Haiti faces a ‘cholera time bomb’, UN official warns

Haitian authorities confirm one death, 54 suspected cases as response to cholera outbreak in Port-au-Prince ramps up By Jillian Kestler-D’Amours Surging violence and insecurity have turned Haiti into a “time bomb for cholera”, the UNICEF representative in the country told media, as aid groups and local authorities ramp up their response to an outbreak in…

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AFREXIM Bank to Build Regional offices in Kampala

The Government of Uganda has offered a piece of land to African-Export-Import Bank (AFREXIM Bank) for the construction of regional headquarters in Kampala. Finance Minister Hon. Matia Kasaija handed over the land along Yusuf Lule Rd (Formerly NSSF land) to the President and Chairman of Board of Directors of AFREXIM Bank , Dr Benedict Okey…

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Uganda minister slams European Union criticism of mega oil project

Uganda’s energy minister on Tuesday slammed the European Parliament for seeking to delay a massive and controversial East African oil project over human rights violations and environmental concerns. The project, which includes drilling in Murchison Falls, Uganda’s largest national park, has run into strong opposition from activists and environmental groups that say it threatens the…

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Museveni issues apology to Kenya for son’s controversial tweets

By Jerry Omondi Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday issued an apology to Kenya, following a series of controversial tweets from his son and army general, Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s, which drew a lot of attention. Gen Muhoozi made a series of bizarre social media posts between Monday and Tuesday in relation to a military operation in…

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Iran schoolgirls remove hijabs in protests against government

By David Gritten Schoolgirls in Iran have been waving their headscarves in the air and chanting against clerical authorities, in an unprecedented show of support for the protests engulfing the country. Videos verified by the B showed demonstrations inside schoolyards and on the streets of several cities. They echoed the wider unrest sparked by the…

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M7 drops military commander after controversial social media post

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday sacked Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Commander of Land Forces, after the latter posted tweets saying that his army “would only need two weeks to capture the Kenyan capital Nairobi.” The Ugandan military in a statement issued here said Museveni replaced Kainerugaba, who is also his son, with Kayanja Muhanga who has…

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1 million people displaced in northern Mozambique

By Jerry Omondi Nearly one million people have been forced to flee their homes in conflict-hit northern Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province since extreme violence erupted there five years ago, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday. UNHCR said its latest figures showed 946,508 people were displaced by the first half of this year, pointing…

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Pastor Kayanja has Africa at Heart

By E K Benja In our special series , “Senior Citizen” today we bring you Robert Kayanja the founder and senior pastor of the Miracle Centre Cathedral, a megachurch in Kampala. He is also the founder and CEO of a Christian television channel, Channel 44 Television (Miracle Ltd). Robert Kayanja was born inMasooli, Gayaza ,…

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