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BoU Shuts Down Global Trust Bank After Shs.60Bn Losses
The Bank of Uganda has revoked the license of Global Trust Bank Uganda. The central bank has also concluded a purchase and assumption of Global Trust Bank with DFCU Bank…
Defence Lawyers Want Jackie Uwera Acquitted
Defence lawyers for Jackie Uwera Nsenga, the woman accused of knocking dead her husband, have asked court to acquit her saying it was an accident. Jackie is on trial for…
PM Murekezi Once Incompetent: Outgoing Habumuremyi Once Competent
Handover: Murekezi shaking hands with Habumuremyi, Binagwaho looks on. Anastase Murekezi has replaced Dr. Pierre Damien Habumuremyi as prime minister. This was announced this afternoon in a statement released by…
US Congressmen Urge Obama To Extend Stay Of 100 Commandos Hunting Kony
22 US congress representatives have signed a letter urging President Barrack Obama to further extend the stay of 100 US soldiers hunting down fighters of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).…
NGOs against MONUSCO drones for humanitarian work
Photo: Guy Oliver/IRIN MONUSCO's "loud mosquitoes" GOMA, 23 July 2014 (IRIN) - International NGOs have rebuffed a recent offer by the UN Stabilization Mission (MONUSCO) in the Democratic Republic of Congo…
Shooting in Kinshasa presidential guard barracks
Heavy gunfire is heard around the military barracks of presidential guards in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. DR Congo has a long history of instability Residents…
Delay in trial of DRC’s alleged coup plotters
Pretoria - The trial of 20 men accused of plotting to overthrow Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila was delayed in the North Gauteng High Court, The Star reported on Tuesday.…
DRC’s Kibali mine on track to deliver 550k oz of Gold in 2014
CEO of Randgold Resources, Mark Bristow, told that the recently opened Kibali gold mine in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is making steady progress towards the production targetof 550,000 ounces…
Why we fought Rwanda in Congo: M7
Here, Museveni talks about why the RPA attacked UPDF in DR Congo, and the agreements that were signed to quell the conflict. The speech is particularly insightful in light of…
Museveni seeks Machar meet over exit strategy
Amid growing signs that South Sudan President Salva Kiir’s regime is crumbling, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has intensified efforts to meet rebel leader and former vice president Riek Machar, in…