The aircraft was travelling from the country’s largest city, Dar es Salaam, to Bukoba airport when the accident happened. Nineteen people have died after a small passenger plane crashed into Lake Victoria as it was coming in to land at an airport in Tanzania. Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa announced the new death toll, which is up…
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Former Sex Worker now Securing Future of Ugandan Children
By Viola Nabbale WAKISO- On 05th Nov 22 , Kivumbi Earnest Benjamin, President Heal The Planet Global Organisation- HTP as a Guest of honour in Muwuye, Kasangati, Wakiso Uganda at an orphanage inspired PLE Candidates and guardians into unlimited potential. Immaculate Amongi ,the Director of Eliashim orphanage and School is a former sex worker having done…
Uganda to Launch Satellite into Space
UGANDA to launch its first Satellite into Space with assistance from NASA. The PearlAfrica Sat-1 will be launched by US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island in Virginia. The program began way back in 2020 under the Joint Global Multi-Nation BIRDS Satellite project, a…
Benjamin Netanyahu to return as Israel Prime Minister after far right surge
Exit polls suggest veteran Likud politician will be able to form coalition with support of ‘Religious Zionism’, which plans major changes. By Orly Halpern – Updated at 0713 EAT on Wednesday 2 Nov 20222 Lydd (Lod), Israel – At the Lydd (Lod) branch of the Arab-Jewish Hadash party, six activists sat in a semicircle of plastic chairs…
Elon Musk takes over Twitter in $44bn deal
Tesla CEO’s purchase caps a six-month saga over the future of the social media giant. Elon Musk has officially taken control of Twitter after finalising a $44bn deal to buy the social media network. In one of his first decisions at the helm of the social media giant, Musk, the world’s richest man, fired three…
Terrorist kills 11 at School of the Blind in Mukono
Police in Mukono are investigating a fire outbreak that killed 11 people at Salama School for the Blind in Luga Village, Ntanzi Parish, Mukono District, in the wee hours of Tuesday. According to a statement released by ASP Luke Owoyesigyire, the Kampala Metropolitan Police deputy spokesperson, the cause of the fire is yet to be…
Rishi Sunak wins race to become the UK’s new prime minister
The former chancellor wins Conservative Party leadership contest days after the dramatic resignation of Liz Truss as prime minister. ister after winning the ruling Conservative Party’s leadership contest, which was triggered by the resignation of Liz Truss last week. Sunak’s win on Monday came days after Truss’s resignation after her disastrous tax cuts plans and policy U-turns…
54 developing countries, including 25 in Africa, require urgent debt relief: UNDP
By Jerry Omondi At least 54 developing countries globally, including 25 in Sub-Saharan Africa, require immediate debt relief to avoid sliding into extreme poverty, according to the United Nations’ Development Programme (UNDP). The Agency published a paper on October 11 titled ‘Avoiding ‘Too Little Too Late’ on International Debt Relief’, which highlights the ripple effects of government…
