Despite the Ugandan champions going to Nigeria thinking the game was already in the bag, the team suffered a painful 2-1 defeat, denting hope for CAF Glory.
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Ruto, who finished third during the Rio Olympic trials in 2016 in Eldoret but was sidelined for lack of experience, has qualified for the World Championships.
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The National Super Alliance says the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission has ignored pleas from religious leaders and civil society to make the award more transparent and gone ahead to single-handedly select, award and implement its decision.
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Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda risk losing access to the American market through the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) following plans by the East African member states to ban imports of second-hand clothes and shoes, a U.S. trade representative has announced.
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Brian Bagyenda, the son of Internal Security Organisation director, Colonel Frank Bagyenda Kaka, has been sent to the High Court on a murder charge. The prosecution said he confessed to killing his 22-year-old university girlfriend.
Read more »A Gambian has placed third in an annual Qu'ran recitation competition in the United Arab Emirates. Modou Jobe, 17, won a cash prize after 12 nights of Qu'ranic tests. This is the same competition that Ismail Madar, a Somali national, was expelled from when Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE, Bahrain and Yemen cut diplomatic relations with Qatar.
Read more »The socialite has said that the former boyfriend promised to make her life miserable after ending their relationship.
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The number of prospective candidates has gone up to six. These include incumbent Paul Kagame of the Rwanda Patriotic Front, Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda and independent candidates Philippe Mpayimana, Gilbert Mwenedata, Diane Shima Rwigara and Fred Ssekikubo.
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With about six weeks left before Kenyans go to the polls, the private sector in neighbouring states is now beginning to look at the Dar es Salaam port as an alternative route to import and export goods. The 2007/8 post-election violence saw Ugandan property worth about $40 million destroyed.
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A wave of tension is growing among Kampala City landlords over a city authority property tax which they say is too high to cope with in a distressed economy.
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