Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2105 EAT on Thursday 7th July 2022. Applications for jobless aid for the week ending July 2 rose to 235,000, up 4,000 from the previous week, US data shows. More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week and while layoffs remain low, it was the fifth consecutive week that…
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US opens criminal probe after 51 people die in Texas truck.
Joe Biden condemns ‘horrifying and heartbreaking’ deaths as driver of truck and two Mexican men tied to the smuggling incident are taken into custody. Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0953 EAT on Wednesday 29th June 2022. Authorities in the United States have opened a criminal investigation into deaths of at least 51 people who…
Leader of Mexican megachurch sentenced in US for chiled sex abuse.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1348 EAT on Thursday 9th June 2022. Naason Joaquin Garcia, head of a church with five million followers, has been sentenced to nearly 17 years in prison. The head of a Mexico-based mega church has been sentenced to nearly 17 years in prison in the United States for sexually abusing three…
Why is the US extraditing the former president of Honduras?
Juan Orlando Hernandez is accused in a drug and weapons trafficking scandal that may lead to his extradition to the US. Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1340 EAT on Monday 4th 2022. Less than three weeks after he finished his presidency, Juan Orlando Hernandez was arrested. United States prosecutors accused the former Honduran president…
Judge approves extradition of former Honduras president to US
Juan Orlando Hernandez, who faces drug trafficking and firearms charges, has three days to appeal the decision. Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1040 EAT on Thursday 17/03/2022. A Honduran judge has authorised the extradition of former President Juan Orlando Hernandez to the United States on drug-trafficking and firearms charges. The decision was announced on…
US troops holds military training in Ivory Coast amidst tension.
Published On Monday 21/02/2022 at 1713 EAT. The annual United States-led counterterrorism training programme for African forces has kicked off in Ivory Coast as West Africa faces the growing threat of armed groups’ attacks amid French forces’ withdrawal. Also known as Flintlock, the programme which comprises more than 400 service members from 10 African partners…
Russia tensions: Joe Biden says US citizens should leave Ukraine now
US President Joe Biden has called on all American citizens remaining in Ukraine to leave the country immediately due to increased threats of Russian military action. Mr Biden said he would not send troops to rescue Americans if Moscow invades Ukraine. He warned that “things could go crazy quickly” in the region. Russia has repeatedly…
How the Coronavirus will Change the World.
By Prof. Waswa Balunywa War II changed the world completely giving leadership to United States as the world’s leading economic power. The Soviet Union emerged to rival the US militarily until it’s collapse in the 1990’s. The United States remained as the only super power. Close to the heels of the US was Japan. By…
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