President Yoweri Museveni yesterday held bilateral discussions with his visiting Rwandan counterpart, President Paul Kagame at State House, Entebbe. According to the Presidential Press Unit, the Rwandan leader who is new African Union (AU) Chairman, was in the country on a one-day day working visit to brief President Museveni on the recent AU Summit in Kigali […]
The administration of Bilali Islamic Schools has dismissed Sheikh Noah Muzaata Batte who has been a teacher at the Bwaise based school for insulting and beating up a fellow teacher known as Ramathan Ssebalamu who thumped his child. According to Ramathan Ssebalamu, Muzaata found him in the school staff room and started boxing him accusing […]
The suspect being held after an attempted terror attack at New York City’s main bus terminal has said it was in retaliation for US attacks on so-called Islamic State, US media say. Akayed Ullah, a 27-year-old Bangladeshi immigrant, was injured when a “low-tech explosive device” went off at the Port Authority terminal in Manhattan. Police […]
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has refused to resign after meeting generals who have seized control of the country, as sources suggested the veteran leader was “buying time” to negotiate his exit. The talks in Harare on Thursday come after soldiers this week put Mugabe under house arrest, took over state TV and blockaded main roads in […]
Marijuana users are more likely to have creative personality traits, a new study suggests. However, this does not necessarily mean that marijuana makes people more creative. Researchers from Washington State University conducted a study on 412 cannabis users and 309 non-users. ALSO READ: Scientists who invented virginal ring now seeing results Only sober users were assessed, rather than […]
Robert Mugabe is being confined to his home, but is in good health, according to Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s president, who said he has spoken to his Zimbabwean counterpart. Zuma, in his capacity as chair of the Southern African Development Community, said he was sending special envoys to Zimbabwe to meet Mugabe and the Zimbabwean Defence Force, which […]
There is a heavy presence of military and no sign of police on roads leading to the central business district of Harare on Wednesday‚ after the Zimbabwe National Army announced taking over the country just after midnight. Students writing exams at the University of Zimbabwe were turned away and the campus cleared. “We were meant […]
AirlineRatings.com, the world’s only safety and product rating website has announced Air New Zealand as its Airline of the Year for 2018. Air New Zealand is being honored for the fifth consecutive year for its record-breaking performance, multi award winning in-flight innovations, operational safety, environmental leadership and motivation of its staff. These factors have stamped […]
President Yoweri Museveni and his visiting Sudanese counterpart Omar Hassan Al-Bashir have reiterated their commitment to strengthen and enhance trade and investment between their two countries, Uganda and Sudan. The two leaders reiterated this while addressing a Business Forum yesterday at State House, Entebbe where the two leaders held talks at the start of President […]