54 AFRICAN UNION PEACEKEEPERS KILLED BY ALSHABAAB IN SOMALIA, UGANDA SAYS

54 AFRICAN UNION PEACEKEEPERS KILLED BY ALSHABAAB IN SOMALIA, UGANDA SAYS

Faith Nyasuguta  Fifty-four Ugandan peacekeepers died when militants besieged an African Union base in Somalia last week, Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, has said, in one of the worst recent attacks by al-Shabaab jihadists in the war-torn country. “We discovered the lifeless bodies of 54 fallen soldiers, including a commander,” Museveni said in a Twitter post […]

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 “NO ONE WILL MAKE US MOVE”-MUSEVENI TO WESTERN NATIONS THREATENING SANCTIONS OVER UGANDA ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY LAW

“NO ONE WILL MAKE US MOVE”-MUSEVENI TO WESTERN NATIONS THREATENING SANCTIONS OVER UGANDA ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY LAW

Faith Nyasuguta Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has said “”No one will make us move,” in response to threats of sanctions from some Western countries since he signed into law the “Anti-Homosexuality Law 2023″, considered to be one of the harshest in the world. “The NRM (National Resistance Movement, the ruling party) has never had two […]

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 KENYA AT 60 WITH A BALLOONING DEBT

KENYA AT 60 WITH A BALLOONING DEBT

Faith Nyasuguta Kenya has marked its 60th birthday today (Thursday) with over 60 percent of her economy mortgaged to foreign and domestic creditors. Despite its life expectancy doubling to about 65 years, just a small percentage of the population shares in the spoils of its economic might in the region. In 1963, on June 1st, […]

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 WIZKID FEATURED IN NEW SPIDER-MAN TRACK

WIZKID FEATURED IN NEW SPIDER-MAN TRACK

Faith Nyasuguta  Nigerian Afrobeats star Wizkid has contributed to the soundtrack of the upcoming Marvel film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. This has been disclosed by American producer Metro Boomin, who is behind the project.  “Wizkid is confirmed for the @SpiderVerse(link is external) soundtrack available everywhere [from] 2 June,” Metro Boomin shared on Twitter this week. […]

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