Moscow - Russia has sold 12 MiG-29 fighter jets to Sudan, Sudanese Defence Minister Abdul Rahim Mohammed Hussein said during a visit to Moscow on Friday, Russian news agencies reported. "Yes, it's all done. The planes have been bought," the defence minister was quoted as saying to reporters at a briefing in Moscow, in response to a question about a contract for the purchase of the 12 planes.
Kinshasa - Rebels in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo advanced on Thursday to the outskirts of a strategic crossroads town where government troops went on a looting rampage at the start of the week.
Mogadishu - Somalia's Islamist Shebab fighters on Thursday imposed Sharia law in a port south of the capital Mogadishu which they seized from local clan militia a day earlier. Hours after taking over Merka town, about 100km south of Mogadishu early on Wednesday, Shebab commander Mohamed Sheikh Abdi Muse ordered traders to close businesses during prayer time.
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has ordered public universities and other institutions of higher learning to charge Ugandan and foreign students the same amount of tuition fees. "The practice of charging foreign students higher fees must stop immediately" the president ordered.
Uganda Minister of energy and mineral development has accused the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) for not giving enough support to local investors. Mr Daudi Migereko, was in jinja when he made this criticism. He said extending incentives like tax holiday would boost local investors’ business operations and increase employment opportunities.
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