The man who attacked Ugandan runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died from injuries sustained when he poured petrol over the Olympic athlete, the Kenyan hospital treating him said. Police said that Dickson Ndiema Marangach assaulted Cheptegei in her home in western Kenya on September 1. The mother of two sustained 80…
Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died at a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated after 80% of her body was burned in an attack by her partner. She was 33. A spokesperson at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret city, Owen Menach, confirmed Cheptegei’s death on Thursday. Menach…
Bobi Wine was taken to hospital on Tuesday after he was hit in the leg with a tear-gas canister during a confrontation with police. Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has been discharged from the hospital after being hit by a tear-gas canister in the leg during a confrontation with police….
Thomas Kwoyelo has been found guilty of dozens of crimes against humanity committed between 1992 and 2005. A Ugandan court has found Thomas Kwoyelo, the only commander of the feared Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) to be tried in the East African country, guilty of multiple counts of crimes against humanity….
Uganda’s high court will on Tuesday deliver judgement on the case of Thomas Kwoyelo, a former commander of the rebel group, Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), after more than 15 years of delay. Kwoyelo is being tried by the international crimes division of the court based in northern Gulu city, a…
NewsFeed The death toll from the Kiteezi landfill collapse in the Ugandan capital has risen to at least 24. Search teams continued their efforts Monday to find victims of Friday’s collapse. Uganda’s president has ordered an investigation into the disaster. Published On 12 Aug 202412 Aug 2024 Check out our…
Torrential rains trigger deadly landslide at a Kampala landfill, burying homes in Uganda’s capital. A landslide at a rubbish dump in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, has killed at least 18 people, authorities have reported as they continue to search for survivors. Police announced the death toll on Sunday, two days after…
The death toll from a landslide at a vast rubbish dump in Uganda’s capital Kampala has risen to 13, according to police, as rescue personnel continued to dig for survivors. After torrential rain in recent weeks, a chunk of rubbish from the city’s only landfill site broke off late on…
Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei withstood surging Ethiopian team tactics to claim gold in the men’s Olympic 10,000-metre at the Stade de France. The three-time world champion timed an Olympic record of 26 minutes and 43.14 seconds for victory on Friday. Ethiopia’s Berihu Aregawi edged American Grant Fisher by two-hundredths of a…
Environmental Governance Institute says Stephen Kwikiriza in ‘poor condition’ after ‘severe beatings’ in detention. An activist with an environmental group campaigning to block a $5bn internationally financed oil pipeline running through Uganda has been released from detention, his employer says. The Environmental Governance Institute (EGI) said in a statement on…
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