Tens of thousands march in several cities in support of the cricket icon-turned-politician as opposition prepares replacement. Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0829 EAT on Monday 11 April 2022. The removal of Imran Khan as prime minister has set Pakistan on an uncertain political path, with his supporters taking to the streets in protest as the…
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Owiny-Dollo the chief justice rushes to Bulange to seek Kabaka forgiveness.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0953 EAT on Friday 1 April 2022. The chief justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo has tendered another apology, this time in person to Buganda kingdom over his recent outburst at the vigil of the late speaker of parliament, Jacob Oulanyah. While addressing mourners at the residence of the deceased’s speaker in…
Is the Ukraine war weakening Putin’s position in Russia?
While increasingly isolated, analysts say the Russian leader is unlikely to be removed from power by a mass uprising or coup. Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1151 EAT on Friday 25 March 2022. Despite ongoing peace talks, an end to Russia’s war on Ukraine appears nowhere in sight. And as Ukrainian cities are attacked, a…
New report ‘astark indictment’ of rich nations’ climate failure.
Analysis shows wealthy countries – the most responsible for the climate crisis – need to be at zero oil and gas production by 2034. Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1714 EAT on Tuesday 22/03/2022. Rich countries must end their oil and gas production by 2034 to cap global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius and…
Covid-19; China reports first deaths since 2021.
Two deaths were recorded in the northeastern province of Jilin, the epicentre of an Omicron-fuelled wave of cases that has left millions facing stay-home orders. Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1122 EAT on Saturday 19/03/2022. China has announced its first confirmed COVID-19 deaths in more than a year, amid an Omicron-fulled surge of cases…
Dozens of children killed, maimed in Yemen in two months.UNICEF.
More than 10,200 children have been killed or injured since the Saudi-led coalition intervened in 2015, the UN agency said. Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1205 EAT on Friday 12/03/2022. At least 47 children were “killed or maimed” in Yemen’s civil war in January and February following a surge in violence, the United Nations…
ISIL suicide bomber of Pakistan mosque was Afghan exile: Police.
Police also said they killed three suspects allegedly involved in last week’s bombing in Peshawar that killed 64 people. Volunteers examine the site of last week’s explosion inside a Shia mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan [Muhammad Sajjad/AP] Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1058 EAT on Thursday 10/03/2022. An ISIL (ISIS) suicide bomber who killed 64…
There is Riots and snubs in Pacific Islands which is growing wariness of China.
Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1035 EAT on Thursday 10/03/2022. The president of Kiribati, prime ministers of Fiji, Tonga and Niue, and the foreign ministers of Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Federated States of Micronesia and Solomon Islands appeared in windows on a screen, their video summit meant to herald a new promise in China’s…
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