BY NANGAYI GUYSON IN KAMPALA UGANDA NOUAKCHOTT (AFP) – Mauritania’s air force on Sunday clashed with al-Qaeda militants in the Sahara desert in northern Mali, destroying three vehicles carrying fighters, a Mauritanian military official told AFP. The senior official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, did not say how many people were killed or wounded […]
Madagascar launches fresh bid to resolve crisis
BY NANGAYI GUYSON IN KAMPALA UGANDA BY NANGAY GUYSON IN KAMPALA UGANDA E. AFRICA Antananarivo- (AFP) – Madagascar’s coup government on Monday launched a fresh effort to resolve an 18-month political crisis that has brought the Indian Ocean island international isolation. About 4,000 civil society members and politicians gathered outside the capital Antananarivo for a […]
Somalia’s al-Shabaab warn Uganda of fresh attacks
BY NANGAYI GUYSON IN KAMPALA UGANDA Mogadishu – Somalia’s al-Shabaab al-Qaeda-leaked group has warned Uganda that it would face more attacks if it did not pull out of Somalia. In july 11 this year ,Somalia’s al-Shabaab attacked Uganda’s capital Kampala in deadly suicide bombings that claimed the life of about 80 people. Sheikh Fuad Mohamed […]
70 die as boat capsizes and 200 goes missing as another boat catches fire
BY NANGAYI GUYSON IN KAMPALA UGANDA Kinshasa -At least over 70 people on boat have been reported after a riverboat capsized in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the weekend, an official said. The Sunday , the Equateur Province spokesperson Ebale Engumba said a boat carrying more than 100 estimated passengers hit a rock […]
Africa needs no lessons – says Rwanda’s Kagame
BY NANGAYI GUYSON IN KAMPALA UGANDA E. AFRICA Kigali –(AFP) President Paul Kagame of Rwanda on Monday hit back at his international critics, using his inauguration for a second term to insist that Africa needed no lessons from the wider world. Speaking to a crowd of around 40 000 people in Kigali’s main stadium , […]
Mozambique authoritties arrest 148 over riots
BY NANGAYI GUYSON IN KAMPALA UGANDA E. AFRICA Maputo – Authorities in Mozambique have arrested at least 150 people over last week’s riots in which 10 people were killed, the country’s state-run radio reported on Monday. Mozambique’s capital Maputo was rocked last week by the riots. Protests also erupted in the central town of Chimoio […]