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Factionalism within one of Uganda's oldest political parties and street fights have reached embarrassing levels. The fights on Tuesday after a court hearing over the Democratic Party's delegates' conference and grassroots elections leave many would-be supporters wondering whether DP and its leadership know exactly where their party is headed or which direction they want to take it.
A seven-year jail sentence is the penalty that will be handed down to landlords or any individual who attempts to evict, evicts or participates in the eviction of tenants.
Lord's Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony survived the aerial-UPDF 'surprise' attack, code named Operation Lightning Thunder, on his camp in Garamba, in December 2008 because he had intelligence information on the assault two days before.
The government is pushing for land law reforms as contained in the Land Amendment Bill 2007 to avoid "a major war" from taking place between landlords and tenants, Prime Minister Apolo Nsibambi has said.
Mohamed Osman Arus, the spokesman the Islamic organization of Hisbul Islam for the operations has Thursday called for the TFG police forces to leave form Martini Hospital, a home for disabled national Somalia army in Mogadishu.
Over 11 million people are displaced by conflict and climate change-related natural disasters in Africa every year according to Afrian Union convention on internally displaced persons.
A HIV testing drive is on to fight Aids in which more than one million Kenyans are expected to get tested for HIV during a national campaign launched on Monday.
The Church in the Sudan has appealed to its counterparts elsewhere in the world to support it on the country's Darfur crisis issue.
MORE misery is piling up on the Automobile Association of Tanzania (AAT), over the controversial decision to endorse a Kenyan for a key post in the world motor sports governing body, FIA.
A tree introduced to Kenya to combat desertification has itself become a problem, invading farmland and damaging farmers' livelihoods.
The chairman of the East Africa Council of Ministers and the minister for East Africa Affairs, Dr Diodorus Kamala, has vowed to ensure that the East Africa Competition Act becomes effective in order to facilitate fair play in the regional business and economic playground.
Former Bank of Tanzania (BoT) director personnel and administration Amatus Liyumba was a key coordinator in the twin tower project, the Kisutu resident magistrate court heard yesterday.
Tanga Cement (TCC) expects brisk business from implementation of the East African Community (EAC) Common Market, its officials have said.
Kilimanjaro Stars head coach Marcio Maximo has dropped under-performing JKT goalkeeper Shaaban Dihile from the squad that departs to Nairobi, Kenya today for the Cecafa Challenge Cup.
Budding middleweight boxer Ramadhani Kido will face Kaminja Ramadhan in a non -title bout that will be held at AMREF Mwananyamala Youth Centre on Saturday.
Newly elevated Arusha Technical College (ATC) has stepped up its training programmes to meet the demand for technicians.
Lawyers from the East African region will meet in Kigali, Rwanda, next Friday and Saturday to discuss regional integration.
Congolese musician Nguza Mbangu 'Viking' and his three sons have advanced 15 reasons why the Court of Appeal should set them free after they were sentenced to life imprisonment in 2004.
The Tanzania Horticultural Association (TAHA) will set up a processing and packaging facility at the Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA).
Ian Duncan maintained his slim lead on the fourth day of the 2009 Kenya Airways East African Safari Classic Rally, which left Arusha yesterday for the Kenyan leg in Amboseli section.
The Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) has collected Sh14.2 billion in Iringa Region, equal to 111 per cent of the estimated target for the year 2008/09.
The Parliamentary Committee on Land, Environment, Natural Resources and Tourism, has started probing the controversial eviction of pastoralists from Loliondo Game Controlled area early this year.
The US ambassador, Mr Alfonso Lenhardt, yesterday swore in 38 Peace Corps Volunteers ahead of their two years of service in Tanzania.
Police and the Tanzania People's Defence Force (TPDF) have launched a manhunt for a soldier, who went berserk on Monday, and opened fire on his colleagues, killing two of them on the spot in Kigoma Region.
BUSIA Town Council officials have been cautioned against extorting money from the public using the LC3 chairman's name. Michael Mugeni expressed disappointment that some council employees were obtaining money using his name.
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