Britain prepares for state funeral and final farewell to queen

The 2,000 strong congregation will include world leaders, royalty, representatives from charity and those who made ‘extraordinary contributions’ in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Britain is preparing to bid a final farewell to Queen Elizabeth in a grand state funeral, after King Charles III said he had been “moved beyond measure” by the outpouring of…

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MPs ask Uganda Airlines to name 200 people who travelled for free

Lawmakers probing Uganda Airlines have instructed its management to produce the list of people who benefited from a total of 200 voided air tickets and travelled to Dubai, UAE, in November last year. National MPs ask Uganda Airlines to name 200 people who travelled for freeThursday, September 15, 2022 The Uganda Airlines Chief Executive Officer,…

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Tight Buddies – Putin meets Xi for first time since Ukraine war

The Russian president’s encounters with the Chinese leader cannot be considered a meeting of equals, analysts say. tions with the West continued to unravel over his war on Ukraine and as China’s military harassment of Taiwan seemed set to put Xi on a collision course with Taipei’s United States and European allies – sanctions being…

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Sudan floods kill 134 people, destroy 16 900 homes

Flooding across Sudan has killed at least 20 people over the past week, Sudanese officials announced Thursday, raising the official death toll from the floods since the rainy season began in May to 134. The office of Brig. Gen. Abdul-Jalil Abdul-Rahim, the leader of Sudan’s National Council for Civil Defense, said an additional 120 people…

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Thousands of teachers go months without pay

By Damali Mukhaye Thousands of teachers on government payroll are in distress after going two months without getting their salaries. A teacher in one of the Universal Primary Education (UPE) schools in Wakiso District, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Daily Monitor yesterday that hundreds of them last received salaries in June. The teacher,…

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IMF greenlights immediate disbursement of $31.9 million to Madagascar

By Jerry Omondi The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has greenlighted the immediate disbursement of 31.9 million U.S. dollars to Madagascar to cover the island nation’s external and fiscal financing needs. The approval comes after the lender confirmed it had completed the second review of the country’s economic program under the Extended Credit Facility This now…

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Scuffles break out in Senegal’s parliament

Scuffles erupted in Senegal’s Parliament on Monday as legislators met for the first time since July to elect a new president of the national assembly. The new parliamentary session heated up as parties failed to reach an agreement on electoral procedure. After hours of debates and arguments, tension boiled over and violence erupted with lawmakers…

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