Benjamin Netanyahu to return as Israel Prime Minister after far right surge

Exit polls suggest veteran Likud politician will be able to form coalition with support of ‘Religious Zionism’, which plans major changes. By Orly Halpern – Updated at 0713 EAT on Wednesday 2 Nov 20222 Lydd (Lod), Israel – At the Lydd (Lod) branch of the Arab-Jewish Hadash party, six activists sat in a semicircle of plastic chairs…

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Kampala Hosts WeGo EXCOM Meeting 2022

By E K Benj updated at 0659 EAT on Wednesday 2nd November 2022 The Executive Committee (EXCOM) Meeting 2022 on Resilience in the Face of Adversity: Smart Cities as Engines for Social Economic Transformation on Tuesday was hosted online by Kampala Capital City – KCCA. Dorothy Kisaka, the Executive Director of KCCA said Kampala is…

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Nigeria ranks 103 out of 121 countries with serious hunger levels

Nigeria has been ranked in the 103rd spot out of 121 countries by the Global Hunger Index as having serious hunger levels. This is the second consecutive year that Nigeria has been ranked as having one of the worst hunger problems globally. Continued violence in the most populous African nation is affecting millions of farmers…

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Kagame says path to peace in eastern DRC lies in diplomatic processes

Rwanda President Paul Kagame said Monday that the means to a peaceful end of hostilities in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo lies in diplomatic processes which were launched in Kenya’s capital Nairobi and Luanda, the capital of Angola. Rwandan President Paul Kagame. /AP He made the remarks following Sunday’s phone talks with the…

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Elon Musk takes over Twitter in $44bn deal

Tesla CEO’s purchase caps a six-month saga over the future of the social media giant. Elon Musk has officially taken control of Twitter after finalising a $44bn deal to buy the social media network. In one of his first decisions at the helm of the social media giant, Musk, the world’s richest man, fired three…

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Inter-tribal conflict displaces 70,000 in Sudan’s Blue Nile state

Updated on Friday 28th October 2022 (WAD ALMAHI) – At least 70,000 people have been displaced from Sudan’s Blue Nile state as a result of inter-tribal conflict since mid-July, the International Organization for Migration Displacement Tracking Matrix (IOM-DTM) indicates. The displaced are currently sheltering in the neighbouring Sennar, White Nile state. Blue Nile state had…

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U.S. embassy warns of possible attack in Johannesburg

The U.S. embassy on Wednesday issued an alert warning of a possible attack on Saturday against “large gatherings” in northern Johannesburg, which the South African government. “The U.S. government has received information that terrorists may be planning to carry out an attack targeting large gatherings in the area around Sandton,” a wealthy suburb north of…

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Godfrey Kayongo Nkajja Weds Namakula Alaisha

By Viola Nabbale – Updated at 1700 EAT on Thursday 27th October 2022 KAMPALA- Presidential Advisor and Former Chairman St Balikudembe Market (Owino) has today Thursday wedded Alaisha Namakula at a colorful wedding ceremony at Hotel Africana in Kampala. The couple earlier exchanged their marriage vows at Victory Church in Ndeeba of Dr Joseph Sserwadda….

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