Month: January 2021
-
Health
Battling COVID-19, South Africa prepares for first vaccines
January, 25 2021 By ANDREW MELDRUM JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Battling a COVID-19 resurgence driven by a more infectious variant, South…
Read More » -
News
Judge orders Uganda’s Bobi Wine freed from house arrest
January 25, 2021 By RODNEY MUHUMUZA KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A judge ruled on Monday that Ugandan security forces cannot…
Read More » -
News
Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni overcomes Bobi Wine challenge – for now
January 22, 2021 The keenly contested Ugandan election that saw the country’s long-standing leader defeat a former pop star was…
Read More » -
News
Facebook’s oversight board to rule on Trump ban
January 21, 2021 By BARBARA ORTUTAY OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Facebook is passing the buck for its indefinite suspension of former…
Read More » -
Health
Africa’s long wait for the Covid-19 vaccine
January 22, 2021 By Anne Soy Senior Africa correspondent, BBC News Africa will have to wait “weeks if not months”…
Read More » -
Travel
Dubai halts live entertainment amid surge in virus cases
January 21, 2021 By ISABEL DEBRE DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai’s tourism department Thursday announced an immediate…
Read More » -
News
Despite election loss, Uganda’s Bobi Wine wins growing power
January 19 2020 By RODNEY MUHUMUZA KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan presidential challenger Bobi Wine has emerged from last week’s…
Read More » -
Health
Amid COVID-19 surge, South Africa delays reopening schools
January 17, 2021 By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Faced with a rapid resurgence of COVID-19 overwhelming the country’s hospitals…
Read More » -
Opinion
UGANDA’s 2021 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: It can be peacefully held; heal nation’s wounds
Bobi Wine’s arrest in Kampala, Uganda, shortly after he registered his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election. PHOTO |…
Read More » -
News
East Africa Law Society threatens legal action over Uganda elections violence
MONDAY January 11, 2021 The East African The East Africa Law Society (EALS), a regional law forum, has condemned…
Read More »