Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0804 EAT on Saturday 6th August 2022. Foreign ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have agreed to bar Myanmar’s ruling generals from the group’s meetings until they make progress on a 15-month old plan to address the crisis triggered by the military coup. Speaking at…
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Three soldiers killed in renewed Nagorno-Karabakh fighting.
Updated at 1554 EAT on Thursday 4th August 2022. “But Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who also sincerely seems to want to sign the peace treaty, is being blocked by his own domestic political opponents, who periodically have staged big street protests and claim that he essentially committed treason by agreeing to a ceasefire in…
Gas prices jump as Russia cuts German supply
Gas prices jumped after Russia further cut gas supplies to Germany and other central European countries after threatening to earlier this week. By Noor Nanji European gas prices rose almost 2%, trading close to the record high set after Russia invaded Ukraine. Critics accuse the Russian government of using gas as a political weapon. Russia…
Behind the scenes: How Roko extra Shs5b were shared, journalists bag Shs75m
Drama ensued at Parliament last Thursday as Parliament chaired by Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa passed the proposal to hand struggling Roko Construction Limited a staggering shs207b to enable it live to see another day. Within five minutes, Tayebwa had ensured that the ‘Ayes’ have it and, just like that, the sh207b now belonged to Roko…
Sri Lanka swears Dinesh Gunawardena in as new prime minister.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1535 EAT on Friday 22nd July 2022. Dinesh Gunawardena has been sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new prime minister, just hours after soldiers and police cleared an ant-government protest site in Colombo. Gunawardena, a veteran member of the ruling Sri Lanka People’s Front and an ally of the Rajapaksa political family,…
The worst years for journalists.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2145 EAT on Wednesday 20th July 2022. For the country’s journalists, the election year 2021 and its immediate aftermath, 2022, have been years of unease and unrest. Local journalists have shown the world the devastating effects of corruption, election campaigns, opposition protests, and brutal security crackdowns. Now, many who…
Turkey’s Baykar drone company ‘will never’ supply Russia: CEO.
Haluk Bayraktar tells Media that he is proud the Bayraktar TB2 has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance against Russia. Updated at 1809 EAT on Tuesday 19th July 2022. The CEO of Turkey’s Baykar, which makes the drones being widely used by Ukraine against Russian forces, has ruled out supplying the Bayraktar TB2 to Moscow….
US jobless claims rose last week to highest since January.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2105 EAT on Thursday 7th July 2022. Applications for jobless aid for the week ending July 2 rose to 235,000, up 4,000 from the previous week, US data shows. More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week and while layoffs remain low, it was the fifth consecutive week that…
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