Land Donation Enlarges Rwanda’s Gorilla Protection Zone

[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -Rwanda’s gorilla protection zone has enlarged following the African Wildlife Fund move to donate 27.8 hectares of land to Rwanda Development Board (RDB).

[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -Rwanda's gorilla protection zone has enlarged following the African Wildlife Fund move to donate 27.8 hectares of land to Rwanda Development Board (RDB).

source: AllAfrica News: Rwanda

Kenya’s Jambojet to Start Flights to Uganda Next Month

[Independent (Kampala)] Nairobi -Nairobi based budget airline Jambojet is set to expand its wings in East Africa with the launch of a double daily flight between Nairobi and Entebbe starting Feburary 14, 2018.

[Independent (Kampala)] Nairobi -Nairobi based budget airline Jambojet is set to expand its wings in East Africa with the launch of a double daily flight between Nairobi and Entebbe starting Feburary 14, 2018.

source: AllAfrica News: Uganda

Is the United States a Shithole Country?

[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -Just before the outbreak of the Nama-Herero rebellion in modern day Namibia in April 1904, Chief Hendrick Witboi of the Nama tribe penned a letter to the then German military governor of that colony. “He (the colonialis…

[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -Just before the outbreak of the Nama-Herero rebellion in modern day Namibia in April 1904, Chief Hendrick Witboi of the Nama tribe penned a letter to the then German military governor of that colony. "He (the colonialist)... introduces laws which are entirely impossible, untenable, unbelievable, unbearable, unmerciful and unfeeling," he wrote, "He punishes our people... and he has already beaten people to death for debt. He thinks we are stupid and unintelligent people but we have never punished people in

source: AllAfrica News: Uganda

Over Five Million Dollars Needed to Repair Storm Damage

[AIM] Maputo -The Mozambican government needs over 300 million meticais (more than five million US dollars) to restore the infrastructures damaged last week by the tropical depression that brought torrential rains and high winds to the northern provinc…

[AIM] Maputo -The Mozambican government needs over 300 million meticais (more than five million US dollars) to restore the infrastructures damaged last week by the tropical depression that brought torrential rains and high winds to the northern provinces of Nampula, Niassa and Cabo Delgado.

source: AllAfrica News: Mozambique

Cabo Delgado Governor Calls for Vigilance

[AIM] Maputo -The governor of the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, Julio Parruque, on Saturday called for heightened vigilance against the armed groups, believed to be Islamic fundamentalists, that have launched sporadic attacks in parts o…

[AIM] Maputo -The governor of the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, Julio Parruque, on Saturday called for heightened vigilance against the armed groups, believed to be Islamic fundamentalists, that have launched sporadic attacks in parts of the province since October.

source: AllAfrica News: Mozambique

Parliament Raises U.S.$21,000 for People Living with Albinism

[Observer] When Whitney Percy Nakawooya was born in 2015 at Kisenyi health centre IV in Kampala, her parents were filled with joy. She was their first child, despite the fact that she was born with albinism.

[Observer] When Whitney Percy Nakawooya was born in 2015 at Kisenyi health centre IV in Kampala, her parents were filled with joy. She was their first child, despite the fact that she was born with albinism.

source: AllAfrica News: Uganda

Destruction in Wake of Northern Storms

[AIM] Maputo -The tropical depression that struck northern Mozambique last week caused seven deaths and destroyed or damaged over 14,000 homes in Nampula, Niassa and Cabo Delgado provinces.

[AIM] Maputo -The tropical depression that struck northern Mozambique last week caused seven deaths and destroyed or damaged over 14,000 homes in Nampula, Niassa and Cabo Delgado provinces.

source: AllAfrica News: Mozambique

All in Readiness for Nampula By-Election

[AIM] Maputo -Mozambique’s National Elections Commission (CNE) says that everything is ready for a successful mayoral by-election in the northern city of Nampula on Wednesday.

[AIM] Maputo -Mozambique’s National Elections Commission (CNE) says that everything is ready for a successful mayoral by-election in the northern city of Nampula on Wednesday.