VIDEO: Amongi says proposed ammendment of land law is in good faith Kampala, Uganda | NBS TV | Uganda Lands Minister Betty Amongi has defended the proposed amendment to the constitution on land, saying it is meant to speed up government projects. Amongi says many government programmes have been stalled or …
Read More »VIDEO: Museveni lashes at clergy
VIDEO: Museveni Lashes At Clergy Kampala, Uganda | NBS TV | Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has taken a swipe at religious leaders for what he described as neglecting the core issues affecting people like climate emanating from human activities and concentrate on politics. The President made the attack on the …
Read More »After six chaotic months, can Trump save his presidency?
Washington, United States | AFP | Donald Trump’s first six months in the White House have been a riot of scandal, chaos and outrage that — absent a major course correction — could spell doom for his entire administration. All US presidents face crises that seem to sweep the White …
Read More »Trump blames Democrats for failure of bill to replace Obamacare
Washington, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump blamed Democrats and a few holdouts in his own party Tuesday for the collapse of the latest Republican effort to repeal and replace Obamacare — one of Trump’s key campaign pledges. A Republican drive in the Senate to come up with a …
Read More »Trump fumes as US health care reform bid collapses
Washington, United States | AFP | An angry President Donald Trump railed Tuesday against dissenters in his party who dashed his months-long effort to dismantle his predecessor’s landmark health care law, insisting it was finally time to “let Obamacare fail.” With four Republicans now lined up against Senate Majority Leader …
Read More »Investigation begins into Senegal football stadium disaster
Shocking footage of Senegal stadium wall collapse that left eight dead Dakar, Senegal | AFP | Senegalese prosecutors on Monday announced the opening of a judicial enquiry into a stadium tragedy, as a local team whose fans were accused of triggering a deadly stampede were suspended from the country’s football federation. …
Read More »Anti-Obamacare US health care reform collapses, 2 more Republicans say no
Washington, United States | AFP | Two more US Republican senators announced their opposition Monday to their party’s efforts to revamp Obamacare, derailing the controversial legislation in its current form and potentially dealing a monumental setback to President Donald Trump. Republican leaders are desperate for a major legislative victory this …
Read More »Turkey extends post-coup state of emergency
Istanbul, Turkey | AFP | Turkey’s parliament voted on Monday to renew a state of emergency in effect since last year’s failed coup attempt sparked the biggest crackdown in the country’s modern history. The state-run Anadolu news agency said lawmakers agreed to a three-month extension of the current emergency law, which …
Read More »VIDEO: Besigye should not criticise Age Limit debate, says Otafiire
VIDEO: Besigye should not criticise Age Limit debate, says Otafiire Kampala, Uganda | NBS TV UGANDA| The Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Gen Kahinda Otafiire has accused opposition politician Dr. Kiiza Besigye of spearheading the initial constitutional amendments which paved way for the lifting of the presidential term limits. Otafirie now wonders …
Read More »Republican health care reform in peril as McCain recovers
Washington, United States | AFP | The future of the Republican effort to squash Obamacare hung in the balance Monday with Senator John McCain, whose vote is needed to pass the legislation, recovering from surgery away from Washington. There are no votes to spare in the contentious effort to …
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