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.