Police have preferred cyber harassment and offensive communication charges against outspoken feminist, academic and Uganda government critic Dr Stella Nyanzi. Details of the case are being revealed right now at Buganda Road Court. She has been detained at Kira Police Station since Friday. (see related Uganda laws below) Earlier, opposition politician …

JOB TITLE: Business Planning and Performance specialist REPORTS TO: Chief Financial Officer DEADLINE: 17:00 hours (5:00pm EAT) not later than 24th April 2017 JOB PURPOSE: This role will be responsible for supporting strategic and tactical planning, risk management, business integration (UNOC, UNOC Subsidiaries and non-operated assets), management reporting, and also act as a critical interface …

JOB TITLE: Commercial Manager UNOC REPORTS TO: Chief Commercial Officer DEADLINE: 17:00 hours (5:00pm EAT) not later than 24th April 2017 JOB PURPOSE: To lead the design, planning and implementation of the strategic and commercial objectives of UNOC UNOC The Uganda National Oil Company Limited (UNOC) was established under Section 42 of the Petroleum (Exploration, …

JOB TITLE: Senior Financial accountant REPORTS TO: CHIEF FINANCE OFFICER DEADLINE: 17:00 hours (5:00pm EAT) not later than 24th April 2017 JOB PURPOSE: To maintain an effective business control framework, generate management, group & statutoryaccounts and supervise Finance control activities. UNOC The Uganda National Oil Company Limited (UNOC) was established under Section 42 of the Petroleum …

  JOB TITLE: Chief Human Resource Officer, UNOC (see below) REPORTS TO: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER DEADLINE: 17:00 hours (5:00pm EAT) not later than 24th April 2017 JOB PURPOSE: Responsible for the overall strategic planning and initiatives of human resources, change management, policy formulation and organizational design for UNOC and its subsidiaries. The Uganda National Oil …

Ambassador Solomon Rutega has described Uganda’s tourism as a “smiling beauty in the dark” whose potential will stun the world once the spotlight is put on it. “Uganda’s tourism beauty has been compared to a smiling beauty in darkness,” he told over 100 major tour and travel operators, airlines and media …

Paris, France | AFP | Paul Lonyangata won the 41st Paris marathon on Sunday with his wife Purity Rionoripo tying up the women’s race to make it a memorable day out for the Kenyan couple in the French capital. Lonyangata recorded his biggest career win in a time of two …

Outspoken feminist, academic and Uganda government critic Dr Stella Nyanzi is expected to be brought before court today to face various charges. Police spokesman Emilian Kayima confirmed Nyanzi was taken into custody by them on Friday and would appear in court Monday in Kampala on charges of cyber harassment and …

Mogadishu, Somalia | AFP | Somalia’s new army chief escaped a car bombing Sunday that killed at least 10 people in a bloody response by Shabaab militants to the president’s declaration of war on the group. A suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into Ahmed Mohamed Jimale’s convoy …

State of emergency in Egypt after IS church bombings kill 44 Cairo, Egypt | AFP | Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced a three-month state of emergency following twin church bombings by the Islamic State group that killed dozens on Palm Sunday, the deadliest attacks on the minority in recent …