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Brother pins Uwera over husband’s death
Uwera in the dock By Michael Odeng Juvenile Nsenga Kananura’s last words were “my wife has killed me in my own home," his brother, Moses Kananura, has told court. According…
I didn’t kill my husband, says Ms Nsenga
Ms Jacqueline Uwera Nsenga (C) and other suspects return to Luzira prison after appearing before the High Court yesterday. The hearing of her case starts today. PHOTO BY ABUBAKER LUBOWA…
Snakes, Bees Expel Boko Haram From Forest
Even nature is against Boko Haram, the extremist group that in April kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria. Islamists fighting for Boko Haram are leaving their forest hiding places after a number…
Govt Clarifies State House Employees’ Salary
On Tuesday 8 July, a document purportedly showing the salary structure of State House employees’ salary made rounds on social that culminated into the #PayMe96Mn with Ugandans expressing pouring out their…
M7 On Rwenzori Attacks: Schemes of Confused, Selfish Bunch of People
Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has spoken out for the first since unknown assailants attacked the western districts of Bundibugyo, Kasese and Ntoroko over the weekend leaving 90 people dead. In…
Death toll in Rwenzori clashes now at 90
UPDF soldiers try to help RDC Pius Mujuzi after he was shot in the leg by a police officer on his way to office in Bundibugyo District yesterday. The army…
Rwenzori Region Clashes: 72 Dead, Attackers Buried In Mass Grave
The bodies of 53 Bundibugyo attackers gunned down by the army and police have been buried in a mass grave. They were buried on Sunday evening at Kanyamwima village on a…
How M23 and Congolese army commanders benefited from $57m illegal trade in Kivu
For the 22 years Brigadier-General Sultani Makenga fought in Congo and Rwanda, he spent most of this time in North and South Kivu, obtaining connections within and outside the region…
DR Congo: Returned ICC witnesses must not face death penalty or torture
The three men unsuccessfully applied for asylum in the Netherlands after being called as witnesses to the ICC trial of Germain Katanga. © MICHAEL KOOREN/AFP/GettyImages “ The ICC has a…
Jill Biden meets with survivors of sexual violence in eastern Congo
Dr Jill Biden met with women parliamentarians in Kinshasa. Photograph: Junior D Kannah /AFP /GettyWife of US vice-president makes DRC stop on three-country tour of Africa, to highlight issues facing…