VIDEO: The Special Forces Command, a force that guards the President has asked the Civil Aviation Authority not to drag them into their quarrel with Mike Mukula. SFC spokesperson Major Chris Magezi told NBS that the President did not at any one time fly the helicopter in question, but was only …

CECAFA women’s tournament semifinal Tanzania 4 Uganda 1 Kenya 3  Ethiopia 2 Two early goals by Omari Mwanahamisi and Daniel Donisia gave Tanzania a flying start as they humbled Uganda’s Crested Cranes in the second semifinal of the inaugural CECAFA women’s tournament on Sunday. Tanzania’s Kilimanjaro Queens marched on to a 4-1 win …

VIDEO: Museveni’s first 100 days – Opposition leaders have beckoned on government to listen more to the population if problems affecting Uganda are to be fixed. The call was made during the NGO forum organized public dialogue which attracted political actors from both government and the opposition. Share on: WhatsApp

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Kenya’s fight to hold on to potentially lucrative Indian Ocean oil and gas reserves, threatened by a maritime border spat with Somalia, goes before the UN’s top court in The Hague on Monday. The hearings, due to last through the week, are the first stage …

Watford, United Kingdom | AFP |  Jose Mourinho admits Manchester United’s lack of confidence has contributed to their dismal three-match losing streak. Mourinho’s side slumped to an embarrassing 3-1 defeat at Watford on Sunday to cap a miserable week that also included losses against Manchester City and Feyenoord. After winning …

VIDEO: War veteran and NRM Stalwart Major Rubaramira Ruranga  scoffs at FDC’s retired colonel Dr. Kiiza Besigye’s defiance strategy, saying that it will never secure him the presidency. Speaking to People and Power’s Mable Twegumye Zake, the former FDC member who defected to NRM in 2013 says that ruling party has …

VIDEO: Tooro King King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru has celebrated 21 years on the throne at his palace in Fort Portal town, rallying his subjects to fight the escalating scourge of HIV/AIDS. King Oyo says that the fight should not be left to the mothers alone, asking the men and …

Mogadishu, Somalia | AFP | A senior Somali military commander and four of his security guards were killed when a suicide bomber rammed a car loaded with explosives into a military vehicle, officials and witnesses said. “There was a heavy blast caused by a car loaded with explosives alongside the …

United Nations, United States | AFP |  A young Iraqi woman who survived rape and abuse as a sex slave of Islamic State fighters has became a UN goodwill ambassador for the dignity of survivors of human trafficking. Nadia Murad Basee Taha, a 23-year-old Yazidi woman, called for justice for the …

San Francisco, United States | AFP |  More than two million people tuned into Twitter’s first broadcast of a US football game, as the messaging platform strives to ramp up use with live video streaming of events. Overall, Twitter’s stream of The New York Jets facing The Buffalo Bills on …