PANIC & DESPAIR OVER BATAKA VILLAGE IN MARACHA DISTRICT

Attacks by Kisoro Locals on UPDF and Police officers Patrolling the Area

Authorities in the western Kisoro District are investigating a string of attacks by locals on UPDF and Police officers patrolling the area. A brand new Command Vehicle for 35th Battalion Commanding Officer in Kisoro. The screen was partially shattered by stones pelted...

ANGRY DEMONSTRATORS DEMAND THE RELEASE OF VITAL KAMERHE

Congo

cheduled for this Tuesday, April 14, 2020, the march to request the release of Vital Kamerhe was stifled in Bukavu (South Kivu) by elements of the Congolese National Police at each meeting point with tear gas. Already...

Coronavirus COVID-19 Crisis is Like at War

Social Struggles

Donald Trump described the Coronavirus COVID-19 crisis as a war. Well and good, because wars sometimes have a weird way of expanding rights once the screaming stops. Consider World War II: Women mobilized through the Rosie the Riveter campaign manufactured the...

UGANDA PARLIAMENT SECRETLY SIPHONES COVID-19 FUND

Corruption

ganda Parliament secretly allocated Shs 10bn, from the COVID-19 supplementary budget, to facilitate Members of Parliament in the committees established by the House to join national activities in the fight against the...

THE BATWA PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN DURING CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Human Rights

he endangered community of Batwa People in Kisoro district have appealed to government to come to their rescue and provide them with food. The Batwa who live in extreme poverty say the recent government shut down to...

The Chinese Government to Extend Expired Visas of Ugandans Trapped in China

Current events

The Chinese Government has agreed to extend by 2 months the expired visas of Ugandans who are trapped in China over the lockdown to contain the spread of COVID 19 pandemic. The Ugandan Minister of Foreign Affairs Sam Kutesa communicated the development today Tuesday...

VITAL KAMERHE PRE-TRIAL DETENTION AT MAKALA CENTRAL PRISON

Crime and law

he Director of Cabinet of the President of the Republic, Vital Kamerhe, has been in pre-trial detention since Wednesday, April 8, at Makala central prison. He was taken there after his hearing on the management of funds...

Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare the Capitalists that Governs our World

Social Struggles

The sudden onset of the Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare the fissures that govern our world and the societies we live in. It has, in one fell swoop, put to horrific rest the notion that capitalism is the foundation that the global economic system must be based on. The...

The COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating impact on Black Americans

Society

The COVID-19 global pandemic is a nightmare unfolding before our eyes that could have devastating impacts that Black Americans could feel most acutely. With scarce testing, health care workers and ventilators, combined with a pattern of red state governors ignoring...

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