By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 1712 EAT on 24 March 2022. Allan Ssewanyana and Muhammad Ssegirinya Detained Makindye West MP Allan Ssewanyana is seeking an injunction halting the process for the election of speaker of parliament until he is allowed to contest for the same office. This Friday, MPs are expected to vote for…
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Cruise ship with thousands on board runs aground in Caribbean.
Officials hope Norwegian Escape, stranded off the north coast of the Dominican Republic, can be refloated at high tide. Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0959 EAT on Tuesday 15/03/2022. Officials in the Dominican Republic have confirmed that a large cruise ship had run aground off the Caribbean island nation’s north coast shortly after leaving…
Dozens of children killed, maimed in Yemen in two months.UNICEF.
More than 10,200 children have been killed or injured since the Saudi-led coalition intervened in 2015, the UN agency said. Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1205 EAT on Friday 12/03/2022. At least 47 children were “killed or maimed” in Yemen’s civil war in January and February following a surge in violence, the United Nations…
Fire at Bangladesh; Rohingya camp kills boy and leaves 2,000 homeless.
Sixth fire this year at the world’s biggest refugee camp kills a six-year-old boy and destroys 300 homes. Published by Faith Barbara at 1207 on Wednesday 9/03/2022. A blaze has swept through a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh, killing a six-year-old boy and leaving about 2,000 people homeless in the sixth fire this year to…
Sri Lanka’s most revered elephant dies at 68; National treasure.
Amid an outpouring of grief, Sri Lanka’s president orders that cadaver of Nadungamuwa Raja be preserved for posterity. Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1123 EAT on Tuesday 8/03/2022. Sri Lanka’s most sacred elephant has passed away at the age of 68, prompting an outpouring of grief and a presidential order for the huge cadaver…
Erdogan seeks to boost ties with Africa in four-day visit.
The Turkish president wants to boost business ties with African countries. Updated on Wednesday 22/02/2022 at 1158 EAT. Turkey’s president has promised to boost relations with African countries as he visited the Senegalese capital Dakar during a four-day tour of Central and West Africa. “We will continue to enhance our relations with African countries on…
A perfect storm of weather extremes and inequality.
Updated on Tuesday 22/02/2022 at 1159 EAT. The town saw a month’s worth of rain – 240 mm (9.4 in)- in just two hours. “The rain came down so hard,” Carine says. She was trapped at work, while her daughter was at home. “I had no idea that where I lived it was even worse.” …
After the big banking of data leak; Credit Suisse denies wrongdoing.
Updated on Monday 21/02/2022 at 1531 EAT. It includes personal, shared and corporate accounts, as well as those opened as far back as the 1940s. Nearly 50 media organisations have spent months poring over the data. In their investigations, they suggest they have found evidence Credit Suisse accounts had been used by clients involved in…
Hundreds evacuated from Olympia blaze off Corfu
Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated on Friday 18/02/2022 at 1558 EAT. Greek officials said everyone on board was successfully evacuated from the ferry Greek and Italian boats rushed to evacuate 290 people on board a ferry that burst into flames near Corfu in the Ionian Sea. The Euroferry Olympia had left Igoumenitsa in Greece…
As drought worsens; Millions in Horn of Africa have faced hunger.
WFP says three consecutive failed rainy seasons have decimated crops and forced families from their homes. Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated on Tuesday 8th February 2022 at 15020 EAT. An estimated 13 million people in the Horn of Africa are facing severe hunger, the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) has said. Drought conditions…
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