N’Djamena, Chad | AFP | Chad’s President Idriss Deby took the oath of office Monday for a fifth term in power, facing dogged resistance from an opposition that alleges his re-election was a “political hold-up”. With tensions high a day after the death of a protester during an opposition march, …
Read More »Sri Lanka seeks spiritual help to reduce accidents
Colombo, Sri Lanka | AFP | Sri Lanka’s police sought spiritual help from Buddhist clergy Monday to bless an accident-prone highway in a country that has some of the world’s most dangerous roads. Police at Mawathagama, about 100 kilometres (60 miles) north-east of Colombo, directed three saffron-robed monks to bless …
Read More »Chad’s Deby, key player in fight against jihadists
N’Djamena, Chad | AFP | Chad’s President Idriss Deby, who began his fifth term in office Monday, is a warrior leader who seized power in a military coup in 1990 and is today set on crushing African jihadists. After 26 years as ruler of the vast African country, Deby took …
Read More »JOBS: Investigator – Internal Oversight Services Entebbe
Job Opening Posting Title: Investigator Job Code Title: INVESTIGATOR Department/Office: OFFICE OF INTERNAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES Duty Station: ENTEBBE Posting Period: 04 August 2016 – 02 October 2016 Job Opening Number: 63860 Staffing Exercise N/A APPLY HERE Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »JOBS: Human Rights Officer
Posting Title: Human Rights Officer Job Code Title: HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICER Department/Office: OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS Duty Station: TUNIS Posting Period: 01 August 2016 – 29 September 2016 Job Opening Number: 64331 Staffing Exercise SE4(POLNET 2016 Semi-Annual 2) APPLY HERE Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »BOXING: Briton too good for Uganda’s Katende
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP and Agencies | A light heavyweight prospect who chose Britain over Ghana to pursue his Olympic dreams clocked the first knock-out of the Rio Games boxing after pulverising his outclassed opponent on Sunday. Joshua Buatsi, 23, who was born in the Ghanaian capital Accra, …
Read More »Kayihura in trouble over brutality
Will Museveni back or sack police chief? On July 12, dozens of police officers assisted by militia goons pounced on jubilating supporters of de facto opposition leader Kizza Besigye in downtown Kampala city and clobbered them with sticks and metallic cables, and even run over one man with a police …
Read More »VIDEO: Museveni urges Ugandan athletes to show national pride in Brazil
THE Pride of Uganda is in the hands of 21 athletes who represent the country in the summer Olympics that officially opened in Rio on Friday . Those were the sentiments of President Yoweri Museveni s as he flagged off the 2nd batch of athletes to Brazil. The President urged …
Read More »Museveni tours Chad oil facilities
President Yoweri Museveni started his two-day visit to Chad by touring their oil facilities on Sunday. In N’Djamena for the swearing-in ceremony of President Idriss Deby to his fifth term in office, Museveni jumped on a helicopter to inspect the country’s oil refinery. Over 15 heads of state are expected to …
Read More »VIDEO: When Besigye brought Mbarara to a standstill
NBS: Presidential runner up Col Kizza Besigye has dismissed the call for dialogue with President Museveni saying, he can only meet the incumbent if they are discussing the end to life presidency project. Besigye who paralyzed Mbarara town for hours, told mammoth supporters who thronged his rally that what Ugandans should …
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