Washington, United States | AFP | Donald Trump during the presidential campaign tweeted with fierce abandon and at all hours. Would he feel restrained by last week’s presidential election victory to give his thumbs a rest? It seems not. The newly minted Republican president-elect let loose his latest Twitter barrage …

VIDEO:Uganda risks shortage of blood due to a dwindling response from school going children. Nakasero blood bank says the group contributes 80% of its storage and is wary third term holidays will hugely affect the figures hence a blood crisis.       Share on: WhatsApp

VIDEO: Rising encroachment of the country’s natural forests has alarmed conservationists who fear the Uganda could soon lose its prestigious Pearl of Africa title. NBS has learnt that Malabigambo Central Forest Reserve in Rakai district is on the verge of depletion – with all illegally harvested timber smuggled to neighboring Tanzania. …

VIDEO: Bugema University in Luweero is set to start offering PhDs to allow more Ugandans get higher education. This was revealed by the University Vice Chancellor Prof. Patrick Manu who was presiding over the graduation of over 1300 students including a 72 year old lady. The Vice Chancellor asked students who …

Sao Paulo, Brazil | AFP | Lewis Hamilton warned Nico Rosberg he was “hunting” a fourth world title after describing his stunning triumph in Sunday’s wet and chaotic Brazilian Grand Prix as one of the easiest of his 52 career victories. The 31-year-old Briton won in Brazil for the first …

VIDEO: FDC’s  Dr. Kiiza Besigye storms Ibanda town, paralyzing business as party supporter gathered in the area to fundraise for the construction of the party offices in the district. Besigye and his team first attended a requiem mass for Fr. Betungura Posiano at the dioceses headquarters in Nyamitanga Mbarara district where …

Washington, United States | AFP |  US law does not forbid Donald Trump from managing his corporate empire from the White House, according to one of his top advisors, who counseled nevertheless that the billionaire’s businesses be run by his adult children. Rudy Giuliani, a former mayor of New York …

VIDEO: Police have detained  Mathew Kanyamunyu at Jinja Road Police Station too help in investigations in an incident in which Akena Kenneth Watmon was shot and died soon after on Saturday  at Forest Mall in Kampala. Initial reports indicated that Akena was shot after he crashed into Kanyamunyu’s car. Kanyamunyu, who is …

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP |  Egypt avenged a humiliating World Cup defeat by Ghana three years ago with a 2-0 victory Sunday in a 2018 African Group E qualifier before an 85,000 crowd in Alexandria. Ghana triumphed 6-1 in the first leg of a 2014 World Cup play-off to …

Washington, United States | AFP | President-elect Donald Trump credited his provocative use of Twitter and other social media with helping him win the US elections, saying it gave him a way of “fighting back.” In an interview that airs in full on Sunday on CBS’s “60 Minutes,” Trump said …