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Mission accomplished: UPDF’s journey home
UPDF soldiers carry belongings as they prepare to board trucks back to Uganda after nearly two years at the war front in South Sudan. PHOTOS BY RISDEL KASASIRA IN SUMMARY…
The GLHRL condemns policies that will make Rwandans landless
In the so called good governance RPF policy of getting leaders to the grassroots known as umudugudu to listen to the concerns of the local population, all RPF leaders have…
I will hand over power if I lose 2016 elections
NRM Flag bearer and incumbent president, Yoweri Museveni has said he has no intention to hold onto power in the event that he loses the 2016 general elections, adding that…
US condemns Rwanda over Kagame’s third term
Rwandan President Paul Kagame. AFP PHOTO The United States on Tuesday condemned a vote by Rwandan lawmakers to approve a change to their constitution to allow President Paul Kagame to…
SA fires 47 UN peacekeepers
Johannesburg - The South African military said on Wednesday it had dismissed 47 peacekeepers serving in the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo for violating curfew. South African…
Comment: What talks in Burundi should look like
Political violence has plagued parts of Burundi for much of this year Warnings of a looming genocide in Burundi dangerously misrepresent the nature of the crisis in my country, but the…
Burundi: Obama Gets Involved
President Barack Obama called on leaders and citizens in Burundi to end violence that has killed at least 240 people, in a video statement on Saturday. USA Obama with Burundi's…
Burundi on a knife-edge
Nairobi - A prominent opposition politician in Burundi called on United Nations on Friday to send a peacekeeping force quickly to help deal with a surge in violence, after the…
M7 will be President Up to May Next Year—Besigye
Forum for Democratic change (FDC) presidential candidate Dr. Kizza Besigye yesterday said president Museveni is in his evenings as head of state and will not be in office past May…
Burundi: Security Council calls for political talks to resolve crisis peacefully
People demonstrate in Bujumbura against a decision by Burundi’s ruling party to nominate President Pierre Nkurunziza to run for a third term (April 2015). Photo: 12 November 2015 – The…