Myanmar generals banned from ASEAN until peace plan progress.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0804 EAT on Saturday 6th August 2022. Foreign ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have agreed to bar Myanmar’s ruling generals from the group’s meetings until they make progress on a 15-month old plan to address the crisis triggered by the military coup. Speaking at…

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Abu Akleh: Official suggests US not seeking independent probe.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0757 EAT on Friday 5th August 2022. Despite growing calls for an independent probe into the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akle, who was fatally shot by Israeli forces in May, a top US official has suggested that Washington does not back such an investigation. At a hearing…

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Flights canceled, rerouted over China’s drills near Taiwan.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0712 EAT on Friday 5th August 2022. Asian airlines have cancelled or rerouted numerous flights to avoid military exercises China is carrying out around Tiawan following Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the democratically-ruled island. The move comes after Beijing cautioned carriers to avoid six “danger zones” where the People’s Liberation Army is…

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Kisoro Tourist hotel manager found dead in toilet.

Updated at 1629 EAT on Thursday 4th August 2022. The manager of Kisoro Tourist hotel, John Musenga, has been found dead. Musenga’s body was discovered in one of the toilets of the hotel today Wednesday. The hotel belongs to king Caesar Mulenga of Mulenga kingdom who is also a Vietnam consular in Uganda. Musenga was…

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Three soldiers killed in renewed Nagorno-Karabakh fighting.

Updated at 1554 EAT on Thursday 4th August 2022. “But Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who also sincerely seems to want to sign the peace treaty, is being blocked by his own domestic political opponents, who periodically have staged big street protests and claim that he essentially committed treason by agreeing to a ceasefire in…

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Kawempe residents accuse police officers of carrying guns to bars.

Updated at 15044 EAT on Thursday 4th August 2022. Officers at Kikaaya police post in Kawempe Division are on the spot for allegedly carrying firearms to bars and other entertainment spots where they threaten residents.   The matter came up during a security meeting convened by the Kira-Road Division police commander Geoffrey Ssebuyungo in Kikulu Zone on…

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