Court erroneously summons lawyer Galisonga in Kakwenza case.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0753 EAT on Monday 11 April 2022. Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s court has clarified that city lawyer Julius Galisonga was erroneously summoned to take plea in an offensive communication case against exiled satirical novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija.   According to the correspondences seen by URN, court erroneously summoned Galisonga to…

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Army kills 11 in Karamoja as Museveni vows to end insecurity.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0741 EAT on Monday 11 April 2022.  At least 11 suspected Karimojong cattle rustlers were last week shot dead by the joint security force of the army and police during disarmament operations in Karamoja sub-region according to Micheal Longole, the Karamoja regional police spokesperson. Longole noted that security also recovered 9…

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Pakistani Court Jails Islamist Hafiz Saeed For An Extra 31 Years

Published at 0028 EAT on 10th April 2022. Founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group blamed by US and India for the 2008 Mumbai attacks, sentenced in two cases of terror financing. LAHORE, A Pakistani court has jailed Islamist leader Hafiz Saeed, founder of the militant group blamed by the United States and India for a deadly…

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Thousands evacuated in Sydney as torrential rain hits east coast.

About 1226.8mm of rain has fallen on Sydney already this year, beating its annual average. Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1059 EAT on Thursday 7 April 2022. Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate because of floods in and around Sydney, Australia’s biggest city, after more than a month’s worth of rain fell…

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Sudanese take to the streets in anti-coup protests.

A protester was reportedly killed as security forces fired live ammunition and tear gas in Khartoum. Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1032 EAT on Thursday 7 2022. Thousands of Sudanese marched in the capital, Khartoum, and other cities against the military coup last October that plunged the African country into political turmoil and aggravated…

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SFC soldier shoots self dead after killing girlfriend in Kiruhura.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1009 EAT on Thursday 7 2022. Dickens Nuwamanya, a soldier from the elite Special Forces Command (SFC) allegedly took his own life after shooting dead his girlfriend Patience Kamarembo. Nuwamanya, 27, worked with the Special Forces Command 5th Brigade in Ruhegyere, Kiruhura district in western Uganda.The shooting took place…

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