Uganda is one of the countries in Africa where the internet is so expensive that fewer people in the country use the internet. UTL The dominant provoder is so expensive that even the largest organisations like Makerere University that needs the internet for the students is struggling to keep up with the collossal sums that fall due monthly.
Jose Chameleone the local music icon is in Nsambya Hospital allegedly having sleep walked out of his third floor hotel room at a 5 star Impala Hotel in Tanzania, and fell down through the window two floors to the first floor, breaking both legs.
Washington - Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin's attack on Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama as someone who would "pal around with terrorists" has sparked rage and support as both campaigns sharpen their knives in the final push for the presidency.
Kinshasa - Rescuers searched on Saturday for survivors of a capsized ferry in the Democratic Republic of Congo that left four confirmed dead and about 10 people reported missing, officials said.
Nairobi - A Kenyan court fined a Swiss tourist 10 000 shillings (about R1 100) for calling two policemen "black monkeys", Daily Metro newspaper reported on Friday. Valentine Buchli paid the fine after being convicted on Thursday for breaching public peace by using the comment in the coastal town of Kilifi in October last year.
Kampala - The Ugandan government said on Saturday it would strengthen anti-gay laws and step up police operations against homosexuals amid concern over the "mushrooming" number of gays and lesbians in the East African nation.
Algiers - At least 33 people were killed and 48 injured this week in southern Algeria in flooding caused by heavy rains, local media reported on Saturday. The flooding affected eight desert cities in the valley of M'Zab, the largest of which is Ghardaia, which is located about 600 kilometres south of the capital Algiers.
Kampala - Uganda's former health minister, facing trial for embezzling Aids vaccine funds, has been summoned by police over a recent bank robbery, a state-owned newspaper said on Thursday. "The police are interested in talking to me," Jim Muhwezi told the New Vision newspaper.
