Terror Attack on Uganda Flops

Police in Uganda said on Sunday they had detained a 28-year-old man entering a church in the capital Kampala with an explosive device he planned to use for an attack there. Authorities were hunting three other men also believed to have been sent on similar bombing missions elsewhere in Uganda, police said. The motives were…

Russia attacks Ukraine grain port ahead of Putin-Erdogan talks

Blasts reported near Ukraine’s Izmail port on the Danube River as Russian and Turkish leaders prepare to hold talks on Ukrainian grain exports. Russia has launched an air attack on one of Ukraine’s biggest grain exporting ports, hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, were due to hold talks. Ukraine’s…

President Museveni sends Greetings to Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un

Pyongyang- Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and supreme commander of the armed forces of the DPRK, received a message of greeting from Uganda President , Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Aug. 1. The Ugandan president in his…

Life slowly resumes in Gabon’s capital after coup

In the heart of Gabon’s capital Libreville, signs of Wednesday’s coup are still visible with the usually bustling city centre remaining surprisingly calm. However, a very different scenario is unfolding at the country’s largest market, Mont-Bouet. Here, residents have decided not to let political uncertainty get in the way of their determination to resume normal…

Kisaka , Buganda Land Board CEO Kaboggoza Discuss Smart City Agenda.

By KCCA The Executive Director of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Dorothy Kisaka and the CEO of Buganda Land Board (BLB), Simon Kaboggoza, met to discuss strategies for organized development as part of the city’s ambitious Smart City Agenda.The meeting that included representatives from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Ministry of Lands and the…

Billionaire Sunil Mittal’s Airtel plans Uganda’s biggest IPO

Airtel Uganda Ltd. plans to raise as much as 800 billion shillings ($216 million) in an initial public offering, making it the nation’s biggest share sale. The company priced its IPO at 100 shillings apiece valuing the nation’s second-biggest telecommunications carrier at 4 trillion shillings. The unit of billionaire Sunil Mittal’s Airtel Africa Plc is…