#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Feith Shimila Murunga says her boss groped, beat and raped her. Mary Wanjiru Nyambura says she was thrown from a balcony. Winfridah Kwamboka never even made it back home. East African leaders and Saudi royals are among those profiting off a lucrative, deadly…
#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In most countries, working as a housekeeper or nanny is a relatively safe profession. Yet as we traveled across Kenya and Uganda, from crowded and poor urban neighborhoods to far-flung farming villages, we heard many variations on the same horror story: Young, healthy…
#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines This essay is part of The Great Migration, a series by Lydia Polgreen exploring how people are moving around the world today. Laureen Fredah’s migrant journey began as something of a lark. She was living in Kampala, the biggest city in Uganda, when…
#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Ebola outbreak in Uganda has worsened significantly, and the country’s ability to contain the spread has been severely weakened by the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign assistance, American officials said this week. The officials, representing a variety of health and security agencies,…
African Union health watchdog’s chief has said mpox outbreak is ‘still on the upward trend generally’ as cases spread. The African Union’s health watchdog has warned that the mpox outbreak was still not under control and appealed for resources to avoid a “more severe” pandemic than COVID-19. “The situation is…
A court in Uganda has sentenced Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander Thomas Kwoyelo to 40 years in prison after a landmark war crimes trial over his role in the group’s two-decade reign of violence. The sentence was announced on Friday by Michael Elubu, the lead judge in the case, at…
The chief of Uganda’s military is threatening to expel the top U.S. diplomat assigned to the Central African nation after a diplomatic spat. General Muhoozi Kainerugaba has given US Ambassador William Popp an ultimatum – apologize by Monday morning or leave the country, according to reports. The military leader has…
Kampala, Uganda – At exactly 3:21pm on August 25, Moses Odongo received a call informing him that his 14-year-old cousin Christine had died attempting to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. Odongo, who is 40, had just returned home and was sitting down for a drink and a bite to eat. His…
Rebecca Cheptegei, who died after being set on fire by former partner, was buried at her ancestral home. Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who died after being doused in petrol and set on fire by her former partner, has been buried with full military honours at her ancestral home in…
Activists join the march in Eldoret, Kenya, as Cheptegei’s body begins its final journey to her family home in Bukwo, Uganda, for her funeral. The body of murdered Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei has begun its journey home to Uganda, accompanied by activists calling for an end to gender-based violence in Kenya….
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