By Earnest Kivumbi Benjamin Updated 1327 EAT on Wednesday 15 March 2023 The National Resistance Movement – NRM Headquarters is hosting a dialogue with European Union Delegation to Uganda. The Delegation led by HE. Ambassador Jan Sadek, Head of the European Union Delegation to Uganda has been received by Hon Richard Todwong, National Resistance Movement…
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Meet James Cleverly First Black UK Foreign Minister
James Spencer Cleverly TD VR is a British politician and Army Reserve officer who has served as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs since 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the member of Parliament for Braintree in Essex since 2015. He previously served as Secretary of State for…
Giorgia Meloni: Italy’s far right on course to win election
By Paul KirbyRome Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni has claimed victory in Italy’s election, and is on course to become the country’s first female prime minister. Ms Meloni is widely expected to form Italy’s most right-wing government since World War Two. That will alarm much of Europe as Italy is the EU’s third-biggest economy. However, speaking…
UK’s Prime Minister Refuses to Resign over Covid Scandal
Boris Johnson says he has paid a police fine for attending a lockdown-breaching party and offers a ‘full apology’. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he paid a fine from police for attending a lockdown-breaching birthday party in his official residence, making him the first British leader to be sanctioned for breaking the law while…
Covid Update: US and France record a high rise in daily cases.
By Faith Barbara Namagembe updated at 29 December 2021 at 0818 EAT. The US and France have reported their highest daily rises in new Covid cases since the pandemic began, as the Omicron variant continues to spread. According to the US Centers for Disease and Prevention (CDC) the country reported more than 440,000 new infections…
World Health Organisation (WHO) has identified a new Corona various called Omicron.
By Faith Barbara Namagembe updated at 0848 EAT on 27 November 2021. It had a large number of mutations, and early evidence suggested an increased reinfection risk, the WHO said. It was first reported to the WHO from South Africa on 24 November, and has also been identified in Botswana, Belgium, Hong Kong and Israel….
Looking towards the End of Using Coal at COP26
By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 1239 EAT on 4th November 2021. Coal is the most polluting fossil fuel, and greenhouse gas emissions from burning it are the single-biggest contributor to climate change. The British government says the “end of coal is in sight” after Poland, Vietnam and Chile and other countries pledged for the…
AstraZeneca vaccine: Germany disagrees with EU on Blood clot.
By Ann Mary Kisakye Updated at 17:05 GMT on Friday 12th March 21 Germany’s health minister disagrees with several European countries suspending the AstraZeneca vaccine rollout, saying the “benefit is far greater than the risk.” The Health Minister Jens Spahn said Friday there is no evidence of an increase in blood clots in connection with…
Dominic Ongwen guilty of war crimes- ICC.
By Kisakye Ann Mary Updated at 23:15 GMT on Thursday Feb 21 Child soldier-turned-Lord’s Resistance Army commander Dominic Ongwen convicted by Netherlands-based court. The International Criminal Court has convicted a Ugandan child soldier-turned-Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Netherlands-based court on Thursday found Dominic Ongwen, 45, guilty of…
Flights from UK canceled as health minister says new coronavirus variant is ‘out of control’
By Amy Woodyatt, Taylor Barnes , E K Benj & Tara John. Updated at 7:52 PM GMT on Sunday, December 2020. London, UK A growing number of European countries on Sunday halted flights from the UK following the discovery of a new variant of Covid-19, said by officials to spread faster than others. The new…
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