to their lives and livelihoods. And in the immediate aftermath of the death of Jacob Oulanyah, the government has struggled to calm the chaotic…