Kanye West’s Twitter account locked for anti-Semitic tweet

By Jamiel Lynch and David Williams Twitter locked rapper Kanye West’s Twitter account over an anti-Semitic tweet posted on the account on Saturday. In the since-removed tweet, West said he was “going death con 3 [sic] On JEWISH PEOPLE,” and also that, “You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda,”…

Read More

Kabaka Mutebi Calls for doubling efforts towards environmental conservation.

Kabaka Ronald Muwenda II has called upon all people to double efforts towards environmental conservation. Speaking at an event held at the Kabaka’s Palace in Mengo in commemoration of Buganda’s Independence, the Kabaka expressed gratitude to the youth who have picked interest in issues concerning environment conservation saying it’s a clear sign that the Kingdom’s…

Read More

Ruto wants Museveni to Lead the way to EAC integration

The recently elected president of Kenya William Ruto has called for policies that facilitate the free movement of people and goods and services across the borders of East African Community countries, arguing that it’s the only way the region will be able to fight poverty among its 300 million people. According to Dr Ruto who…

Read More

Historic net-zero international flight goal agreed at UN conference

State members of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) adopted a long-term goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, following two weeks of intensive diplomacy at the UN agency’s 41st Assembly, on Friday. The goal for decarbonized air transport, which follows similar commitments from industry groups, will “contribute to the green innovation and implementation momentum,…

Read More

Morocco triples migrants’ jail terms over border storming

A Moroccan appeals court more than tripled to three years prison sentences against 18 African migrants over the deadly storming of a Spanish enclave in June, a lawyer said. The migrants had been arrested after some 2,000 people, mostly from Sudan, tried to breach the frontier with the enclave of Melilla on June 24 in…

Read More

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…

Read More

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…

Read More

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…

Read More