VIDEO: Lands Minister Betty Amongi has warned that the increasing land wrangles in the oil rich Hoima district might scare away potential investors in the Albertine region. Her warning follows the increasing cases of land disputes where powerful individuals are allegedly illegally evicting locals without any compensation. The minister is pointing …

VIDEO: President Yoweri Museveni has inaugurated a factory for the mass-production of new explosives in Nakasongola. The factory, Kyoga Dynamics becomes the first commercial explosive venture in Uganda. Museveni promised to invest and offer all the necessary support to the explosives industry.   Share on: WhatsApp

Aleppo, Syria | AFP | Syrian government forces and allied fighters advanced quickly inside rebel-held Aleppo on Monday, pressing an offensive in defiance of international concern for the fate of the city and its civilians. The recapture of the rebel-held east, which fell from government control in 2012, would be …

Paris, France | AFP | Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy crashed out of the presidential election on Sunday, suffering a humiliating defeat in the first round of the rightwing primary. Sarkozy was beaten into third place after a stunning upset by Francois Fillon, who served as his prime minister, with …

President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on Africans to demand equal treatment when engaging with other countries on what he described as illegitimate and the unfair international order. Kenyatta regretted that while African countries accepted the sovereign decisions of other countries, their rights to exercise sovereignty and democratically set aside international …

Berlin, Germany | AFP | A Protestant pastor’s daughter who grew up behind the Iron Curtain, Angela Merkel rose to become the “chancellor of Europe” who has outlasted a generation of world leaders. Unlike her one-time partners on the global stage, George W. Bush, Tony Blair, Jacques Chirac and Silvio …

Vatican City, Holy See | AFP |  Pope Francis prays every day for a sense of humour to help him as head of the Catholic Church, but beware of laughing at his jokes — he can’t abide flatterers. “A sense of humour is a gift I ask for everyday. Because …

  Berlin, Germany | AFP | German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday she would seek a fourth term in elections next year to defend democratic principles in the face of looming threats at home and abroad. Predicting her toughest campaign to date, Merkel said the forces of populism as well …

Khartoum, Sudan | AFP |  A dozen biplanes taking part in a vintage air rally bound for Cape Town arrived in Sudan’s capital on Sunday, with one participant walking away from a bad landing. The aircraft dating from the 1920s and 1930s took off on November 12 from the Greek …

Cairo, Egypt | AFP |  Egypt will try 292 jihadist suspects over plots to assassinate President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and the Saudi crown prince and attacks in the Sinai Peninsula, a prosecution official said Sunday. The suspects, including 151 currently in custody, were referred to a military court for alleged …