Ramadaan Ready!
By Abdur Rahmaan Umar “Am I ready? You really asking me... am I ready!” exclaimed Farida, her boisterous voice...
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President Museveni attacks media
By Godfrey Olukya 28-6-2013 Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni has advised leaders to de-mystify the lies that are...
Obama flies to sombre South Africa
By Godfrey Olukya 28-6-2013 US President Barack Obama has today flown from Senegal to South Africa, where the mood is...
NO GOOD DEEDS (SAFEST BIG CITY) GO UNPUNISHED!
By Sheikh Moussa Drammeh Last night, I watched the whole city council debate about the two anti-police bills and...
Uganda police is concerned about drug use
By Godfrey Olukya 26-6-2013 The Director Criminal Investigations department in Uganda Grace Akullo has said that the rate of...
Over 40,000 underage female pupils defiled each year in Uganda
By Godfrey Olukya 24-6-2013 A cross section of Ugandans including parents and student's organizations have condemned teachers who...
Rwandan students flee to Uganda
By Godfrey Olukya 21-6-2013 A group of 16 Rwandan high school students who fled their country recently...
Efforts are made to stop degradation of lake Victoria
By Godfrey Olukya 20-6-2013 Efforts are being made to salvage the second largest fresh at lake in the world, Lake...
Terrorists attack UN offices in Somalia
By Godfrey Olukya 19-6-2013 The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Mahamat...
African governments urged to deepen democracy
By Godfrey Olukya 19-6-2013 African Parliamentarians are urging governments to deepen democratic processes and to sustain efforts to curtail recurrent...
Refugees destined to USA get clothes in Kenya
By Godfrey Olukya 18-6-2013 International organization for immigration(IOM) has said in a statement that it is partnering with a Kenyan...
Protecting forests in Ivory Coast
By Godfrey Olukya 15-6-2013 As one of the ways of protecting forests in Ivory Coast, the European Union has come in...
War of guns is over in Uganda
By Godfrey Olukya 10-6-2013 President Yoweri Museveni has assured Ugandans of sustainable peace and security saying the war of guns is...
Suspension of newspapers in Congo has been condemned
By Godfrey Olukya 10-6-2013 The recent suspension of 4 newspapers in Republic of Congo has lead to local and international defenders...
African countries are weak because they are not united
By Godfrey Olukya 5-6-2013 If African countries do not get united and become strong, they will continue to be weak...
Over 1000 South Sudanese return home
By Godfrey Olukya 5-6-2013 Over 1000 South Sudanese returnees from Khartoum have started arriving in Malakal, South Sudan since Monday. They...
Same sex marriage law in Nigeria
By Godfrey Olukya 4-6-2013 Most religious leaders and organizations in Nigeria have welcomed the law makers voting in favor of...
United African Coalition endorses Nigerian born physician for New York City Council seat
By Dennis Kabatto About two dozen United African Coalition (UAC) members held a press conference on the steps of Borough...
Starving people supplied food in South Sudan
By Godfrey Olukya 29-5-2013 More than 75,000 hungry people who have been at risk of starvation in South Sudan have started...
Mali’s presidential elections’ date set
By Godfrey Olukya 28-5-2013 The date on which Mali's presidential elections will be held has been set. The acting president...
Hot Tips For Winter Souls
By Umme Ammarah (For our readers in the Northern Hemisphere save this article for later in the year when...
Namibia trains officials in disaster management
By Godfrey Olukya 27-5-2013 The government of Namibia,in cooperation with International organization of migration (IOM) and with financial support from...
Are some charter schools preparing black boys for prison?
By Bukola Shonuga It's time to examine the police state structure of some of the charter schools model in...
World leaders hail Museveni
By Godfrey Olukya 25-5-2013 Ban Ki-moon, the secretary general UN and world bank president JimYong Kim have hailed Uganda's president Yoweri...
Nigerian refugees get supplies
By Godfrey Olukya 23-5-2013 Thousands of Nigerians fleeing from violence in their country are taking refuge in neighboring ...
The Miracle of Positive Thinking
By Sister Shahnaaz Bemath Thinking positive can work miracles. You may have been told to “guard your thoughts”, but felt...
World bank to donates 1 billion US dollars to Africa
By Godfrey Olukya 22-5-2013 World Bank has today announced US$1 billion pledge to Africa’s great lakes region, targeting energy,...
China is to help Uganda in electricity dams ventures
By Godfrey Olukya 22-5-2013 China is set to help Uganda in constructing hydro-power generating facilities on the...
Sierra Leone trains prosecutors
By Godfrey Olukya 21-5-2013 Sierra Leone's office of the prosecutor has passed out 50 police prosecutors after specially training them...
Thugs destroy hospital in South Sudan
By Godfrey Olukya 20-5-2013 A hospital belonging to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in South Sudan's Pibor town has been destroyed by...
Struggle for anointing oil leads to deaths
By Godfrey Olukya 20-5-2013 Police in Ghana is investigating circumstances under which 4 people died and 16 other got severely...
East African forces meet in joint training
By Godfrey Olukya 16-5-2013 The Eastern Africa Standby Force training Exercise has kicked off in Uganda where readiness for full...
Two Nigerian pilots die in Mali
By Godfrey Olukya 14-5-2013 Two Nigerian air force fighter pilots died during a crash yesterday in Mali while providing support...
Condoms are now used to smuggle narcotics
By Godfrey Olukya 13-5-2013 Dealers in narcotics have started using condoms to smuggle it from one country to another. A...
Ugandan Muslims accepted to go to Saudi Arabia
By Godfrey Olukya 13-5-2013 Saudi Arabia has at last accepted Ugandan Muslims to go there for Hajj after denying them...
Muslim leaders asked to review madrasas
By Godfrey Olukya 13-5-2013 Muslim communities in Africa have been urged to review and improve operations of madrasas in their...
Donors should respect Africans’ religious values
By Godfrey Olukya 13-5-2013 The international donor countries have been requested not to use their economic might to destroy the...
Developments in Guinea are closely watched
By Godfrey Olukya 12-5-2013 The African Union (AU) has said that it is closely watching developments in Guinea and urged the...
Tunisian police trained in border protection
By Godfrey Olukya 11-5-2013 Tunisian police and national guards of Tunisia have received a two-weeks special training in protecting border...
ENDORSEMENT
UNITED AFRICAN COALITION PRESENTS THE MAN FOR THE TOP JOB IN THE 16TH COUNCILMATIC DISTRCT OF THE BOROUGH OF...
U.S. Military Shares Best Practices to Improve Health Systems in Uganda
By Godfrey Olukya 10-5-2013 U.S. Mission Uganda, in collaboration with the U.S. Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA),...
Canada condemns church attack in Tanzania
By Godfrey Olukya 9-5-2013 Canada has condemned the bomb attack on a Roman Catholic church in Tanzania last Sunday in which...
Egypt is advised about draft law on civil societies
By Godfrey Olukya 8-5-2013 The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has urged the Egyptian Government to take...
MUSLIMS IN UGANDA COMPLAIN ABOUT DISCRIMINATION
By Godfrey Olukya 8-5-2013 Muslims in Uganda are not happy about what they refer to as being discriminated over public...
Leaders meet in London to discuss about Somalia
By Godfrey Olukya 7-5-2013 Leaders from Africa's great lakes region and a few others from all over the world are...
Bomb blasts in Tanzanian Church
By Godfrey Olukya 6-5-2013 Police in Tanzania is hunting for suspected terrorists who yesterday blasted a bomb in...
South Sudan policemen abandon duty due to hunger
By Godfrey Olukya 6-5-2013 Over 500 policemen in South Sudan have reportedly abandoned duty due to lack of food. The...
My Mother’s Day!
By Abdur Rahmaan Umar “I love you, mom,” whispered Yusuf as he wrapped the soft pashmina shawl around his mother’s...
Thousands of Ethiopians are stranded in Djibouti
By Godfrey Olukya 5-5-2013 Thousands of Ethiopians immigrants are stranded in neighboring Djibouti after failing to illegally travel to Saudi...
DEPUTY MAYORS HOLLOWAY AND GIBBS RELEASE HURRICANE SANDY AFTER-ACTION REPORT FOLLOWING EXTENSIVE REVIEW OF PREPAREDNESS AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS
Report Recommendations will Further Strengthen City’s Ability to Respond to Future Storms Office of Emergency Management to Release Updated...
Muslims urged to take prayers seriously
By Godfrey Olukya 3-5-2013 Muslims allover the world have been warned against spending much of their time chatting on Facebook...
What a perfect match!
What a perfectly matched couple….This marriage was indeed prepared in Jannah(Heaven)….It’s like a page from a fairytale…These were just...
MAYOR BLOOMBERG PRESENTS FISCAL YEAR 2014 EXECUTIVE BUDGET
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 2, 2013 No. 153 www.nyc.gov<http://www.nyc.gov> MAYOR BLOOMBERG PRESENTS FISCAL YEAR 2014 EXECUTIVE BUDGET Budget Balanced without...
AMISOM beats off Al-Shabab
By Godfrey Olukya 25-5-2013 AMISOM troops in support of Somalia Government Forces yesterday thwarted two planned terror attacks by...
Thugs attack village in Kenya
By Godfrey Olukya 1-5-2013 Police in Kenya is hunting for thugs who last night attacked a village in western Kenya...
South Africans task government over 14 soldiers’ death
By Godfrey Olukya 1-5-2013 A cross section of South Africans are putting their government on task to explain why it...
MAYOR BLOOMBERG DELIVERS ADDRESS ON PUBLIC SAFETY TO NYPD LEADERSHIP
The following are Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s remarks as delivered this morning at One Police Plaza: “Ray, thank...
6th French soldier killed in Mali
By Godfrey Olukya 30-4-2013 One of the French soldiers fighting against Islamist rebels in Mali has been killed by a...
Museveni advocates for a united east Africa
By Godfrey Olukya 25-4-2013 A united East African community(EAC) will guarantee Africa’s future against re-colonialism, Uganda's president Yoweri Kaguta...
Attack on French embassy in Libya condemned
By Godfrey Olukya 24-4-2013 Several countries and organizations have condemned yesterday's bomb attack on Libya's embassy in Libya's capital Tripoli. A...
