Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The U.S. House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to reject former President Donald Trump’s bid to block the release of his White House’s records requested in the ongoing probe. Lawyers for the select committee in a brief …
Read More »Sweden have a suspect in PM murder, but close probe
Stockholm, Sweden | AFP | Swedish prosecutors on Wednesday named their main suspect in the 1986 killing of prime minister Olof Palme, closing the murder case that has gripped the Scandanavian country for more than three decades. The suspect was named as Stig Engstrom, a former advertising consultant known …
Read More »Probe uncovers fraud, theft of equipment at Arua Hospital
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An internal investigation at Arua regional referral Hospital as unearthed massive rot in the management of the facility. The investigation team found that the procurement processes at the Hospital are shrouded in fraud and that key equipment has gone missing from the facility under …
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Why former BoU supervision director defied parliamentary probe Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | A sitting of the Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) which is probing Bank of Uganda’s dissolution of seven commercial over 23 years turned dramatic on Nov.20 when central bank officials contradicted …
Read More »Parliament starts probe into exorbitant fees in Gov’t schools
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Education and Sports committee of Parliament has started hearing a petition challenging the exorbitant fees charged in government schools. In February 2017, the Initiative for Social and Economic Rights (ISER), a Civil Society Organisation – CSO petitioned Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga protesting …
Read More »ICC prosecutor in DR Congo to probe alleged crimes against humanity
Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP | The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor arrived in Kinshasa on Tuesday, the ICC said, following requests to investigate deadly violence in DR Congo. Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda is due to meet with government officials and judicial institutions and hold a press conference on Thursday, the …
Read More »Police investigate as sexual assault video shocks Morocco
Rabat, Morocco | AFP | Moroccan police on Tuesday announced an investigation into a video showing a teenage girl being pinned down, stripped and assaulted in broad daylight after it stirred a wave of anger. In the footage circulated online an assailant kneels on top of the teen touching and …
Read More »Sarkozy released after two days of grilling in ‘Gaddafi millions’ probe
Paris, France | AFP | Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was released from custody Wednesday evening after two days of questioning over allegations that the late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi helped finance his 2007 election campaign. “Nicolas Sarkozy is no longer in custody,” a source close to the case told AFP. …
Read More »Nigeria launches probe after plane overshoots runway
Lagos, Nigeria | AFP | Nigeria’s aviation authorities said Wednesday they had launched an investigation into how a passenger plane overshot the runway while landing in the southern city of Port Harcourt. The incident involving a Dana Air Boeing MD-83 jet happened at about 7:30 pm (1830 GMT) on Tuesday. …
Read More »Bakabulindi grilled by the Land Probe Commission
Kampala,Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | State Minister for Sports Charles Bakabulindi has appeared before the Land Probe Commission to explain his involvement in the sale of Kololo SSS play field along Lugogo by pass in Kampala, to City Tycoon Sudhir Ruparellia. Recently Board Members of Kololo SSS appeared before the land …
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