Politics

The Minister of Justice, Johnstone Busingye has challenged all players in the Justice sector to work in synergy to avoid overlap of activities. This, the minister said, will improve the quality of Justice and further strengthen the rule of law. He was speaking on Monday at the official launch of…

Ugandan security bodies have taken farther shameful steps in their ongoing quest to torture Rwandans by attacking under-aged minors who are in Uganda for academic purposes. On the night of March 13, 2019, a group of three Rwandans stranded at Kagitumba border from Uganda where they have experienced excessive torturing…

Recently President Paul Kagame of Rwanda completed his one year tenure as the Chairperson of the African Union and handled over the chairmanship to the Egyptian President Fattah El-Sisi during the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. President Kagame has…

Participants in the African Partnership Flight Rwanda work together during an ice breaker – the marshmallow challenge – in Kigali, Rwanda, March 4, 2019 he challenge is designed to facilitate communication within teams and get them to look at a task from various perspectives. The African Partnership Flight program aims…

President Paul Kagame has challenged local and central government leaders as well as private sector operators to change the attitude and mindset in order to deliver on the country’s aspirations. He was yesterday closing the 16th National Leadership Retreat, Umwiherero, which was attended by more than 350 leaders from the…

The Foreign Affairs Minister and Government Spokesperson, Dr. Richard Sezibera, has denied reports in the Ugandan media that Rwandan troops have had been amassed at her border with Uganda. The Minister observed this during a press conference this Tuesday, where he highlighted on Rwanda-Uganda bilateral ties after 986 Rwandans were…

Following the Ugandan government spokesman’s denying detention of Rwandan in Uganda, the Rwanda State Minister Nduhungirehe confirms that over 40 Rwandese are being held in Uganda detention centers. Nduhungirehe was responding on Twitter to the address made by Uganda government spokesman Ofwono Opondo over the Uganda – Rwanda border situation.…

It is only by grasping what this trap by the Ugandan regime that we shall get to the root of the problem between Uganda and Rwanda and understand Rwanda’s recent choice of its course of action. It’s almost two years now since Rwanda-Uganda relations started escalating to worrying levels. This…

President Paul Kagame last week arrived in Ouagadougou where he was invited by his counterpart, President Roch-Marc Christian Kaboré of Burkina Faso, for the 26th edition of the FESPACO. On Friday Kagame attended a dinner hosted in his honor by his counterpart, during which he was awarded, alongside President Ibrahim…

Western scholars need to spend time to explain to the rest of the world why their own model of democracy has failed and the risks involved for other countries to emulate it, and also make efforts to learn how there are emerging successful models that are not cloned from the…

President Cyril Ramaphosa has been announced as the African Union chairperson for next year. The Presidency says Ramaphosa will take over from Egypt president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who is currently serving his term for 2019. Each term as AU chair runs for one year. Sisi was suspended from the AU…

About 300 representatives from across Africa and beyond will participate in a three-day Interpol conference scheduled for 5-7 February in Kigali, a police source disclosed Thursday in Kigali. Heads of police from all African countries and police cooperation bodies, including the Interpol Executive Committee and Secretariat, will come together to…

The cause of the deadly ebola virus has at last been discovered in a Liberian laboratory. The rest of Africa should be rejoicing. Prohibiting the eating of a particular bat species — just as we know not to eat some types of mushrooms —maysignificantly limit the further loss of human…

Congo’s new President Felix Tshisekedi says he soon will release all political prisoners in the country. AP The Express News

Increased private investment in technology and industrialization will help put Africa on the path to balanced and sustained development President Paul Kagame attending the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday said increased private investment in technology and industrialization will help put Africa on the path…

Following the publication of an article that charged a United Nations agency involved in wildlife with having lost its credibility and relevance in much of Southern Africa, a major non-government organization sprang to its defence. Not surprising. The non-government agencies (now known as BINGOs — Big International Non-Governmental Organizations) have…

Heavy gunfire and explosion has been reported at 14 Riverside Drive off Chiromo Road in Westlands, Nairobi. Four cars have been destroyed in the chaos. Police spokesperson Charles Owino says the area has been cordoned off. A contingent of security officers has been deployed to man the area around Dusit…

Congolese election officials, rejecting independent assessments that a prominent opposition figure was the runaway winner of the recent presidential election, on Thursday bestowed victory on a candidate considered more acceptable to the departing President Joseph Kabila. The decision dashed hopes that the country might experience its first undisputed transfer of…

The East African passport is a recent electronic travel document that has replaced the ordinary country passport. The East African passport is a recent electronic travel document that has replaced the ordinary country passport, as the minimum travel document required to travel around the world if you reside within East…

Sporadic gunfire was heard in Gabon’s capital Libreville on Monday at a radio station seized by military officers in an apparent coup attempt. A crowd of about 300 people had gathered at the station in support of the attempted coup, but soldiers fired tear gas to disperse them. Most of…