BBC Aviation workers in Kenya have agreed to resume work during the second day of their strike that has led to cancellations, delays and diversions which have particularly hit the main airport in the capital, Nairobi. Operations are expected to slowly return…
By Prosper Gibolo and Moses Lokeris Lt. Col. Gaston Mugarura (right) handing instruments of power to his successor Lt. Col. Ruziro Nuwagaba (Credit: by Moses Lokeris) The UPDF 405 brigade headquartered at Nakapelimoru Sub-County in Kotido District, has bid farewell to its…
BBC NIGERIA: Nigeria’s foreign ministry has issued an urgent warning over what it describes as the increasing illegal recruitment of its citizens to fight in foreign conflicts. It comes after Ukrainian officials said they found the bodies of two Nigerians who they…
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport acts as a hub for flights to Europe, North America and the Middle East ( Rueters) KENYA: Kenya’s national airline and airports authority have announced that flights to and from the country’s primary airport are being delayed due…
By our Reporter Raymond Bernard Opolot-Head teacher Toroma SS (courtesy Photo) Raymond Bernard Opolot, 53, head teacher of Toroma Secondary School in the Katakwi District, is seeking financial assistance worth Shs100 million to undergo brain surgery in India. Medical professionals have indicated…
By Alexander Mackey Okori As Uganda today honors the life and martyrdom of Archbishop Janani Luwum, the communities and leaders of Karamoja have been to embrace peace, dialogue, and clemency to thwart descending back to insecurity, which had plagued the region for…
The World Health Organization has criticised a now-halted plan to conduct a hepatitis B vaccine trial involving thousands of newborns in Guinea-Bissau, deeming it “unethical.” The US-funded study had sought to give one set of babies the vaccine at birth, while another…
Courtesy Photo ( BBC) Kenya’s border with Somalia will re-open in April almost 15 years after it shut because of attacks by Islamist militant group al-Shabab, President William Ruto has announced. Based in Somalia, the group has masterminded a series of deadly…