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THE Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has dropped charges against the 14-year-old girl who killed a 40-year-old man who tried to defile her.
BUS transport routes are over-subscribed, a top official told a stakeholders' meeting recently.
A total of 128 Ugandans have left to work as guards and truck drivers in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
A few weeks ago I was invited to speak on a radio talk show in Uganda and responded to questions from listeners. One particular caller asked me my opinion as to what products could be made in Uganda and marketed in North America. I promised I would consider the questions in greater length before answering it.
ADIEU James Kazini. The death of the former army commander, Maj Gen Kazini, reminds us of Shakespeare's philosophy of tragedies - just fate.
Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, the Islamist leader of Hisbul Islam organization has Monday that they were very sorry for renewed fighting between the two rival fighters in Jubba regions in southern Somalia.
Heavy fighting between the Islamist fighters and AMISOM troops have started around Kulliyadda Jalle Si'ad building, a base for the Burundian troops in the Somali capital Mogadishu, just after a day of calm situation in the capital, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Monday.
Following last week's signing of the East African Community (EAC) common market protocol by the EAC leaders, stakeholders in Rwanda are set to meet and share knowledge about the opportunities and challenges for Rwanda's SMEs.
As President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete of Tanzania was about to leave Dar es Salaam on November 15 to attend the World Food Summit in Rome, he sat down at State House to discuss a range of issues with AllAfrica. One of them was food security.
The Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan could be the next two states to become members of the East African Community, EAC's secretariat in Arusha has revealed.
A top United Nations human rights official today welcomed a deal agreed by a former rebel group in southern Sudan to end the use of child soldiers among its ranks, while warning of the threat posed to children by various armed militia operating in the region.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has paid tribute to all those who serve on the front lines of the battle against piracy off the coast of Somalia, while stressing that this scourge will not be defeated by military means alone.
Agriculture minister William Ruto signalled his determination to defend Mau settlers, describing the leaders behind the evictions as "heartless".
More than one million Kenyans are expected to get tested for HIV during a national campaign launched on Monday.
Low bulk power purchase tariffs are blocking private investors from developing low cost sources of electricity such as geothermal and wind power.
At least 11 people have been killed and 18 others injured in heavy fighting between Somali government forces and fighters loyal to insurgent Hizbul Islam group, Radio Garowe reports on Monday.
Ethiopian officials have reportedly crossed the border to neighbouring Somalia to hold secret talks with former administrators of Somalia's southern region of Bakool in the southwestern border village of Yeed, sources reported.
The US and Britain have expressed concern over the alleged politicisation of humanitarian aid in Ethiopia ahead of elections and called for immediate investigation.
Over 150 ex-combatants who once fought for armed militia in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region participated today in a United Nations-backed demobilization and reintegration programme which aims to ease the return of former soldiers to their communities.
Voter registration and the election date in Sudan have been extended slightly to accommodate delays incurred in the process in some areas of the vast country, the National Elections Commission said.
The government has said that Kenya's post election violence witnesses have received threats.
British oil explorer Heritage Oil will sell its fields in Uganda to Italian oil group Eni SpA for between $1.3b and $1.5b, the London-based Sunday Times said yesterday.
As part of an agreement with the Sudanese Government, UNAMID has been tasked with providing technical assistance in Sudan's upcoming elections, currently slated for April 2010. UNAMID staff members are among 69 election teams working in Northern Darfur registering eligible voters.
The East African Community officially ushered in a common market on Friday amid renewed commitment by the region's Heads of State to expedite the envisaged political federation by 2015.
So, where does Nelson Mandela reckon he'll end up when the moment we all dread comes and he leaves this life?
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