Blinken says China may give weapons to Russia

By Samuel Horti in London and James Landale in Munich China is considering giving Russia weapons and ammunition for the Ukraine war, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. Mr Blinken told CBS News that Chinese companies were already providing “non-lethal support” to Russia – and new information suggested Beijing could provide “lethal support”….

World marks International Childhood Cancer Day

By Dina Matengo & Nakayima Ritah Childhood cancer incidence in sub-Saharan Africa is estimated at 56.3 per million population. And current World Health Organization (WHO) projections suggest that Africa will account for nearly 50 percent of the global childhood cancer burden by 2050. Reducing that burden is one of the reasons why nations across Africa…

NATO role in Ukraine threatens ‘unpredictable’ escalation: Russia

Moscow has repeatedly accused NATO of involvement in the war by supplying arms to Kyiv, warning supplies are ‘legitimate targets’. Western weapons supplies to Ukraine are dragging NATO directly into the conflict and could lead to an “unpredictable” escalation, Russia’s defence minister says. “The US and its allies are trying to prolong the conflict as…

Rescuers denounce aid ‘failure’ in Syria’s devastated northwest

Civil defence members in northwest Syria criticise the UN and international community for a slow aid response after two deadly earthquakes. By Linah Alsaafin & E K Benj Syrians living in the rebel-held northwest region have decried the lack of humanitarian aid for victims of two powerful earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria, describing catastrophic…

Let me be clear; every dollar the United States invests in Uganda is held to its highest standards of oversight – US Ambassador Natalie E Brown Speaks on US Shs3.4 trillion support to Uganda govt

By Arthur Arnold Wadero, E K Benj & Ritah Kemigisha updated at 7:00 EAT on Thursday 09th February 2023 The United States government has revealed that it spent Shs3.4 trillion on supporting various development programmes in Uganda in 2021.While unveiling the ‘Report to the Ugandan People’ at the Embassy House in Kampala yesterday, US Ambassador…

Uganda ends mandate of UN Human Rights Office

By URN The Government has terminated the operations of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Uganda.OHCHR, a department of the United Nations Secretariat, is mandated to promote and protect the enjoyment and full realization, by all people, of all rights established in the Charter of the United Nations…