After days of speculation, Iran has finally announced that its military “unintentionally” shot down a Ukrainian jetliner, killing all 176 on board. The statement on Saturday morning blames “human error” for the incident, adding that the military mistook Flight 752 for a “hostile target”. Press TV also quoted Iran’s General Staff of the Armed Forces as […]
A Ukrainian Boeing-737 carrying 176 people has crashed in Iran and officials say there is no chance of finding survivors. Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 to Kyiv has today 8th January 2020 crashed after taking off from Imam Khomeini airport in Tehran at 06:12 local time (02:42 GMT) according to BBC sources. The majority of […]
The president of the United States, Donald Trump has directed Uganda to find the people who kidnapped the American tourist and his guide on Tuesday last week in Queen Elizabeth National park. Kimberly Sue Endicott and the guide, Jean Paul Mirenge were rescued on Sunday rescued according to Bashil Hangi, the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) spokesperson but […]
Dokolo Woman MP, Cecilia Ogwal this week flagged off the national team ahead of the world schools debate championships in Indonesia Ninety countries including Uganda will participate in the competition that is slated for July 31st to 11th of August in Bali. Ogwal met the team on behalf of the Speaker Rebecca Kadaga that is […]
The National Democratic Convention that was held on 26th July 2016 will go down in the history of the United states of America as one of the days that a First lady of America moved a nation with her speech. Michelle Obama the First Lady of the United States of America delivered an emotional speech […]
Power distribution company Umeme has raised $100 million from its Initial Public Offering failing to meet the set target of $178 million. The Chairman of the company Patrick Bitature says they have sold shares worth 69 million dollars approximately However, he says the company will have to refund money to people who did not get […]
The US ambassador to Uganda has added voice to those calling for more stringent measures in handling corruption. This comes at a time when more donors are suspending aid over the abuse of funds in the office of the prime minister. Scot De-Lissi says the aid is intended to reach the targeted people to make […]
Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) is pleased to announce that it has closed the refinance of US$3.5 billion of Reserves Based Lend (“RBL”) credit facilities. The arrangements are fully committed, secured and revolving credit facilities and replace the previous facility which was due to expire in 2015. The US$3.5 billion of credit facilities are split between […]
It is said that in America when one makes fun of blacks and that person is not black (an African), s/he is considered as a racist and is punished. When one offends a gay person(s), that person is charged with a hate crime and is either fined or imprisoned or do both. When s/he makes […]
Thousands of Muslims in Uganda are planning to match on US embassy in Kampala next week to protest against a US film that is said to insult Prophet Mohammad. But the security in president Museveni’s government vow to stop them from reaching the US embassy. The anti United States of America protests have erupted in […]