HAPPENING NOW- European Union Ambassadors Hold Dialogue with NRM Party

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…

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…

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…