Africa

Ian, a son to Rwandan president Paul Kagame, has joined the Republican Guard, a unit whose role is guarding the head of state and members of the first family in the small East African country. 

Kenyan President Dr William Samoei Ruto has finally spoken out on reports that some National Assembly and Senate members subscribing to his United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and the Kenya Kwanza Coalition were planning to present a bill to amend the country's Constitution to remove presidential term limits so that the newly sworn in leader can reign over Kenya non-stop the way Uganda's President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni has ruled his countrymen and women for nearly four decades. 

Nigerian singer Ikuforiji Olaitan Abdulrahman aka Oxlade has revealed why he refused to perform during last night's flopped show headlined by Jamaican dancehall star Anthony Moses Davis, popularly known as Beenie Man. The show was held at the Lugogo Cricket Oval in Kampala. 

A court in Kenya has cleared the country's deputy president, Rigathi Gachagua, of corruption charges related to a Ksh 7.4bn fraud case that has he has been battling even before he and his boss President Dr William Samoei Ruto were elected to the two top-most offices in the land. 

Europe's Failure to Meet Its Climate Goals Should Not Be Africa's Problem | By President Museveni News from Europe that a vast windfarm is being...

DON'T SAY WE NEVER WARNED YOU: Bobi Wine Warns Kenyans as William Ruto MP Reveals Plan to Remove Term Limits: Ugandan opposition leader and 2021 presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has warned Kenyans, telling them not to be shocked if President Dr William Samoei Ruto's administration amends the country's Constitution to remove term limits to allow the 55-year-old newly sworn in head of state and government rule for more than the 10 years provided for in the country's supreme law.

Precision Air has confirmed the number of fatalities and survivors following the crash landing of one of their planes into Lake Victoria on Sunday, November 06, 2022, morning. A public listed Tanzanian airline which provides scheduled flight services to over 17 destinations, Precision Air announced the fatalities and survivors in its Public Notice Number Four which was issued on Sunday. 

A passenger plane carrying about 50 people has landed into Lake Victoria this Sunday morning, raising fears about the safety of those the aircraft plunged into the water mass. The plane which crash landed belonged to Precision Air. 

MAPUTO: The Africa,  Caribbean, Pacific —European Union (ACP-EU) Joint Parliamentary Assembly sitting in Maputo City, Mozambique has on Wednesday November 2nd voted to let Uganda proceed with developing the much sought-after East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP).