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Rwanda’s foreign minister has launched a campaign to support her bid to lead the International Organisation of La Francophonie, officials said Friday, despite her country’s decision to prioritise English as an official language a decade ago. Louise Mushikiwabo, 57, is touring Africa to seek...

One of the world’s most unstable countries was already struggling with a political crisis and nail-biting uncertainty. A decision by a war crimes tribunal has now added to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s explosive mix. By acquitting ex-rebel and former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba, the...

Police in Iganga District are investigating circumstances under which a female police officer collapsed and died in a bar. Ruth Nangobi, 58, attached to... Read more via Daily Monitor – https://ift.tt/2Mp6xli Get More Nigeria Metro News

One person has been shot dead and another one seriously injured in Busia town as police fired live bullets and teargas to disperse residents, who had raided.... Read more via Daily Monitor News – https://ift.tt/2HrwcWU Get More Nigeria Metro News

BUIKWE- A 52-year-old man on Sunday hanged himself after allegedly being denied sex by his wife. Joseph Ojur, a resident of Kabagu Zone in Njeru Municipality, is said to have told his wife that he tested HIV positive and the wife has since then declined to have sex with....... Read more via...

Three people living with AIDS in Gambia are suing former president Yahya Jammeh, alleging he detained and abused them as guinea pigs to test his supposed cure, one of their lawyers said. “My clients are claiming damages for false imprisonment and (declaring) that the defendant subjected the...

Exactly two months and four days after doctors exhumed the body of Fr Peter Kasooli Bwayo in Bulambuli District, his family is stuck with the remains with no clear programme for reburial. The body has been under refrigeration at the Mbale municipal mortuary where the family opted to keep …...

Rwanda has become the official tourism partner of English football club Arsenal FC, whose players will sport a “Visit Rwanda” logo on their sleeves, the club announced Wednesday. The tiny country’s leader, President Paul Kagame, is an ardent Arsenal fan and often expresses his opinions about...

A 72-year-old British man has been convicted of raping two children in Kenya after a trial in Britain in which one of his victims gave evidence from Africa via video-link, prosecutors said. Keith Morris befriended several families living in a Kenyan village over a period of around 20 …...

An aide to South Sudan's ambassador to Central Africa was shot and killed apparently by mistake in Bangui, by men from the Central Office for the Suppression of Banditry.... Read more via Daily Monitor News – https://ift.tt/2HZNGKS Get more World News

Police say they have arrested one of the prominent and most wanted marijuana drug lord in Kampala. Kyataka Mukiibi who also calls himself “General” was arrested by police officers around Market Street after a tip off by concerned citizens while he was supplying and collecting money from his …...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will get married in May 2018. Before he fell for American actress Meghan Markle, Britain’s Prince Harry, 33, had several other girlfriends. Here are some of the women who reportedly had a chance of becoming a princess. Harry met Davy, the Zimbabwean-born daughter...

Masindi- Masindi Chief Magistrate, Ms Catherine Agwero has survived death after a convict jumped out of the dock and beat her up. Ms Agwero was beaten by Fred Kyaligonza, moments after she had convicted and sentenced him to six years in jail. via Daily MonitorHome – http://ift.tt/2CeEhNc...