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  • Why Uganda Court Ruled in Favor of Besigye’s Treason Trial Under Military Courts?

    Why Uganda Court Ruled in Favor of Besigye’s Treason Trial Under Military Courts?

    Besigye was once President Yoweri Museveni’s trusted personal physician but has become a government target since joining the opposition 25 years ago and unsuccessfully running for president four times.

  • Key Nominees for the Grammy Awards

    Key Nominees for the Grammy Awards

    Beyonce leads all nominees with 11 on the strength of her groundbreaking country album “Cowboy Carter”:

  • Koran Burner Shot Dead in Sweden, Five Arrested

    Koran Burner Shot Dead in Sweden, Five Arrested

    An Iraqi refugee in Sweden who repeatedly burned the Koran in 2023, sparking outrage in Muslim countries, has been shot dead, investigators said Thursday, with Sweden’s prime minister suggesting a “foreign power” might have been…

  • At least 15 dead in India stampede at Hindu mega-festival

    At least 15 dead in India stampede at Hindu mega-festival

    A pre-dawn stampede at the world’s largest religious gathering killed at least 15 people in India Wednesday, with many more injured after a surging crowd spilled out of a police cordon and trampled bystanders. Deadly…

  • Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger officially leave W.Africa bloc

    Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger officially leave W.Africa bloc

    Junta-led countries Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso officially left West Africa’s main political and trade group ECOWAS on Wednesday after more than a year of diplomatic tensions.

  • Rwanda, DR Congo leaders in crisis summit as Goma’s fate hangs in balance

    Rwanda, DR Congo leaders in crisis summit as Goma’s fate hangs in balance

    The president of crisis-hit Democratic Republic of Congo was set to meet his Rwandan counterpart at an emergency summit on Wednesday, as fighters backed by Kigali appeared on the brink of seizing the key city…

  • DeepSeek: Chinese AI firm sending shock waves through US tech

    DeepSeek: Chinese AI firm sending shock waves through US tech

    The programme has shaken up the tech industry and hit US titans including Nvidia, the AI chip juggernaut that saw  nearly $600 billion of its market value erased, the most ever for one day on…

  • Border closed between Rwanda and DR Congo near Goma

    Border closed between Rwanda and DR Congo near Goma

    The border between Rwanda and DR Congo near the besieged city of Goma was closed on Monday, a European consulate source and witnesses said, hours after militia fighters and Rwandan troops entered the eastern Congolese…

  • Colombia Caves on Deportations After Trump Threats

    Colombia Caves on Deportations After Trump Threats

    Trump, less than a week back in office, responded furiously and threatened sanctions of 25 percent that would quickly scale up to 50 percent against Latin America’s fourth largest economy.

  • S.Sudan reverses social media ban

    S.Sudan reverses social media ban

    Our target was the distributors of such harmful videos,” said Napoleon Adok, director-general of the National Communication Authority, adding that they had not meant to shut down “the entirety of social media”.