Kathmandu - Shaven headed nuns and monks in maroon robes were among 179 "free Tibet" protesters detained in the Nepali capital on Friday as they tried to storm a visa office of the Chinese embassy, police said.
Kampala City Council has embarked on a city road tour drive with shocking revelations of shoddy work done by contractors. The roads toured are under the road fund project but remain in a sorry state.
Abuja - Nigeria on Friday rejected the re-election of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, saying a run-off vote had changed nothing in the country, but stopped short of refusing to recognise his government.
A driver has been charged with terrorism and remanded in Luzira prison.Hakim Abdul Kiyemba, a driver in Nkokonjeru, Wakiso district was on Wednesday charged at Baganda Road Court.
At least 47 people were killed in Somalia when Islamist insurgents clashed with Ugandan peacekeepers and Ethiopian troops in separate battles, a human rights group said yesterday.
The Uganda Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments in a case that is set to determine whether the death penalty should be imposed on murder convicts.
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa has been flown to the French capital, Paris, for specialist medical treatment after suffering a stroke in Egypt. The president, 59, was rushed to hospital on Sunday ahead of the African Union summit in Sharm el-Sheikh.
HERITAGE Oil, the company that is explorating western Uganda around the Albert region have confirmed that they have found more oil in the region. The firm, They have also confirmed that it is good quality oil.
Abuja - Nigeria on Friday rejected the re-election of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, saying a run-off vote had changed nothing in the country, but stopped short of refusing to recognise his government.
