Paris, France | AFP | When gunmen from Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb killed 18 people at a beach resort frequented by foreigners in Ivory Coast, the jihadist group was targeting its sworn enemy France, analysts said Monday. Grand-Bassam, the palm tree-fringed beach town where the gunmen wrought carnage Sunday, …

Vatican City, Holy See | AFP | The Vatican committee that approves elevations to sainthood will meet Tuesday to consider a recommendation that Mother Teresa of Calcutta becomes Saint Teresa, the Holy See announced on Monday. With the long-awaited decision seen as a formality, Pope Francis is expected to sign …

Kampala City traders, vendors face off again over sprawling street ‘markets’ If the hordes of vendors that have flooded the streets of Kampala once again are to have a wish, it will be that the election period gets even longer. In the wake of the Presidential elections over the last …

Your excellence, my name is Ekoot Richard, I became a member of the reform agenda in 2003 but I also happen to have aggressively campaigned for you in 2001 as a young man in high school. By the time I reached university, I was already part of your agenda and …

1. Your petitioner Amama Mbabazi is a person who was a candidate at the above mentioned Presidential Election and is an aggrieved candidate within the meaning of the Presidential Election Act. 2. And your petitioner states that the election was held on the 18th day of February 2016 when Abed …

I, Elton Joseph Mabirizi, independent presidential candidate and flag bearer of The Independent Coalition, TIC, congratulate the people of Uganda on turning up in large numbers to vote on February 18, 2016. I salute the 23 former presidential aspirants who put Uganda first, and backed my candidature. Through their individual …

The Electoral Commission finally uploaded results from all polling stations around Uganda for the Presidential Elections. On face value, everything seems okay until one begins to find out about Polling Stations with 100 Percent Voter Turn Out. Here’s where the Utopia sets in, Case in Point is the Nyabushozi Constituency. …